Sheila Smith, Senior Digital Learning Coordinator
Sheila has spent 20 years in the FE sector with most of them at Lambeth College and has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths College.
As well as teaching radio, journalism, photography and media Sheila was part of the teaching and learning team.
In her role as Blended Learning Expert Practitioner, she supported staff with digital skills and tools both in the classroom, online and hybrid delivery.
Sheila is the liaison for Media School and Design School (GDC and BDI). She manages the Digital Learning Champions, Staff development programme and leads on communications . Her projects areas are; accessibility, educational videos including learning glass.
Scott Simmonds, Digital Learning Coordinator
Scott has joined the team from the University of Portsmouth, where he managed a team of developers with the Faculty of Humanities for 11 years.
He has experience of developing content on Moodle, supporting and delivering training to staff and students (online and in person), and how web technologies can be used as part learning, teaching and assessments.
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Samantha Birkett, Digital Learning Producer
Sam has worked in education for nearly twenty years. She has been a teacher, teacher trainer and school moderator in various contexts and in multiple countries, including the UK, the US, Mexico and Lebanon.
Building on a strong foundation in classroom teaching, Sam made the move to digital teaching and learning in her role as Producer for the BBC World Service. Working with colleagues around the world, Sam designed, produced and published educational content across multiple BBC platforms using a range of media to reach and help grow the BBC World Service’s global audience.
Before joining UAL, Sam was a Learning Designer responsible for designing course content and assessment products for Cambridge University Press & Assessment. As part of the LCC Digital Learning Team, Sam’s primary focus is in the areas of Research and Development and Learning Design.