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Senior Learning Designer in the Durham Centre for Academic Development (DCAD)

Biography

Mark is a Senior Learning Designer at the Durham Centre for Academic Development and has worked at the University since 2020. His particular areas of expertise are pedagogic design for online and blended learning and learners’ collaboration in online environments. 

Mark holds a BSc from the University of Birmingham, an MScEcon from Cardiff University, an MA in Consultancy from the University of Wolverhampton, a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick and an MA from the Open University. He is a Senior Fellow of the HEA and in 2021 was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for his research and teaching using virtual reality and videoconferencing.

Mark is also the co-host of Pedagodzilla, a podcast about learning and teaching explained through the lens of pop culture examples. His latest book, based on the podcast, explores basic learning and teaching principles, and is available at this link

Research interests

  • Learner Experience
  • Learner Identities
  • Online collaboration
  • Presence and Embodiment
  • Virtual Reality

Esteem Indicators

  • 2000:

    Visiting Fellow Edge Hill University

    : Visiting Fellow Edge Hill University

Publications