Kathryn Trinder (aka Goldfinch Weatherwax)

http://twitter.com/kathtrinder

Kathryn is a Research Fellow & Educational development advisor (e-learning), with a particular remit on Emerging Technologies. She works with the team in the Academy responsible for academic professional development across the University.

Kathryn's background is in learning technology and she has been at GCU for a number of years. She's worked in the fields of Visual Communications, development of teaching & learning materials and learning technologies, lecturing (e-learning), and staff development for over 20 years.

Initially self employed with a media production company, she later went on to join the Glasgow Colleges of Nursing & Midwifery in 1989 and moved with the colleges to GCU in 1996, where she was closely involved with projects such as the creation of the Intensive Care Unit PBL computer simulations labs ("By George they've got it" THES 1999).

She moved from NMCH and joined GCU’s central e-Learning Innovation Support Unit (eLISU) as an e-learning developer and advisor. After gaining her Masters in Open & Distance Learning with the UK OU, she become a lecturer, module leader & developer on the ESF funded DeELTA (Designing & Evaluating e-Learning & Teaching Approaches) post-graduate e-learning modules, and joined the research team on the JISC funded LEX research study which explored the learner perspective on e-learning across the post-16 sectors in the UK.

In the last 18 months her particular enthusiasms, staff development activity, and research have shifted focus from the use of Web 2.0 tools to the exploration of Web 3.D - Virtual and Immersive Worlds. GCU is currently developing its presence in Second Life; developing pilot teaching projects; and researching these new environments as teaching and learning spaces: http://www.gcal.ac.uk/cuthere/

Publications

2008 conference & workshop proceedings

Trinder, K., (2008), Fearing your Avatar? Exploring the scary journey to the 3rd Dimension, Proceedings of ReLIVE08 (Researching Learning in Virtual Environments) International Conference, 20-21 November, OU, Milton Keynes. ISBN 9781848731OU4

Benske, K., McKay, J., Brown, F., Trinder, K., Whittaker, R., "Welcome to (y)our Second Life: A workshop on providing peer mentoring and transition support within the virtual world of Second Life at Glasgow Caledonian University" Workshop at LICK08 (Edinburgh), http://lick2008.wikispaces.com/Afternoon+workshops

Trinder, K., Francino, F., Littlejohn, A. (2008), Poster presentation: GRiID: Gcu research in Internet 3D, ALT-C2008, 8-11 September, Leeds. http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/

Invited Speaker

Trinder, K & Francino, F., “Wanna meet the new teacher? C U There!” At Virtual Worlds 2008 (Stirling), http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/archive.php#vw08

Trinder, K. At HandheldLearning08 (London), Virtual Worlds discussion panellist. http://www.handheldlearning2008.com/

Publications & Research reports

Trinder, K., Guiller, J., Margaryan, A., Littlejohn, A., and Nicol, D. (2008). Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating formal and informal learning. Final project report. Higher Education Academy, UK. Available at: http://www.academy.gcal.ac.uk/ldn/LDNFinalReport.pdf

Creanor L., Trinder K., Gowan, D.,. & Howells C. Life, Learning and Technology: views from the learners, Journal for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Issue 2, 2007-08. Available at: http://resources.glos.ac.uk/shareddata/dms/19B71315BCD42A039077E1F80A242D2B.pdf

Creanor, L., Trinder, K., Gowan, D. & Howells, C. (2006). LEX - The Learner Experience of E-Learning, JISC report [online]. Available online at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/LEX%20Final%20Report_August06.pdf

Trinder, K.R, Roberts, G, Siddiqui, N, (2005), "Exploring mobile technologies to support flexible learning communities", in Workshop on Learning Communities in the era of Ubiquitous Computing (ISSN: ), 2nd International Conference on Communities and Technologies 2005, Milan.

Docherty, C., Hoy, D., Topp, H., Trinder, K (2005), "eLearning techniques supporting problem based learning in clinical simulation", International Journal of Medical Informatics, http://www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/ijmi/

Selected conference and workshop proceedings:

Creanor, L., Trinder, K., Gowan, G., Howells, C (2006), Who's learning and how? Researching the Learner Experience, ASCILITE conference proceedings, 3-6 December. Sydney, Australia

Trinder, K., Creanor, L., Gowan, D. & Howells, C. (2006) "...an underworld of texting and messaging..." Exploring some emergent findings from the LEX study, Workshop presented at HandheldLearning 2006, QE11, London. Available online at: http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/hl2006/present/kathytrinder.pdf

Trinder K., Creanor, L., Gowan, D., Howells C., (2006), Letting the Learners tell their story, Proceedings of ALT-C, 'The Next Generation' Sep 5- 6, Edinburgh, pp12-13

Creanor, L., Trinder K., Gowan, D., Howells C., (2006), Listening to Learners, Workshop presented at the JISC Learner Driver Conference, 31st May, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh.

Creanor, L., Trinder, K., Gowan, G., Howells, C (2006), The Learner's Voice: a Focus on the e-learner Experience, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Networked Learning 2006, ISBN 1-86220-182-X Lancaster University, Lancaster, http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/past/nlc2006/abstracts/creanor.htm

Trinder, J., Trinder, K., (2005) "Competition for their pockets: er, I left it at home", Workshop presented at Handheld Learning 2005, Goldsmiths College, London. Available online: http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/hl2005/

Trinder, K. R., Bryans, A., (2005) "Developing a community nursing, media rich, e-learning module: Challenges and Choices", Poster presentation, E-learning in Health & Social Care - Theory to Practice, Wrexham, March, 2005, http://www.newi.ac.uk/elearninghealth/abstracts_poster_presentations.htm

Docherty, C., Hoy, D., Topp, H., Trinder, K, (2004), "Using ELearning Techniques to Support Problem Based Learning Within a Clinical Simulation Laboratory", MedInfo 2004, http://cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn/news/report/2004/medinfo2004 /pdffiles/papers/4703Docherty.pdf

Docherty, C., Hoy, D., Topp, H., Trinder, K, (1999). "The development and evaluation of an enquiry based virtual learning environment", Paper presented at Collaboration and Learning in Virtual Environments 1999, Jyväskylä, Finland

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