Gill R. Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Business owner for institution-wide digital education services ensuring their suitability and continuous development as tools to deliver an excellent staff and student experience across the university.

London, United Kingdom

Working in a central support unit, as a common-or-garden Learning Technologist which meant I did a wide variety of different things. We are lucky to have a broad portfolio of learning applications at QMUL and I have in depth knowledge across all of them both from a user and an administrative perspective. I really enjoy working with staff across the university to ensure they can get the best out of the technologies that we have and that those technologies work well for them. Some of… Show more Working in a central support unit, as a common-or-garden Learning Technologist which meant I did a wide variety of different things. We are lucky to have a broad portfolio of learning applications at QMUL and I have in depth knowledge across all of them both from a user and an administrative perspective. I really enjoy working with staff across the university to ensure they can get the best out of the technologies that we have and that those technologies work well for them. Some of the things I did included:- Running staff development workshops both in person and online, writing user guides and making video tutorials- Talking to staff and advising on the use of all our applications- Answering helpdesk queries and running staff drop-in sessions- Liaising with faculty user groups, in particular with the School of Medicine and Dentistry- Advising on the adoption of new technologies, e.g. the Mentimeter audience response system- Teaching a module on the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic PracticeThe specific technologies I have in depth knowledge of:- Moodle - online learning environment- Echo360 - recording live teaching- Kaltura - media server- Mahara - e-portfolios- Turnitin - plagiarism detection and online marking- Mentimeter - audience response system- Blackboard Collaborate, Microsoft Teams and Zoom for live classrooms Show less

London, United Kingdom

The start of my career in educational technology. I worked in the Open and Distance Learning Unit, who provided the opportunity for those in full time work to undertake an undergraduate degree in computer science online. I was largely involved in making content available via the TopClass online learning environment, in the relatively early days of online learning environments. This involved taking content from academics and ensuring it was made ready for use in TopClass.

Working in the Microsoft Business Unit, I worked on a number of projects using Microsoft technologies. The main projects I worked on were thetrainline.com and virgintrains.com when they were just starting up. This was my first experience of working on a very large scale software system. Changes to the system had to be developed and implemented incredibly quickly and I learned to work as part of a large team working with business analysts, project managers, front end developers and… Show more Working in the Microsoft Business Unit, I worked on a number of projects using Microsoft technologies. The main projects I worked on were thetrainline.com and virgintrains.com when they were just starting up. This was my first experience of working on a very large scale software system. Changes to the system had to be developed and implemented incredibly quickly and I learned to work as part of a large team working with business analysts, project managers, front end developers and testers to incredibly tight deadlines. I was able to hone my programming skills and develop accurate code very quickly. I also developed a good working knowledge of train timetabling systems and how to get cheap train tickets!Other projects I worked on during my time at Cap Gemini were for General Motors and the Department for Education and Skills and involved less software development and more user interface design work, developing wireframes in conjunction with business analysts and users. Show less

Henley-On-Thames, Uk

Working for a small environmental consultancy, I began by working on a software tool for chemical process optimisation. My work mainly focussed on developing the user interface using Microsoft technologies, in particular C++ and the Microsoft Foundation Classes. I branched into developing custom software tools in Microsoft Excel, working with the environmental consultants in the company to develop small products for customers such as a tool for calculating pollution in seawater.… Show more Working for a small environmental consultancy, I began by working on a software tool for chemical process optimisation. My work mainly focussed on developing the user interface using Microsoft technologies, in particular C++ and the Microsoft Foundation Classes. I branched into developing custom software tools in Microsoft Excel, working with the environmental consultants in the company to develop small products for customers such as a tool for calculating pollution in seawater. I also worked extensively with BP developing a front end to a chemical engineering optimisation tool. This involved working closely with engineers at BP to understand their requirements and designing and implementing the front end in Microsoft Excel to integrate with their in-house optimisation tool. Show less

Bsc, Computer Science, 2.1 Honours

Msc, Human Computer Interaction