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Deborah Baff MA ODE, MSc, BSc (Hons), PG Cert Mgt, COLF, FHEA,CMALT

Background

I’m a Certified Online Learning Facilitator (COLF) of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am also a Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology and currently undertaking a part time PhD at Lancaster University in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning . My PhD research interest relates to social support online and how educators wellbeing can be enhanced through connecting in social network sites. I am a open education practitioner and a proud member of the Global OER Graduate Network.

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Subject Specialist in Digital Leadership and Culture 

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Jisc

I joined JISC in December 2021 as a Subject Specialist in Digital Leadership and Culture where my role focuses on the delivery and evolving design of the Digital Leaders Programme.

25+years experience in higher education focusing on the staff and student experience together.

Academic and Administrative Experience

I have worked across several institutions including the Open University, University of Wales Newport (now University of South Wales) and Swansea University.

Membership and Professional Development Manager ALT 

Association for Learning Technology

I was employed as the  Membership and Professional Development Manager for ALT  Association for Learning Technology between 2019 and 2021. ALT’s activities are mostly focused online, supporting the work of and providing services to over 3500 members across the UK and internationally. I was responsible for developing and managing

  ALT’s Membership services for individuals and organisations across all sectors. I also supported the work of  Members and Special Interest Groups and governance through the  ALT Assembly. I was responsible for the management and development of the  CMALT Accreditation Framework. (The Framework provides pathways to peer-assessed accreditation for Learning Technology professionals in the UK and internationally. CMALT is for all professionals who are actively involved in understanding, managing, researching, supporting or enabling learning with the use of Learning Technology.)

Previous Roles
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Other previous roles have included :-
Senior Academic Developer
Project Manager
Head of Student Registry
School Registrar
Acting Head of Admissions
Deputy Head of Admissions
Deputy IT Facilitator
Student Support Administrator
Associate Lecturer
Chartered Surveyor (see below)
I am also a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor, specialising in Estate Management. I was a Junior Surveyor for a firm of International Property Advisors in Cardiff called DTZ Debenham Thorpe and undertook my Surveying qualifications over four years part time while working full time. I was admitted as a Professional Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on completion of my Assessment of Professional Competence in 1995. I worked across all areas of Estate Management including commercial agency, residential land, valuation and rating, property management, receivership work, building surveying, rent reviews, and lease renewals.
I was subsequently made redundant during the property market downturn during the recession in 1996 and took this opportunity to change direction and having always loved learning, made the decision to pursue a career in education.

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2020

2019

  • Course: Certified Online Learning Facilitator (Learning and Performance Institute)
  • Course Year Three PhD E Research and Technology Enhanced Learning – Lancaster University

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2016

 2015

2014

PHD E Research and TEL

(Lancaster University 2017 to Current)

MA Online and Distance Education (Open University 2015)

  • H802 Applications of Information Technology in Open and Distance Education
  • H817 Openness and Innovation in e-learning
  • H800 Technology Enhanced Learning : Practices and Debates

MSc Business Psychology (University of South Wales 2014)

  • G107456 Psychological Theory and Applications in the Workplace
  • G107457 Effective Communication within Organisations
  • G107458 Developing and Managing External Communications
  • G107459 Leadership in 21st Century Organisations
  • G107460 Managing Organisational Culture and Change
  • G107461 Research Methods and Project Management Skills in Organisations
  • G107462 Dissertation ‘Internet Self-Efficacy, The Theory of Planned Behaviour and
  • Student Attitudes towards the Use and Acceptance of E-Services at University’ (June 2014)

Professional Certificate in Management

(Open University 2003)

  • BB631 Managing
  • BBXR636 The Management Challenge
  • BB632 Managing People
  • BB636 Managing Finance and Information
  • BB634 Managing Customers and Quality

BSc (Hons) Psychology

(Open University 2000)

  • D103 Society and Social Science Foundation Course
  • DSE202 Introduction to Psychology
  • ED209 Child Development
  • D317 Social Psychology, Personal Lives, Social Worlds
  • D309 Cognitive Psychology

Diploma in Surveying (College of Estate management 1994)

  • Valuation
  • Law
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • Building Construction
  • Planning and Development
  • Taxation
  • Statistics
  • Accountancy

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