Peter Beaumont Email and Phone Number

My role at Edge Hill University primarily involves working with academic staff to plan, deliver, maintain and manage programmes, and aspects of programmes, using online, mobile and classroom technologies.I advise and support staff on a one-to-one basis, for consultation, guidance and problem resolution. These conversations and requests may relate to use of the University's online learning environment, and more general educational technology use. My experience working in this area, my technical knowledge, and my awareness of the research and literature in the area enables me to give reliable advice to both academic teaching staff and faculty managers.I design and deliver sessions and create online resources, to introduce staff and student to aspects of technology enhanced learning, and to support them to use appropriate tools and technologies. Often this involves working collaboratively as a member of a multi-professional team, with librarians and academic staff. Examples include a session about how to present yourself online which has been presented to hundreds of students, and staff focused sessions on using 'Clicker'/voting systems, online tools for researchers, and using web feeds and social networks to keep your knowledge up-to-date.I represent the University in various regional, national and international forums related to eLearning and the use of learning technologies.

Activities related to the fellowship include running staff development sessions in the area of digital education, and assisting with the running of the SOLSTICE Conference.

I investigated the potential use of 3D Virtual Worlds in Higher Education, and ran staff development/awareness sessions about 3D Virtual Worlds in general. I created environments in Second Life for educational use, also providing support for staff and students in their use of Second Life. I advised on the educational use of 3D Virtual Worlds, and assisted with the running of the SOLSTICE Conferences.

I managed the institution's Virtual Learning Environment, and designed and delivered staff development sessions related to it's use. Working on the COMET project, I organised two of the annual COMET E-Learning Conferences.

I created web based resources for a new online course. I also worked with academic staff to prepare and manage the course's delivery, and wrote one of the modules.

I organised and helped run a week long residential summer school for 16-17 year olds. This involved liaising with several external organisations, and a large number of staff within the institution.

I updated the institutional Key Skills strategy, and played a role in organisation of centrally run projects related to First Week and retention.

Worked for various agencies in factories, warehouses and call centres. Casual IT tutoring for school children at Edge Hill University.

I worked on the development of a telecommunications billing system, working flexibly to create bills using SQL and Oracle Reports to changing customer specifications. I was part of the software's user interface development team, developing using Java. I designed and developed the company web site to be usable, maintainable and accessible.

I developed websites for the company and ran the company's web server. This involved liaising with the various sections of the company regarding the website content, and using HTML, JavaScript, graphics software, Perl, MySQL and Red Hat Linux.

I developed websites to client specifications, as part of completing a Modern Apprenticeship.