Simon Atkinson is an educational developer with specialist interests in the future of tertiary education and strategic planning.
He is Head of the Centre for Learning Development, and Head of eLearning, at the University of Hull, United Kingdom.
Prior to joining the University of Hull, Simon was part of the Academic Professional Development Programme of the Institute for Educational Technology (Open University-UK) and the Centre for Continuing Education at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
His consulating role is focussed primarily around capacity building for flexible, distance and on-line delivery of tertiary education. He provides tailored workshops and professional development programmes for teaching and teaching support staff engaged in teaching across all disciplines.
Increasingly inputs to organisations have focussed on preparing and developing to meet future needs. Foresight planning or 'Futures Thinking' allows organisations to anticipate future environments and plan sensibly. Whether you are a commercial or educational organization, learning in the future will be different.
With increased advocacy of learning content developed in partnership and shared through content repositories, there is a need for a greater awareness of the cultural appropriateness of curriculum development policy and processes. Current University based research examines the relationship between the values of academe in knowledge creation and the impact of technology on sustaining those values in learners.
You can contact Simon on spa@sijen.com