Dr Clare Wood, Coventry University

"A Blended Learning Approach to Teaching Research Methods"

Blended learning refers to an approach to education which combines e-learning materials and environments with traditional print materials and face-to-face teaching. This presentation will describe a model for implementing a blending learning approach to teaching and learning in higher education. It will also demonstrate how this model has been successfully implemented in the teaching of research methods to Masters level psychology students at Coventry University.

Biography

Clare Wood is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Coventry University, having worked previously at the Open University and University College Northampton. She originally studied Social Psychology at the University of Kent and obtained her PhD from Bristol University in 1997. Her research interests relate to reading acquisition in children, including the use of new technologies to support reading tuition. She also has research interests in the psychology of teaching and learning, which extends to the study of learning in higher education.