Dr Andrew Whitworth
Lecturer and Programme Director, MEd: ICT in Education
Research interests:
E-learning and organisational politics; the negotiation of power and interests in online learning; the politics of education and technology; action research and e-learning design; cognition and information literacy.
Teaching interests:
- Drew started as the Programme Director for the MEd: ICT in Education in August 2005
- Teaching at MEd level: Learning with Computers; e-Learning and the Web; Using Computers to Handle and Communicate Information in Schools and Colleges
- Experience in designing, using and evaluating educational technology for teaching
Recent publications:
Whitworth, A. (forthcoming, 2007): "E-learning and the organisational environment: issues for research" in Andrews, R. and Haythornthwaite, C. (eds.): /The Handbook of E-learning Research/, London, Sage
Whitworth, A (2006) "Dynamic but prosaic: a methodology for studying e-learning environments", International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 29, 2, pp. 151-163.
Whitworth, A. (forthcoming, 2006): "Information Literacy: emerging from the IT shadows" in Andretta, S. (ed.): /The challenges of implementing Information Literacy education/ Whitworth, A. (2005): "Researching the cognitive cultures of e-learning" in Cook, J. and Whitelock, D. (eds.): /Exploring the frontiers of e-learning: borders, outposts and migration - Proceedings of ALT-C 2005/, 6-8 September, University of Manchester.
Whitworth, A. (2005): "The politics of virtual learning environments: environmental change, conflict, and e-learning", /British Journal of Educational Technology/, vol 36 no 4.
Whitworth, A. (2005): "'Who Wants to Learn Web Design Anyway?': Course Design for Student Diversity in an ICT Sub-Discipline", /ITALICS/ vol 4 no 2.
Whitworth, A. (2005): "The State of ICT Skills Education", /ITALICS/ vol 4 no 1.
Sobol, S., Stones, C. and Whitworth, A. (2005): "Qualitative Evaluation of e-Learning using a Visualisation Tool", /Proceedings of the IADIS International Confernce on Applied Computing/
Reffell, P. and Whitworth, A. (2002): "Information fluency: critically examining IT education", /New Library World/ vol 103, no 1182/1183.