Dr Louise Connelly

Lecturer in Digital Education

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Street: The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian
City
Post code: EH25 9RG

Biography

Background

Currently, as a Lecturer in Digital Education, I am based in the Digital Education Unit and the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Providing pedagogical advice; instructional design; designing and developing digital education resources for MSc programmes and continuing professional development (DPD). I provide support to students and staff on e-professionalism and managing an effective digital footprint/online identity via workshops, lectures, and one-to-one clinics.

From Dec 2018-Nov 2020, I am seconded, as Senior E-Learning Developer, to the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. This role involves the development of a range of educational resources, including CPD courses, mobile apps, videos, interactive online activities, and websites. I am Principal Investigator and involved in a number of research projects which focus on digital education; digital footprint; social media use in learning & teaching; and animal welfare.

From 2015-2018, I was based in the Digital Education Unit, at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, as Senior E-Learning Developer, where I was responsible for providing e-learning development support for a number of online postgraduate MSc programmes; pedagogical advice; and instructional design. I provided support to students and staff on e-professionalism and managing an effective digital footprint/online identity via workshops, lectures, and one-to-one clinics.

Previously, as Head of Digital Education at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh, I provided pedagogical advice to a wide range of University colleagues and engaged with research and external activities in the field of digital education and social media.

Teaching

MSc Dissertation Supervisor
Guest tutor on a number of online MSc programmes (2015-), providing lectures and support on research ethics and online research.
I developed (2015-2016) and taught on the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, 'Online Learning Environments' course - Institute for Academic Development.
Guest tutor on the MSc Digital Education (Introduction to Digital Environments for Learning course) - School of Education, HSS (2014-2016).

Qualifications

MA (Hons) Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh
MSc Information Management & Library Studies, Robert Gordon University
PGDip Digital Education, University of Edinburgh
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh

Professional Qualifications

SFHEA - Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
Prince2 Project Management
Certificate in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing
Certified Member of the Association of Learning Technologists, CMALT

Responsibilities & affiliations

Convenor of the Human Ethical Review Committee (HERC) at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
EMREC Public Health - R(D)SVS representative
Easter Bush Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
University Library Committee - R(D)SVS representative
CMVM Library Committee - R(D)SVS representative
Resource List Group - R(D)SVS representative
University Steering Group - Digital Safety
Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA) Mentor

Research

Research summary

Principal Investigator for the PTAS funded 'Managing Your Digital Footprint' project (2014-2015). The research aimed to investigate students' digital footprints and use of social media.

Co-investigator for the PTAS funded project "A live pulse": Yik Yak for Understanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment at Edinburgh (2016-2017).

In addition, I am interested in social media usage and the possible implications for teaching and learning; as well as research, ethics and social media.