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Prof Diana Laurillard
Please note: I am no longer taking on doctoral students
UCL Knowledge Lab
23-29 Emerald St
London
WC1N 3QS
Appointment
- Chair of Learning with Digital Technologies
- IOE - Culture, Communication & Media
- UCL Institute of Education
Biography
Recent appointments
2005 - Chair of Learning with Digital Technologies, UCL Knowledge Lab
2002 - 05 Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit, Department for Education and Skills.
1998 - 02 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning Technologies and Teaching), Open University
1995 - 98 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Technology Development), Open University
1995 - 02 Professor of Educational Technology, Open University
Academic honours
2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, The E-Assessment Association
2016 Honorary Life Membership of the Association for Learning Technology
2015 Honorary Member of the Club Fondation Universitaire, Belgium
2014 Honorary Doctor of Education, Edinburgh Napier University
2005 Honorary DSc, University of Brighton
2003 Honorary Fellow of University College, London
2002 Honorary DPhil, Open University of the Netherlands
2001 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
1998 Honorary DSc, University of Abertay.
Recent public service
2020 - 22
Educational Research Forum: 'Developing a future agenda for educational research', British Academy/Royal Society, 26 Nov.
Membership of Roundtable policy discussions on
‘Learning in a world with AI and digital technology’, Royal Society and Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy, 17 July.
‘Technologies for Learning’, Council for Science and Technology: Expert Workshop, BEIS, 13 July.
‘Online Learning’, Department for Education 02 July.
Most recent book is Teaching as a Design Science, Routledge, 2012. Previous book, Rethinking University Teaching, Routledge, 2002, is one of the most widely cited in the field.
2005 - Chair of Learning with Digital Technologies, UCL Knowledge Lab
2002 - 05 Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit, Department for Education and Skills.
1998 - 02 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning Technologies and Teaching), Open University
1995 - 98 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Technology Development), Open University
1995 - 02 Professor of Educational Technology, Open University
Academic honours
2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, The E-Assessment Association
2016 Honorary Life Membership of the Association for Learning Technology
2015 Honorary Member of the Club Fondation Universitaire, Belgium
2014 Honorary Doctor of Education, Edinburgh Napier University
2005 Honorary DSc, University of Brighton
2003 Honorary Fellow of University College, London
2002 Honorary DPhil, Open University of the Netherlands
2001 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
1998 Honorary DSc, University of Abertay.
Recent public service
2020 - 22
Partner in the ‘60 Year Curriculum Applied Research Agenda’ project, Harvard University.
Expert adviser to the ‘T Level Professional Development (TLPD)programme’, Education and Training Foundation.
2020
Consultant on Technology-led Interventions for Specific Learning Difficulties, Council of Science and Technology.
Educational Research Forum: 'Developing a future agenda for educational research', British Academy/Royal Society, 26 Nov.
‘The Future of Learning: human and digital networks’, presentation to Royal Society workshop on Human Transformation, Royal Society, 27 Feb.
Membership of Roundtable policy discussions on
‘Learning in a world with AI and digital technology’, Royal Society and Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy, 17 July.
‘Technologies for Learning’, Council for Science and Technology: Expert Workshop, BEIS, 13 July.
‘Online Learning’, Department for Education 02 July.
Most recent book is Teaching as a Design Science, Routledge, 2012. Previous book, Rethinking University Teaching, Routledge, 2002, is one of the most widely cited in the field.
Research Groups
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Leading research projects on:
Current research:
- developing the Learning Designer suite of tools and online community for teachers and trainer.
- adaptive games apps for learners with low numeracy and dyscalculia.
- the use of MOOCs for professional development courses, and as a research tool, to tackle the most education challenges of UN SDG4 for universal education, and for improving students' learning experiences and outcomes in the most challenging education contexts.
2017 - 25: Co-I on 'Future Education' at the Refugees, Education, Learning, Information technology, and Entrepreneurship for the Future (RELIEF) Centre, based in the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, funded by ESRC.
2017 - 23: Co-PI on 'The transformative potential of MOOCs' at the Centre for Global HE (UCL-IOE), funded by ESRC.
2017 - 22: Consultant on 'Translational specifications of neural-informed game-based interventions for mathematical cognitive development of low-progress learners', funded by the National Research Foundation, Singapore
Teaching Summary
Current supervision for 6 part-time doctoral students, and 2 MPhil/PhD students as co-supervisor
PLEASE NOTE: I am no longer taking on new doctoral students as I am approaching full retirement.
2021 - Lead Educator on ‘Blended and Online Learning Design’, FutureLearn, UCL-IOE.
2021 - Educator on 'Sustainable Energy Access for Communities', FutureLearn and Edraak (Arabic), for RELIEF Centre/UCL Engineering for Development Centre
2020 - Co-Lead Educator on ‘Teaching Online: Be Ready Now’, Edraak (Arabic), for GCRF-funded RELIEF Centre, UCL/Lebanese University
2019 - Co-Lead Educator on ‘Transformative Education in Challenging Environments’, FutureLearn and Edraak, for GCRF-funded RELIEF Centre, UCL/ Lebanese American University.
2019 - Co-Lead Educator on ‘Community Based Research’, FutureLearn and Edraak, for GCRF-funded RELIEF Centre, UCL-IOE
2017 - Co-Lead Educator on ‘Blended Learning Essentials' Expert track, FutureLearn, for Ufi/ UCL/ University of Leeds
