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James Clay
James Clay has been ILT & Learning Resources Manager at Gloucestershire College since November 2006. James is responsible for the
VLE, the use of learning technologies, e-learning, the libraries, digital and online resources and the strategic direction of the college in relation to the use of learning technologies.
James' current interests include researching learning on the handheld devices that learners have. How can we create learning activities which work on personal mobile devices. He also likes to experiment on how we use Web 2.0 to support learning.
James previously was Director of the Western Colleges Consortium he was responsible for the management, strategic direction and development of e-learning using a shared
MLE across the four partner
FE Colleges of the WCC.
Before the WCC he worked for at-Bristol, a Millennium project within the Harbourside of Bristol - a job which involved delivering hands-on science education and designing educational websites on subjects as diverse as handheld learning experiences, Antiguan racer snakes, space science and the mummification process of the ancient Egyptians.
Prior to the above, James spent ten years in Further Education as a lecturer in Business & Economics, employing a variety of learning technologies.
James was
ALT Learning Technologist of the Year 2009 for his contribution to changing the College, which has become a leader and an exemplar in its use of learning technologies.