Zac Woolfitt
Researcher/Lecturer, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Zac Woolfitt is a lecturer and researcher at Inholland University in the Netherlands. With a background in tourism where he worked in North America for ten years, he is now based near Amsterdam.
Since 2010 he has been conducting research into the effective use of video in higher education. His research has examined challenges teaching staff face when transitioning from face-to-face, to teaching via video (from 3d to 2d). Using a variety of technologies, he has recorded over 100 web lectures that are used when ‘flipping’ the classroom in an interactive, dynamic and blended learning environment.
Since 2017 he has been researching the impact of the smartphone in the higher education classroom. How are students using their phones for learning or is it just distraction? What approaches can lectuerers and students examine to facilitte learning in the classroom with the smartphone? How can students managage distractions and gain insight into their smartphone use in relation to their study behaviour and results?