I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Hull's School of Arts and New Media in Scarborough, since September 2010, after winning a scholarship. My research project focuses on strategies for nurturing online collaboration. I hold a Masters degree from the University of Sheffield on Literacy and Language in Education with a special focus on the role of interactive media in language teaching and learning.
Prior to this, I founded and ran a private interactive multimedia company, specialising in the design, development and publishing of edutainment computer games. Clients included the British High Commission, the British Council, the Maltese Education Department and other NGOs. I also won funding from the Leonardo da Vinci programme for my original interactive projects in life-long learning.
Current Research
editMy current areas of research interests include; Online Collaboration, Communities of Practice and Mediated Memories. My current research project; ‘Preserving the Present – Cultivating On-line Collaboration to Preserve Personal Music Memories’, looks at how people collaborate in an online environment. The study aims to compare two online groups whose common interest is preserving music memories in Malta, however, they both use different platforms; FaceBook and MediaWiki.
Conference Presentations
edit- March 24, 2012: Presentation - "The Malta Music Memory Project: Why Users Collaborate" - TaPRA Interim Symposium 2012, University of Hull, Scarborough Campus.
- September 9, 2011: Presentation – “Initials findings: The Malta Music Memory Project” - SITES OF POPULAR MUSIC SYMPOSIUM, Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool.
- July 2011: Presentation – “Preserving the Present” - Cultivating Online Communities of Practice in their pursuit to Capturing and Preserving Music Heritage in Malta. – University of Paris 8, PARIS.
MediaWiki Workshops
editI have designed and delivered a number of wiki workshops using the MediaWiki software. This took place in Malta in June 2011. I have also developed a number of PDF handouts for beginner MediaWiki contributors.
Here is a link to some of these handouts: pdf handouts
Other Interests
editI am a singer-songwriter and guitarist and has been a member of the Performance Rights Society of London (PRS) since 1985.
You can listen to some of my music FACEBOOK, HERE, HEREand HERE :)
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