Greta Mladenova's Profile
Greta Mladenova's Profile DescriptionMy name is Greta and this is the link to my COS profile. I am Bulgarian and I came to England 1991. I am interested in all aspects of learning, including my own profecional development. I interested in movie work and I find working with children very satisfying! I am also interested mathematics and languages. I am bilingual in English and Bulgarian and confidnet in Russian. I graduated from the Technical University of Sofia with a Masters Degree in 1988. I started a PhD in Bulgaria on Decision Making in Educational context. I came to work at Ultralab in 1993. I learnt HyperCard and translated the Workrooms software in Bulgarian. I am involved in the National Educational Computer Archive. It consists of various software and hardware with stories of how these were used in the 80's. We are currently looking for funding to make these materials available via the web where researchers all over the country will be able to look at them and contribute their stories of using the software and hardware. I also worked with Carole Chapman, Gill Roberts and others on Learning in the New Millennium Project. This was one of the first internet project with children all over the country, researching on their use of new emerging technologies. The research outcomes of this project have been communicated through reports and websites. I am currently working on the Ultraversity project. This is an interesting project which changes the lives of many people who otherwise would have not gone to university. Part of my job is to research into the students' use of Ultraversity tools on this course. This is an important investigation carried out by the team, as it will impact on the future development of using e-portfolio and on-line community in Higher Education for remote students. I am currently collaborating with Mark Constable, Stephen Powell, Tim Williams, Rex Wingate, Lindsey Wingate to produce a paper for publication on widening participation based on our Ultraversity data and experience. Another research area is the organisation of the BA in Learning, Technology and Research. Together with Mark, Tony Browne, Hamish Scott-Brown and Stephen Powell we will be suggesting useful changes in our online community to improve our working practices in this important area. Ultraversity’s servers are essential to deliver the 24/7 Ultraversity degree course and host the on-line tools used which are critical for the survival of Ultralab’s biggest project. Together with the development team we maintain these services and we have an excellent reputation for ‘up-time’ of all servers, both on and off site. With over 700 researchers currently on the course, I continue to deliver advice and support throughout the day answering general questions and queries while helping the researchers understand the capabilities of the technologies they are using. Another project in which I am directly involved together with my colleagues Matthew Eaves and Graham Hart is the mini-JISC on e-portfolio. This is a collaborative project between Ultralab, Computer Science Department at Anglia Ruskin and regional colleges in East Anglia. We maintain a close relationship with Peterborough Regional College where our main research area on use and transfer of e-portfolios’ data is. We hope to publish our finding in the "Eastern Region e-Learning projects around Distributed e-Learning: The Outcomes" dissemination conference in May at ARU. For the past 10 years I have continued to maintain and support Ultralab’s own on-line community server, which is globally respected for managing communication of a nationally spread team. Cross-project help and advice is essential and I am currently helping as a collaborator, sharing experience and advice across most of Ultralabs projects, while project managing my own learning in the process. Some Publications: Translating software: what it means and what it costs for small cultures and large cultures
Educational Multimedia: How to Allow for Cultural Factors
"Making Choices" - backgroud of my PhD research |