Professor Terry Mayes

TERRY MAYES is an Emeritus Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University. He is currently engaged by the Higher Education Academy as leader of the Evaluation and Dissemination Support Team for the HEA/JISC e-learning Benchmarking and Pathfinder programmes. He was the formative evaluator/critical friend for the Benchmarking Pilot programme that concluded in July 2006 (http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/learningandteaching/eLBevaluationSummary.doc) He has also recently acted as e-pedagogy advisor on the Scottish e-learning Transformation Project TESEP (Transforming and Enhancing the Student Experience through Pedagogy) (www2.napier.ac.uk/transform) as well as advisor for the Scottish QAA Enhancement Theme for the first year experience (www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk).

Terry Mayes has a long experience as both researcher and practitioner in learning technology. He was Director of Research in the Institute for Computer-Based Learning at Heriot-Watt University from its formation in 1990. Before that he was Deputy Director of the Scottish Human-Computer Interaction Centre at Strathclyde University from 1986-1990. His early work with teaching machines was followed by 14 years as a lecturer in psychology at the University of Strathclyde during which period he researched cognitive aspects of learning. Applying this to problems of computer 'learnability' led him into the emerging field of Human Computer Interaction. Since the mid-eighties he has worked extensively on the development of technology-enhanced learning in HE. In ICBL at Heriot-Watt the research programme was funded under five different EU programmes, directly by industry (Digital and BT), and through both University Funding Council and Research Council projects.

During the late 1990s Terry Mayes led collaborative projects funded through the UK Research Councils (both ESRC and EPSRC) involving research on the educational potential of vicarious learning. His recent research includes a study, funded through the ESRC TLRP, of the learning cultures in FE, and he has been a consultant for the JISC-funded LEX (Learner Experience) project. He has published widely on pedagogical aspects of learning technology. He was the co-chair for ALT-2006 and during 2007 he was appointed as one of three ALT (Association for Learning Technology) Ambassadors. He has been awarded an honorary life membership of the ALT.

Terry Mayes has extensive experience of policy work. From 1999-2003 Terry served on the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council committee on learning and teaching. During 2000-2002 he was a member of the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (main committee), and chaired the Portfolio Policy Group. From 2003 he has been a member of the QAA advisory group responsible for recommending the Scottish approach for institutional review (now known as ELIR). He was chair until recently of the SHEFC/QAA Steering Group for the Enhancement Theme of Flexible Delivery.

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