The SoSS eLearning Team

The team provides advice, guidance and demonstrations to academic staff on the opportunities for using technology in teaching, learning and assessment, and also supports the use of Blackboard and other supported tools.

To contact eLearning for help and advice, please see the Get Help page on StaffNet.

Charlotte Warden

Learning Designer

Charlotte has joined us from AMBS as a Learning Designer. This is one of four new roles across the Faculty.

As well as offering eLearning and Learning Design guidance, the team are working alongside TLSE colleagues to provide Curriculum Design support for new programmes throughout the NPP1 & 2 approval stages and beyond.

Rachel Willder

Learning Technologist

Rachel works closely with academic colleagues in SoSS and the wider eLearning community to develop online content and support the innovative use of tools in the VLE to enhance learning and enrich the student experience.

She is the service area lead for online exams and works closely with eLearning colleagues to promote exam robustness and decrease academic malpractice.

Rachel welcomes questions and feedback about the equipment Humanities have installed and the various pedagogical approaches we have recommended to staff to make teaching a success.

Outside of work Rachel plays softball, is trying to get into gardening, and always has a book on the go.

Rachel specifically supports the Departments of Philosophy, Politics, and Social Anthropology.

Janean Lancaster

eLearning Support Officer

Janean joined the University in 2020 and works closely with colleagues in SoSS and the wider eLearning Humanities Team.

She is the service area lead for web content – StaffNet, WordPress – and also provides front-line eLearning support via the Support Portal.

Work aside, Janean is an avid music fan, film buff, and likes to dabble with Photoshop.

Mark Lobjoit

Learning Technologist

Mark has considerable experience supporting complex, large scale MCQ Exams in Blackboard and Mobius. He is interested in developing HTML5 Learning Objects in H5P, and is familiar with the nuts and bolts of things like SCORM, IMS/QTI, xAPI and, as the Service Area Lead for Data, takes an interest in eLearning Analytics.

Outside of work, Mark is a keen photographer, cyclist and mountaineer.

Mark specifically supports the Departments of Criminology and Law.