Email address: contact@jonmaber.co.uk
I am pleased to announce that I am offering my services as an independant educational technologist.
Recent clients: The University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, The University of Oxford Learning Technology Group, The University of Leeds Library, The University of the Highlands and Islands Millenium Institute, Scarborough Sixth Form College, The Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College, The Church of England Diocese of Leicester.
I am the original author of the software Bodington which is used by the University of Oxford and a number of other organisations to build VLEs (otherwise known as course management systems). I also managed the VLE service for the University of Leeds for many years and used the system myself to teach a course of IT and statistics to Biology students.
Campus Academicus is a hosted VLE service. It's low cost, easy to manage and even allows collaborative provision for partner colleges, schools and universities.
Recently I have become very concerned about security vulnerabilities in virtual learning environments. Activities involve researching vulnerabilities, presenting findings and working on software to close vulnerabilities in other people's software tools. I'm available to provide organisations with support and advice in this area.
I have many years experience of creating educational software and multimedia in a number of subject areas. In particular Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics. I am able to produce simulations, 3d animations and web based exercises using a number of techniques - hypertext and JavaScript, molecular modelling, 3d rendering, Java Applets etc.
Terra Vivida is where I curate my biochemistry web resources.
My experience covers the entire spectrum of educational provision from IT mediated and conventional teaching experience, course management, course design, course review, desktop publication of course books, creation of interactive teaching aids using HTML, multimedia and Java, creation of an on-line learning environment, provision of a VLE service for a large university, management of the VLE service including the running of a help desk, hardware procurement, management of hardware maintenance, and staff training. I have a particular interest in the accessibility of IT services for persons with and without disabilities.
Hablo español y me gustaría ofrecer mis servicios a clientes Españoles y Latino Americanos. El software Bodington tiene muchas ventajas para usuarios que no hablan ingles porque se puede localizar todo el 'user interface'. Tambien una instalación puede ofrecer varios idiomas a cada usuario - ideal para colaboraciones internacionales.