Fred Riley

Contact

• workRoom B53 B Floor Queens's Medical Centre
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 82 30865
• fred.riley@nottingham.ac.uk
• http://sonet.nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I'm a Learning Technologist in the School, charged with working with teaching staff to develop and use e-learning resources Previously I worked at the University of Hull Language Institute for ten years, in Computer-Aided Language Learning (CALL), and retain a strong interest in languages from that period.

I'll be leaving the university at the end of July under the early severance scheme, and will be actively searching for work in e-learning and web development in the Higher Education sector.

Expertise Summary

Web application development (PHP, mySQL)

Website design and development (HTML, Javascript, CSS)

Media development (audio, video, photography, graphics)

Programming and database design (generic)

E-Learning development and pedagogy

Digital repository management and metadata

Moodle management and development

Languages expertise:

• Italian: advanced level
• French: intermediate level
• Scots Gaelic: intermediate level (currently in formal study)
• Spanish: basic level

I started with the School of Nursing (as was) in September 2003, taking up the newly-created post of Learning Technologist/Media Developer.

I'm responsible for advising and supporting School staff on e-learning matters, with particular reference to the development and use of Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs).

Main current responsibilities are:

• Developing and maintaining the SONET website, and organising SONET activities, including editing the SONET Newsletter and running SONET meetings.
• Developing, and managing the development of RLOs for staff and students in the School.
• Developing 'back-end' web applications with PHP and mySQL, including a learning object repositories for SONET and the LOLA project.
• Acting as technical advisor and developer to the Graduate Entry Nursing programme.
• Working with the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) for RLOs and the Universities' Collaboration in E-Learning (UCEL) to develop and further the use and take-up of RLOs in UKHE as a whole. The School is a major partner in both bodies.
• Working with staff on WebCT courses.