ICICTE 2008
KEYNOTE
Horizons for Learning
Professor Gilly Salmon
Professor of E-Learning and
Learning Technologies
University of Leicester
Gilly joined the University of Leicester in the UK in 2004 as
Professor of E-learning & Learning Technologies, after 16 years
with the Open University Business School. She is known for her
research and practice in the arenas of development and change
for successful e-learning processes and preparing for Learning
Futures. Her research and practice spans the role of ICT in
enabling change in Higher Education, through the development of
research-led e-learning strategy, to pedagogical innovation in a
wide variety of forms including mobile learning, wikis and blogs.
Gilly has two research degrees - one in online training and one
in change in education. She is known for her many articles and
commentary about the future for learning technologies and as an
international speaker. She was awarded a National Teaching
Fellowship in 2006. Prof Salmon is the author of the work now
considered seminal in the field of teaching online called
‘E-moderating’, a 2nd Edition of which was produced
in 2004, a recent book about designing for low cost
collaboration in all online learning situations called
‘E-tivities’ and another on group learning ‘Learning in Groups’.
Book Websites:
www.e-moderating.com
www.e-tivities.com
www.learningingroups.com
E-mail:
gilly.salmon@le.ac.uk
Websites:
www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance
www.atimod.com
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