{"id":230,"date":"2013-07-23T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=230"},"modified":"2013-07-23T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T12:15:00","slug":"prof-eileen-scanlon-co-investigator-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/archives\/230","title":{"rendered":"Prof Eileen Scanlon &#8211; Co-investigator (Communication)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display: block; float: right; margin: 1em;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231\" style=\"width: 112px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-231\" title=\"Professor Eileen Scanlon\" src=\"http:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/weblab-data\/uploads\/2013\/09\/prof-eileen-scanlon-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Eileen Scanlon\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/weblab-data\/uploads\/2013\/09\/prof-eileen-scanlon-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/weblab-data\/uploads\/2013\/09\/prof-eileen-scanlon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/weblab-data\/uploads\/2013\/09\/prof-eileen-scanlon-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Eileen Scanlon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eileen is a co-investigator on The Open University's Catalyst  project. She is co-ordinating the communication work package. Eileen is  working to facilitate the development and adoption of effective  practices and tools for staff, students' and publics' engagement with  research. She is also involved in the learning and digital engagement  work packages.<\/p>\n<p>Eileen brings a wealth of experience to these  aspects of the project, e.g. through her research where she has explored  the use of tools and technologies for public engagement with research,  through her contributions to <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.open.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/course\/sh804.htm\">science communication<\/a> teaching and training programmes, and through her research into the uses of digital technologies in distance learning.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eileen has extensive research experience on educational technology projects, some of which are summarized in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/ero\/article\/open-future-higher-education\">McAndrew, et al. (2010)<\/a>.  Funding sources for her research have included: The European  Commission; The Economic and Social Research Council; The Hewlett  Foundation; The Higher Education Funding Council for England; Research  Councils UK; and The Joint Information Systems Committee. Her research  funding track record evidences strong links with research users and  beneficiaries that contribute to both current and future projects.<\/p>\n<p>Eileen  has published extensively in the fields of Technology Enhanced Learning  and science communication. Her research publications are hosted in the  OU's <a href=\"http:\/\/oro.open.ac.uk\/view\/person\/es5.html\">Open Research Online<\/a> Repository.<\/p>\n<p>Eileen is currently involved in research projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that explore aspects of digital scholarship to develop open educational resources (e.g. through The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olnet.org\">Open Learning Network<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li>that  investigate science learning in formal and informal settings  concentrating on the development of an inquiry learning pedagogy (e.g.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pi-project.ac.uk\">Personal Inquiry<\/a> project);<\/li>\n<li>that develop innovative approaches to evaluation (e.g. games based learning, such as The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xdelia.org\">xDelia<\/a> project); and<\/li>\n<li>where research is informing the development of an online laboratory for practical science teaching (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/openscience\/\">Open Science Laboratory<\/a>, a collaborative activity with the Wolfson Foundation).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eileen contributed to the OU's Catalyst proposal through research that explores aspects of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/iet\/main\/research-scholarship\/our-research-scholarship-programmes\/digital-scholarship\">Digital Scholarship<\/a> (with <a href=\"http:\/\/oro.open.ac.uk\/view\/person\/mjw5.html\">Prof. Martin Weller<\/a>).  This work was aimed at understanding the changes in communication and  publication practices of academic researchers in higher education due to  the impact of the information age. The impact consists of a changed  landscape which offers researchers innovative ways of working and offers  additional kinds of academic output for educators to use in their  teaching. The focus is a programme of research that explores the ways  that digital technologies influence the discourse and practices of  academic researchers, and the consequences that these developments have  for the professional practices of educators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eileen Scanlon is Regius Professor of Open Education, an award she  received for her exceptional contributions to the fields of educational  technology and public engagement with the sciences. Her award also  reflects the exceptionally high quality of teaching and research within  The Institute of Educational Technology (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/iet\/main\/\">IET<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Eileen  has a background in science communication teaching and research, and  educational technology. She holds a number of senior management roles  and visiting posts. She is Associate Director of Research and Innovation  in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University, UK.  As Associate Director she has institutional responsibility for  developing research strategy in educational technology. Eileen is also  Visiting Professor in Moray House School of Education, University of  Edinburgh and a Trustee at <a href=\"http:\/\/bletchleypark.org.uk\/content\/contact\/about\/biographies.rhtm\">Bletchley Park<\/a>. Previously, she has held visiting academic appointments at University of California (Berkeley) and the University of London.<\/p>\n<p>Eileen began her full-time OU career in 1975, working in the Deanery of The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/science\/main\/\">Science Faculty<\/a>.  She completed her PhD in 1990 studying cognitive models of physics  problem solving. Eileen has worked in IET since 1978 where she has held a  number of roles, including Director of the Computers and Learning  Research Group (<a href=\"http:\/\/kn.open.ac.uk\/public\/workspace.cfm?wpid=5403\">CALRG<\/a>).  She was also Director of the interfaculty centre of excellence, the  Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/creet\/main\/\">CREET<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Eileen has contributed to a number of postgraduate teaching projects, including leading roles in the development of <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.open.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/course\/seh806.htm\">Contemporary issues in science learning<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.open.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/course\/SH804.htm\">Communicating science in the information age<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Eileen Scanlon<\/p>\n<p>Regius Professor of Open Education<\/p>\n<p>Associate Director (Research and Scholarship)<br \/>\nThe Institute of Educational Technology<br \/>\nThe Open University<br \/>\nWalton Hall<br \/>\nMilton Keynes<br \/>\nMK7 6AA<\/p>\n<p>Email: Eileen.Scanlon@open.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p>Website: http:\/\/iet.open.ac.uk\/people\/e.scanlon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Role Eileen is a co-investigator on The Open University's Catalyst project. She is co-ordinating the communication work package. Eileen is working to facilitate the development and adoption of effective practices and tools for staff, students' and publics' engagement with research. She is also involved in the learning and digital engagement work packages. Eileen brings a <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/archives\/230\">...continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblab.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}