Sharon Boyd (PhD student)
Thesis title: Place-responsive higher education at a distance
PhD Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 651 7449
- Email: s0937556@sms.ed.ac.uk
- Web: blog
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
- City
- University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Campus
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
- Street
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Room 2.33, Veterinary Teaching Building
- City
- Easter Bush Campus
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
I am currently a part-time PhD student at Moray House, having completed my PgCert in University Teaching and my MSc in eLearning here between 2009 and 2013. I completed my honours undergraduate degree in zoology at Trinity College Dublin, and have a Masters in Applied Environmental Science from University College Dublin.
I enjoy gardening and allotmenting, and also love walking in the lovely East Lothian countryside and spending rainy days (of which there are a few!), reading or doing something crafty. I moved to Scotland from Ireland in 2000 and I'm still exploring this magnificent country which I've fallen totally in love with - and it's also where I met my wonderful husband Gavin!
Qualifications
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Senior Lecturer in Distance Student Learning at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
Undergraduate teaching
BVM&S programme
Year 1: Professional and Clinical Skills 1
Year GEP: Professional and Clinical Skills GEP
Year 2: Student Research Component Foundation
All Years: Professional Development
Postgraduate teaching
RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice: programme director
MVetSci in Advanced Clinical Practice: deputy director and course leader for Professional and Clinical Skills for Advanced Clinical Practice
All programmes: course leader for Academic Study Skills for Taught Postgraduate Students and co-lead for postgraduate peer tutor training
Research summary
My research interests centre around distance and sustainable education. I am particularly interested in online distance education, place responsive learning and online reflective practices.
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Academic identities and teaching wicked problems: How to ‘shoot a fog’ in a complex landscape
In:
Higher Education Research & Development
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Solar-powered scholarship
(4 pages)
In:
Postdigital Science and Education, pp. 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-022-00372-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (E-pub ahead of print) -
Taking Time to get Messy Outside the Online Classroom
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
Teaching wicked problems in higher education: Ways of thinking and practising
(17 pages)
In:
Teaching in Higher Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2021.1911986
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Place-responsive principles of sustainable networked learning
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published) -
Developing Millers Pyramid to Support Students’ Assessment Literacy
In:
Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.2019-0058
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Listening for the voice of places
(1 page)
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster (Published) -
Getting Creative with Assessments for Distance Learners
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract (Published) -
Building the University Community by Appreciating the More‐Than‐Human Campus
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract (Published) -
Academic Study Skills for Postgraduate Taught Students
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract (Published)