Learning Designer
2016 conference: What are the factors that encourage and inhibit student engagement in online activities, such as e-tivities? An URB@N project
I began teaching in the Critical and Contextual Studies department of West Wales School of the Arts (Trinity St. David/ Coleg Sir Gar) in 2010. During the course of my four year tenure there; I developed and delivered the theoretical programmes for the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design and BTEC Diplomas in Fashion and Clothing, taught into the Undergraduate programmes at L4-6 and became course leader for both the BA (Hons) Fine Art Contemporary Practice and Multidisciplinary programmes. In January 2014 I took up post at the University of Northampton teaching academic and cognitive skills, writing and research methodologies across a range of programmes L4-L8 for CfAP (Centre for Achievement and Performance). In October 2015 I became a Learning Designer, involved in the implementation of the University’s Learning and Teaching Plan, particularly in the run up to our new Waterside campus in 2018. It goes without saying, an interest in efficient and effective learning strategies has been at the root of most of the research projects I have undertaken. In 2014 I co-authored a paper outlining ‘Thin’ pedagogy, an approach to 21st century teaching that draws on the liminal, the archaic and the mystical. More recently I have focused on the nature, purpose and role of transferable skills, arguably a core liminal threshold learning experience in the HE environment and one that by its nature is difficult to address directly but is vital to students for all manner of reasons. Throughout my teaching career I have continued to operate as a professional artist and arts researcher, most recently exhibiting in the National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside London (2015) and speaking at the Redefining Print Symposium in Double Elephant Workshop, Exeter.
Publications and conference papers
Lomer, S., Palmer, E., Wood, L. and Bashliyska, I. (2016) URBAN project: Exploring student engagement with skills development through blended learning. Will be presented to: L&T Conference, University of Northampton, 23rd-24th May 2016. Publication TBC.
Palmer, E. (2015-2016) Various Postings on LearnTech Blog for University of Northampton Learning Design. Available at: http://blogs.northampton.ac.uk/learntech/
Palmer, E. (2015) All our futures: mapping a landscape that incorporates employability, ‘change-maker’ (social innovation) and library and learning services. Presented to: ALDinHE Conference, Southampton, 1st April 2015
Palmer, E. (2015) All our futures: mapping a landscape that incorporates employability, ‘change-maker’ (social innovation) and library and learning services. Presented to: ALDinHE Regional Meeting, University of Bedfordshire, Luton Campus, 9th July 2015
Palmer, E. (2015) All our futures: mapping a landscape that incorporates employability, ‘change-maker’ (social innovation) and library and learning services. Presented to: LLS Conference, University of Northampton, May 2015
Palmer (as Tomos), E. (2015) CMYK Registered Ontology. Prix de Print. Art in Print. 5 (2) pp. 44
Palmer (as Tomos), E. (2015) Inscribed Matter to Matter: Printmaking and Performance. Presented to: ‘Redefining Print’ Symposium, Double Elephant Print Studios, 19th November 2015.
Healy, C. and Palmer, E. (2014) Meta-morphs: – being a mediator of the ‘thin’ place and ‘thin’ experience in the HE classroom. Presented to: Heroes and monsters: extra-ordinary tales of learning and teaching in the arts and humanities, Manchester, 2-4 June 2014, Available from centaur.reading.ac.uk
Healy, C. and Palmer, E. (2014) Becoming a mediator of the ‘thin’ place and ‘thin’ experience in the HE classroom. Presented to: ISIRC (Social Innovation Research Conference), University of Northampton, 1-3 September 2014. Available from centaur.reading.ac.uk
Palmer, E. (2013) Innovative Strategies for Delivering ESW. Presented at: Coleg Sir Gar Teaching & Learning Conference, Graig Campus, Llanelli, June 2013.