Spotlight24

Dr Jillian Terry is Associate Professor (Education) and Co-Director of LSE100, the sector-leading flagship interdisciplinary course for undergraduates at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Currently, Jillian’s work focuses on designing innovative interdisciplinary curricula, inclusive pedagogies, and the impacts of AI on teaching and learning.

Gary Burnett is a Professor in Digital Creativity in the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University. He is an experienced lecturer who teaches and conducts research in the area of Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction. For several years, he has taught hundreds of students on the use of new immersive technologies in creative design – and, recently has pioneered the use of social VR as means to engage more with students represented as avatars over extended periods in persistent and fantastical virtual worlds.

Andrew Moles is a Learning Developer, specialising in data science tools such as R or Python, at the Digital Skills Lab at LSE. My team and I deliver varied programmes catered to learners of all levels, aiming to develop digital and data literacy, job-specific skills, and technical confidence.g Disabilities Accessibility Task Force.

Zara Lawson is the Research Director at Alterline Research, where she has worked for the past 10 years, after achieving a Law degree and a Masters in Criminology & Socio Legal Studies at the University of Manchester. 
She is a passionate research professional and is experienced in managing and delivering robust, innovative research and engaging outputs, including the Information and Digital Literacy research being presented at this session. 
She leads the team across Alterline’s Higher Education projects, bringing both quantitative and qualitative research alive for clients with meaningful recommendations and deliverables.

Chris Rowell is a Digital Learning Producer at the University of the Arts, London. His research interests are all things to do with Digital Education, including creative education and Critical Digital Pedagogy. He is a facilitator for the ALT’s Anti-racism Learning Technology Group and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Jo has over 25 years’ experience working in higher education libraries. Her focus is on skills development for students and staff, particularly digital and information literacy skills.

Becki is a Higher Education Senior Consultant with Jisc supporting the Building Digital Capabilities Service for HE. She comes from an extensive background of over 19 years working within Higher Education in a digital education capability. Her PhD in technology enhanced learning encapsulates the processes and barriers of implementing digital tools and capabilities within Engineering Education.

Chandrakant Patel is a Senior Fellow and Chief Engineer at HP Inc, leading HP’s technology strategy and the company’s global technical community. Chandrakant's research interests span microbusiness connectivity, data center cost reduction, cyber-physical integration, sustainable cities, distributed computing, and 3D printing industrialisation.  In 2014, Chandrakant was elected to the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. 

Educated at the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, where she completed her PhD, Kingston University Provost, Professor Laville leads an important portfolio encompassing learning and teaching, research and innovation, and business partnership and engagement activities.

Stephan is responsible for leading the commercial strategy across Instructure’s key European markets. Originally joining Instructure in 2018, he has extensive experience working with higher ed institutions in the UK and Ireland on their digital learning environment transformations.