Allison Littlejohn
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Alma mater | University of Strathclyde (PhD) |
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Thesis | A Comparative Examination of the Mechanical Properties of Sodium Nitrate and Calcite and the Influence of Defects On Their Reactivity (1988) |
Website | littlebylittlejohn |
Allison Littlejohn, FHEA, is Professor of Learning Technology at University College London. She is a director of University College London's knowledge lab and an expert in learning sciences, specialising in professional and digital learning. [1]
Education
[edit]Littlejohn received her PhD from the University of Strathclyde in Chemistry in 1988. Her thesis was titled A Comparative Examination of the Mechanical Properties of Sodium Nitrate and Calcite and the Influence of Defects On Their Reactivity.[2]
Career and research
[edit]Littlejohn was appointed as Professor within the School of Education and Dean of Learning and Teaching at the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow in April 2019.[3] In November 2019 she was appointed director of University College London's knowledge lab.[4]
Publications
[edit]She has published on open-access learning, digital resources, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and Wikipedia editing within education:
- Allison Littlejohn and Carol Higgison, A guide for teachers (York: Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN), 2003)
- Littlejohn, Allison; Pegler, Chris (2007). Preparing for Blended e-Learning. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-40361-0 – via oro.open.ac.uk.
- Margaryan, Anoush; Littlejohn, Allison; Vojt, Gabrielle (2011). "Are digital natives a myth or reality? University students' use of digital technologies". Computers & Education. 56 (2): 429–440. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.004. ISSN 0360-1315.
- Allison Littlejohnn and Anoush Margaryan, Technology-enhanced professional learning : processes, practices, and tools (New York: Routledge, 2013)
- Allison Littlejohn and Chris Pegler, Reusing open resources : learning in open networks for work, life and education (London: Routledge, 2015)
- Margaryan, Anoush; Bianco, Manuela; Littlejohn, Allison (2015). "Instructional quality of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)" (PDF). Computers & Education. 80: 77–83. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2014.08.005. ISSN 0360-1315.
- Victoria Murphy, Allison Littlejohn, Bart C. Rienties, (2020) 'Social network analysis and activity theory: A symbiotic relationship', Dominik E. Froehlich, Martin Rehm, and Bart C. Rienties (eds.) Mixed methods social network analysis: Theories and methodologies in learning and education (London, United Kingdom: Routledge) pp. 113–125
- Vasudha Chaudhari, Victoria Murphy, and Allison Littlejohn, (2020) 'The Educational Intelligent Economy – Lifelong Learning – A vision for the future', Tavis D. Jules, and Florin D. Salajan (eds.) The Educational Intelligent Economy: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things in Education. International Perspectives on Education and Society (In Press), 38. Emerald, pp. 109–126
- Berry, Leon; Rienties, Bart; Littlejohn, Allison; Sastry, Venkat (2020). "A quasi-experimental study to explore the impact of PAR on becoming an Agile Warrior" (PDF). Military Psychology. 32 (2): 198–211. doi:10.1080/08995605.2020.1724753. ISSN 0899-5605. PMC 10013489. S2CID 211566202.
- Varga-Atkins, T, Sharpe, R, Bennett, S, Alexander, S and Littlejohn. (2021). The choices that connect uncertainty and sustainability: Student-centred agile decision-making approaches used by universities in Australia and the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 1(16), pp. 1–16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.649
References
[edit]- ^ Allison Littlejohn publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Littlejohn, Allison (1988). A Comparative Examination of the Mechanical Properties of Sodium Nitrate and Calcite and the Influence of Defects On Their Reactivity. strath.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Strathclyde.
- ^ Gale, Trevor (2019). "Professor Allison Littlejohn joins the School of Education". cradall.org. Centre for Research & Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ^ "New Director of UCL Knowledge Lab appointed". ucl.ac.uk. University College London. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2020-02-26.