what is it about: The session focuses on university students’ perceptions of their learning and social experiences in the context of an institution-wide pedagogic shift to Active Blended Learning (ABL).

What will it cover: This presentation will address 3 key categories emerging from the research (1) learning experiences, (2) social experiences and (3) support provision.

who: (roles in HE) would benefit from attending: People involved in supporting students, the development of student policies, Learning Technologist, Learning Designers, Students, and Academics

Alejandro (Ale) Armellini is Professor and Dean of Digital and Distributed Learning at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. His key role is to provide leadership in digital learning and learning innovation, including on-campus and distance provision, across all Faculties. Before joining Portsmouth, Ale was Dean of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northampton, where he was the strategic lead for the redesign of all programmes for active blended learning. Ale is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Ale’s research and doctoral supervision focus on learning innovation, blended and online pedagogy, institutional capacity building and open practices. He holds visiting professorships at several UK and overseas universities.

Virginia Teixeira Antunes is an independent consultant in Education, also working in Adult Learning. She has experience as a researcher at the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of Northampton, conducting research focused on learning and teaching practices, assessment and institutional change processes. She has a MSc in Social and Organisational Psychology and a MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology, and has worked on research for several institutions both in the UK and Portugal. She is available to contact on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiateixeira

Rob is Head of Learning Technology at The University of Northampton. Accepted to CMALT and IADIS in 2007. Awarded University teaching fellowship in 2008. Achieved Senior Fellowship of the HEA in 2014. Has led four national projects (HEA BITE; HEA TIGER; JISC e4L and ELESIG - Midlands) in addition to local manager for the TLTP TALENT project and several internally funded projects. He is available to contact on twitter (@rjhowe) and also on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-howe-b26a145/)

The session is being presented as part of the ELESIG webinar series.

For more details on ELESIG: https://www.alt.ac.uk/groups/special-interest-groups/elesig

ALT ELESIG is a community of researchers and practitioners involved in investigations of learners’ experiences and uses of technology in learning across all education sectors. ELESIG, formerly the Evaluating Learners Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group, was established in 2008 to advocate for the theory and practice of researching learners’ experience in the context of technology enhanced learning/e-learning. ELESIG became a special interest group of ALT in 2019.

The student voice on Active Blended Learning