Robert Farmer is a learning designer at the University of Northampton. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology. In 2014, the learning technology team in which he works was awarded the Learning Technology Team of the Year Award by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). Prior to becoming a learning designer he worked as a learning technologist, and before this he taught for ten years, teaching at levels three, four and five, and leading courses in philosophy, critical thinking and digital film-making. He has had work published in journals and books, has presented at various national and international conferences, and has had work screened on Channel 4 and at film festivals and conferences.

Robert is interested in many aspects of learning and teaching and the ways that technology and good pedagogic design can enhance learning. His current areas of interest, activity and research include designing and creating MOOCs, designing and developing blended learning courses, mobile friendly design, active learning, the flipped classroom, patchwork text assessment, e-portfolios, collaborative learning and communities of learning, critical/engaged pedagogy, Socratic method and the importance of dialogue and discussion in education. He works with and supports a number of educational technologies on a regular basis, including Blackboard, Turnitin, Panopto, Kaltura, Edublogs (WordPress), PebblePad, and Xerte. In addition to this he has a good knowledge of film-making, sound recording and photography.

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