International Conferences on
Learning and Teaching with Technology
in Art Design and Communication
DeL Sept 2007: speakers: Gráinne Conole
Gráinne Conole
keynote speaker
Design and the student experience: understanding students' actual use of technology in the design process
Biography:
Gráinne Conole joined IET at the Open University as chair of e-learning in April 2006. She was previously Professor of Educational Innovation in Post-Compulsory Education at the University of Southampton. She has research interests in the use, integration and evaluation of Information and Communication Technologies and e-learning and impact on organisational change.
Before joining Southampton, she was Director of the Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, a centre of excellence on the development and use of information and communication technology in education.
She has research in development and project management experience across the educational and technical domains; funding sources have included HEFCE, ESRC, EU and commercial sponsors. Recently funded projects include the HEFCE-funded E-Learning Research Centre, the JISC/NSF funded DialogPlus digital libraries project and the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods.
