Graham Attwell

Graham Attwell is Director of Pontydysgu, an Educational Research and Software Development Company based in Wales. He is an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Bremen.

His research interests are focused on technology enhanced teaching and learning and web-based learning environment development. This includes research and development into pedagogies for Technology Enhanced Learning, recognition of informal learning, training of teachers and trainers and development of open source software for education and Open Educational Resources. His recent work has focused on research and development of new applications and approaches to e-Portfolios and Personal Learning Environments and use of social software for learning and knowledge development. He is experienced in the use of ICT for e-Learning, developing, delivering and moderating e-learning programmes for teachers and trainers in initial training and for professional development.

His blog, the Wales Wide Web, can be accessed at http://www.pontydysgu.org/blogs/waleswideweb.

Recent publications include:

Attwell, 2006, E-Learning und die sociale Gestaltung der Technik, in Bittingmayer U & Bauer U (eds), Die Wissensgesellschaft, Mythos, Ideologie oder Realitat, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag fur Soczialwissenschaften,

Attwell G, Wilson S, Tosh D, Anderson T and Fraser J, (2006), Personal Learning Environments: challenges in next generation learning. Papers presneted at Alt c Confernce, Edinburgh, September 2006, http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2006/timetable/abstract.php?abstract_id=812.

Attwell, G. (2007) Searching, Lurking and the Zone of Proximinal Development: e-learning in Small and Medium Enterprises, Vienna: Navreme

Attwell G. and Pumilia P (2007) The New Pedagogy of Open Content: Bringing Together Production, Knowledge, Development, and Learning, Data Science Journal, Vol 6, April 2007 http://dsj.codataweb.org.    

Attwell G (2007)e-Portfolios - the DNA of the Personal Learning Environment? Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, Vol. 2.

Attwell G, (2007) Personal Learning Environments - the future of eLearning? eLearning papers Vol. 2, http://www.elearningpapers.eu/index.php?

Attwell G. (2007), PLEs for creating, consuming, remixing and sharing, Service Oriented Approaches and Lifelong Competence Development Infrastructures: Proceedings of the 2nd TENCompetence Open Workshop, http://hdl.handle.net/1820/1023