Jedd Bartlett

Recent work in researching and developing new learning environments

• CORE Education Ltd (2007)

During the first 6 months of 2007 I was Programme Manager for the KPerak ELearning Cluster project. This was a pilot project in the state of Perak, Malaysia, in which 5 schools were involved in a professional development programme based around integrating ICT into the curriculum. The project involved enlisting and mentoring a team of local teachers as ICT PD facilitators, facilitating workshops and in-school professional learning, providing expertise and advice at a project management level, undertaking research into teacher and student achievement, and co-authoring the project's evaluation report.

• CORE Education Ltd (2005 - 2006)

National ICT PD Facilitator for two years, working for CORE Education, a not-for-profit educational research and development organisation based in Christchurch, New Zealand. CORE researches, applies, supports, and disseminates new learning technologies. As a National Facilitator my role was mentoring and monitoring local ICTPD project directors and teacher facilitators in clusters of primary and secondary schools in the Wellington region, and throughout the South Island of New Zealand.

• Developing Independent Learners

Between 2000 and 2003 I was project co-ordinator and professional development provider during the designing and establishment of an innovative integrated studies programme for year 9 and 10 students. As the 2003 NZCER Beeby Fellow I puiblished "Developing Independent Learners", a book describing the journey undertaken by the team of secondary teachers at Kuranui College in the Wairarapa, as they plan and implement an inquiry-based curriculum integration programme. Available through NZCER.

• The Wairarapa E-Learning Community (2004)

Following a period as a secondary school ICT coordinator, I was the ICT professional development facilitator for WELCom, Wairarapa ELearning Community, a consortium of five rural secondary schools now in its third year, exploring online learning to support current teaching and learning programmes in the member schools.

• The Connect ed Action Research Project (2004)

Researcher for the Connect ed Programme that aimed to improve teaching and learning through an integrated studies programme offered online by New Zealand's Correspondence School to year 9 and 10 distance learning students.

• Northland Polytechnic (2004)

Consultancy services at Northland Polytechnic, based around the development of an elearning support programme for tutors and students using the learning management system moodle in their courses.