About me
The video "Shift happens" tells us that we can expect to have to change of career in the future. It already happened to me. I had a first career as a Cognitive Psychologist, specialized in psycholinguistics in Europe (MPhil, Cambridge, UK; PhD Brussels, Belgium). A second one as a software developer in NZ. I had had an ongoing interest in e-learning, grabbing an international award for best educational website back in 2000 - Museum of Perception and Cognition. Frustrated with the slow adoption of technology within my work environment (departments of psychology), I decided to learn proper programming skills, to try and help make a difference from the other side. I first spent 3 years learning the skills by working in commercial studios - portfolio. I ended up in NZ after meeting my (future) husband in Edinburgh.
I have now started to try and use these digital skills to contribute to education. This involves work for universities, a project for University of Gent to automatically generate a complex interface to search and navigate complex lexical databases - idlp. It also involves open contributions. Open content with various contributions on wikispaces - digital proficiency. Open source to support the rapid development of learning content across digital devices - widgeds. Free android apps - Bloom Taxonomy.
