School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College, University of London
The Institute of Education, University of London
The closing date for completed applications is Monday 15 September 2008
Interviews are due to be held week commencing 6 October 2008
THE PROJECT
The Learning Design Support Environment (LDSE) project is funded by the EPSRC/ESRC under the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. The main focus of the project is to discover how to use digital technologies to support lecturers and teachers in designing effective technology-enhanced learning (TEL). Methodologically, our approach will be one of iterative design and evaluation. We will be working with academic staff to research, and co-construct, an interactive personalised environment to enable lecturers to lead the discovery of innovative pedagogical designs that exploit the potential of TEL. The project is a collaboration between six UK Higher Education institutions: Birkbeck College, the Institute of Education, London Metropolitan University, the London School of Economics, Oxford University, and the Royal Veterinary College. The two posts will be based at the London Knowledge Lab, a unique collaboration between two of the UK's most prominent centres of world-class research - the Institute of Education and Birkbeck.
THE POSTS
We are seeking individuals committed to research on the improvement of learning and willing to engage in an interdisciplinary team of social and computer scientists. Candidates will have prior experience of conducting research projects and a good publications record.
POST 1) Ref: 10133 - 3 years fixed term, full time post doctoral post Salary: £37,562 per annum inclusive of London Allowance The closing date for completed applications is Monday 15 September 2008 Interviews are due to be held week commencing 6 October 2008
This post is at senior researcher level, and will play a leading role in the project's computer science-related objectives, reporting to the Co-Investigator, Dr George Magoulas (Birkbeck). The post holder will have responsibility for the elicitation of user and technical requirements, the design and implementation of the LDSE architecture and its components, and for writing project reports and papers. S/he will participate in the piloting and evaluation of the system.
The specific duties of this post, information on the project and details on how to apply are currently available online at:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/SL892/Research_Officer/
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/further/SL892/fp_index.html
The Guardian Jobs website: http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/website
and on Birkbeck's website at:
http://jobs.bbk.ac.uk/fe/tpl_birkbeckcollege01.asp?newms=se (Search using Ref No. 10133)
POST 2) Reference: 7AC-CPLKL-4681 -- 3 years fixed term, full time post doctoral post
Salary in the range £28,290 - £30,912 per annum plus £2,323 London
Allowance The closing date for completed applications is Monday 15 September 2008 Interviews are due to be held week commencing 6 October 2008
The holder of this post will be responsible for one of the major streams of work in the project, on how to represent learning activities, and effective practice, and will report to the project director Professor Diana Laurillard (Institute of Education). This will involve developing a model of the learning design process, and designing the community-based knowledge-building support, in collaboration with the other researchers.
The specific duties of this post, information on the project and details on how to apply are currently available online at:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/SL892/Research_Officer/
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/further/SL892/fp_index.html
The Guardian Jobs website: http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/website
and on the Institute of Education website at: