Dr Gwyneth Hughes

    • Senior Lecturer in Higher Education
    • Faculty Director: Learning and Teaching
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  • Summary:
    • As Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching, I am responsible for enhancing teaching at both faculty and institute levels and I am chair of the new E-Learning Implementation Group as part of this role.
  • Teaching:
  • Research:
    • Project Leader for Assessment Careers: Enhancing learning pathways through assessment, JISC funded.

      Project Leader for Implementing and Evaluating Ipsative Feedback, CDE funded.

      Facilitating Transitions to Masters-level Learning through Improving Formative Assessment and Feedback, HEA funded.

  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Ipsative assessment, blended learning, reflective practice, inclusive pedagogies
  • Professional Activities:
    • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
      Member of the Society for Research in Higher Education
      Member of the Association for Learning Technology and Assessor for Certified Membership of the Association.
      Editorial Board of the London Review of Education
  • Research Students:
    • Research interests include: blended learning, e-learning, gender, formative feedback, identity, inclusivity, widening participation, collaborative work, online discussion, web 2.0, learning technologies, professional development, quality enhancement, reflective practice.
Dr Gwyneth Hughes

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  • Hughes, G. (2011) 'Aiming for Personal Best: a Case for Introducing Ipsative Assessment in Higher Education', Studies in Higher Education 36 (3), 353 - 367.
  • Hughes, G. (2010) 'Identity and belonging in social learning groups: the value of distinguishing the social, operational and knowledge-related dimensions', British Educational Research Journal 36 (1), 47- 63.
  • Hughes, G. (2009) 'Talking to oneself: using autobiographical internal dialogue to critique everyday and professional practice', Reflective Practice 10.4,
  • Hughes, G. (2009) 'Social software: new opportunities for challenging social inequalities in learning? ', Learning Media and Technology 34, (4), 291-305.
  • Hughes, G. (2007) 'Diversity, identity and belonging in e-learning communities: some theories and paradoxes', Teaching in Higher Education 12(5-6), 707-718.
  • Hughes, G. (2007) 'Using blended learning to increase learner support and improve retention', Teaching in Higher Education 12(3), 351-365.
  • Hughes, G. & Scott, C. (2005) 'No pain no game: use of an online game to explore issues of online identity and the implications for collaborative e-learning', E-Learning 2(4), 388-401 .
  • Hughes, G. (2005) 'Learning to Learn Online: fostering student engagement with online pedagogies' in Hartley, P., Woods, A. & Pill, M. (eds.) , Enhancing Teaching in Higher Education: New Approaches for improving student learning. London: Routledge .
  • Hughes, G. (2002) 'Gender issues in computer-supported learning: what we can learn from the gender, science and technology literature', Association for Learning Technology Journal 10(2), 77-79.