E-learning Support

The Information Services E-learning Support group is responsible for creating and maintaining the Nexus website with input from people across other areas in Aberystwyth University. Staff and students who have queries relating to technology-enhanced learning can contact us at is-alto@aber.ac.uk. For more information about the team and a list of current traning courses, please see the E-learning section of the University website.

The E-learning Team have also presented papers at a number of conferences.

We are:

Kate Wright, BA, MA, CMALT
E-learning Development Officer
Mary Jacob, BA, MA, CMALT, FHEA
E-learning Advisor
Johanna Westwood, BSc(Econ), MSc, MCLIP
E-learning Support Officer
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Kate has been working in the field of e-learning since 2003 and in that time has been involved in developing the use of a number of e-learning tools and systems, including Blackboard, Qwizdom and online assessment. She has been involved in the implementation of the institution’s E-learning Strategy, Benchmarking and Gwella projects. Kate has an interest in e-assessment and lead the rollout of Questionmark Perception. She has presented papers at a number of conferences including the  Questionmark Perception Users Conference (2009 and 2011) and the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference (2010 and 2012). Kate holds CMALT status and has acted as the chair of the Blackboard Wales User Group. Mary Jacob specialises in the pedagogy of e-learning. She has been E-learning Advisor since 2006, developing and delivering training sessions in the use of technology to enhance learning. She has played a key role in projects for the institution such as HEA e-learning benchmarking, HEFCW Gwella, JISC Building Capacity, and Techdis HEAT4Wales. She has delivered posters and presentations at conferences including Blackboard Teaching and Learning, the Association for Learning Technology, e-Assessment Association, and the UCISA Innovation Forum. Prior to coming to AU, she was a lecturer in Chinese language and literature at UC Davis in California, where she developed e-learning materials for her teaching. Johanna joined the e-learning team in 2010 as the e-learning support officer. As part of this role she supports staff and students in using Blackboard, Panopto Lecture Capture and Questionmark Perception. She has strong background in customer support having worked in a range of roles including Nursing Librarian for the Defence Secondary Care Agency and Computer Helpdesk Support at Aberystwyth University.


 

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