Two jobs at the London Knowledge Lab (deadline: Sept. 15)
Yishay Mor
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http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/YA282/Research_Officer_full-time/
Research Officer (full-time)
London Knowledge Lab
Salary in the range £28,290 - £30,912 per annum plus £2,323 London Allowance
Available from 1 October 2008. Fixed term until 31 September 2011
Job share Considered
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).
We will be working with academic staff to research, and co-construct, an interactive 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 HE institutions, with Birkbeck, London Metropolitan University, the London School of Economics, Oxford University, and the Royal Veterinary College. The post 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.
A companion post for this project is being advertised by Birkbeck (http://jobs.bbk.ac.uk/fe/tpl_birkbeckcollege01.asp?newms=se).
For both posts we seek people with a commitment to research on the improvement of learning, who are willing to engage in an interdisciplinary team of social and computer scientists.
You 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. 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.
You will need to have at least Master's level in education, cognitive science or another social science or relevant discipline. You will have a deep knowledge of the current issues in the field of learning with digital technologies, and of the literature on theories of learning and teaching. The ability to work in a team and have evidence of ability to conduct research and academic writing will also be essential for this role.
Reference: 7AC-CPLKL-4681
Closing date: 15th September 2008
To apply online please visit http://jobs.ioe.ac.uk or tel 020 7612 6159
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http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/SL892/Research_Officer/
Research Officer
London Knowledge Lab, School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Ref: 10133
3 years fixed term, full time post
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). We will be working with academic staff to research, and co-construct, an interactive environment to enable lecturers to lead the discovery of innovative pedagogical designs that exploit the potential of TEL. The post 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.
We are seeking someone committed to research on the improvement of learning and willing to engage in an interdisciplinary team of social and computer scientists.
You will have a PhD in intelligent systems, user modelling, semantic web, personalisation technologies, or similar.
You will have prior experience of conducting research projects and a good publications record. You will be the senior computer science researcher, and will play a leading role in the project's computing objectives, reporting to the Co-Investigator, Dr George Magoulas. You 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. You will participate in the piloting and evaluation of the system.
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
Click here to apply for this post (Search using Ref No. 10133)
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Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab
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