Melanie King

Learning Technology Co-ordinator

email: m.r.n.king@lboro.ac.uk

tel: +44 (0) 1509 227196

  
 

Graduating from the University of Plymouth in 1995 with a degree in Architecture, I spent the first two of years of my career working as a GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and CAD (Computer Aided Design) technician before pursuing a career in interactive design and multimedia in the area of e-learning. Since then, I have been working both within HE and commercially, as a research assistant, multimedia developer and externally, running my own consultancy with clients such as BAESYSTEMS.

In March 2002 I joined the Engineering Education Centre as a Learning Technology Co-ordinator.  My role is to develop learning technology products and information systems to support teaching and learning activities within the faculty of Engineering, and the dissemination of best practice to the rest of the University. An example of this is a Univesity wide system for personal and project tutoring called ‘Co-Tutor’, which was highly commended in a recent external QAA report. I also support and advise Academic staff on the use of technology in their teaching and administration of students.  I represent the Centre on University wide steering groups and working groups concerning learning technology related projects and reviews.  Part of my role is to constantly review emerging technologies, specifications and standards relevant to UK Higher Education and to advise the Centre on strategic development in the use of these technologies.

Expertise

  • Interface & Interactive design.
  • Web based applications (PHP/MySQL).
  • Web authoring (XHTML / CSS).

Interests

  • Commercial approaches to application development.
  • Digital repositorys for teaching.
  • Social software concepts.
  • Accreditation for Learning Technologists.
  • Open source software communities for e-learning.

Publications

[NB: I have also published in my former name of M. R. Bates]

Journal Papers – Academic Journals:

Bates, M., Loddington, S.P., Manuel, S.P. and Oppenheim, C., “Attitudes to the Rights and Rewards for Author Contributions to Repositories for Teaching and Learning”, ALT-J Research in Learning Technology International Journal, 15(1), 2007, pp 67-82.  ISSN: 1741-1629 (electronic) 0968-7769 (paper)
http://hdl.handle.net/2134/3009

Bates, M., Manuel, S.P., and Oppenheim, C., “Models of Early Adoption of ICT Innovations in Higher Education”, Ariadne, (50), 2007, [WWW] Available from: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue50/oppenheim-et-al/.
http://hdl.handle.net/2134/2654

King, M., Loddington, S., Manuel, S., and Oppenheim, C., “Analysis of Academic Attitudes and Existing Processes to Inform the Design of Teaching and Learning Material Repositories: A User Centred Approach”, Active Learning in Higher Education, Jul 2008; vol 9: pp. 103-121. DOI: 10.1177/1469787408090838.

King, M., and Newman, R. “Evaluating Business Simulation Software: Approach, Tools and Pedagogy”, On The Horizon Journal, 17(4), 2009, pp 368-377 ISSN: 1074-812.
http://hdl.handle.net/2134/5403

Journal Papers – Professional Journals:

Bates, M.R., Gadd, E., Loddington, S.P., Manuel, Oppenheim, C., “Rights and Rewards in Blended Institutional Repositories Project”, ALISS Quarterly: Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences, 1(3), April 2006, pp 47-51. ISSN 1747-9258
http://hdl.handle.net/2134/2699

Journals – Other:

Bates, M.R., “WebPA: Online Peer Moderated Marking System for UK Higher Education”, D-Lib Magazine: Digital Libraries, 13(1/2) 2007, ISSN 1082-9873 [report].

Conference Contributions – Refereed:

Hodgson, A.R., Bates, D.J. and King, M.R., “Developments in the teaching of 3D computer aided design and manufacture”, IDATER 98: International Conference on Design & Technology Educational Research and Curriculum Development, Loughborough University, January 1998, p 272, ISBN 1 899291 30 X.

Bates, M.R., “How Learning Technologists can Benefit from Adopting Commercial Application Development Practices for use Within a Higher Education Context”, ALT-C 2002: Association of Learning Technology International Conference, Sunderland University, September 2002.

Bates, M.R., Manuel, S., “Bursting the Teaching & Learning Repository Bubble:  A Web 2.0 Theory for the Next Generation of Blended Institutional Repositories”, ALT-C 2006: International Conference of the Association of Learning Technology 2006, Edinburgh University.

Blanchard, R.E., Moron-Garcia, S.D. and Bates, M.R., “Converting the physical to the virtual: providing a laboratory experience for distance learners in engineering”. The IV International Conference on Multimedia and Information & Communication Technologies in Education 2006 (m-ICTE2006), p1208, ISBN: Vol II (13): 978-84-690-2472-8

Bates, M.R., “The WebPA Project: Online Peer Assessment System”, JISC Innovating e-Learning Online Conference, June 2007, p16, ISBN 978-0-9551424-9-9

King, M.R., Newman, R. and Thring, R., “An evaluation of business simulation games for the Management module of the MEng Aeronautical Engineering degree and Loughborough University”, SAGSET 2008 – 38th Annual Conference: Teaching and Learning through Gaming and Simulation, July 2008. ISBN 978-0-85358-249-6
http://hdl.handle.net/2134/5354

King, M.R. and Newman, P.M., “The Grass-Roots Development and Institutional Embedding of the Tutoring Management System Co-Tutor”, IMS Learning Impact Conference 2010, May 2010, Long Beach, California.
http://hdl.handle.net/2134/63

Conference Contributions – Other:

Bates, M.R., Wilkinson, N., “webPA: Online Peer Assessment System”, University of Derby Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference, 2007.