Russell Stannard's background
Russell
Stannard is a principal lecturer in ICT/ELT at the
University of Westminster as well as the course leader in the
MSc in Interactive
Multimedia . He won the Times Higher "Outstanding Initiative in ICT in 2008" and the British Council
ELTons award for "Innovation" in 2010. His website was also the TELFnet site of the year in 2009. He is well known for his work on using screen capture for providing
feedback to students. This idea has given him an international profile (see Russell's resarch)and Russell has taken the
idea all over the world, even appearing on TV in France.
He has a regular column in the English Teaching
Professional called Webwatcher where he writes about technology and language
teaching. The column has been running for 10 years. The ELT
Professional has begun to offer free on-line examples of Russell's articles from Webwatcher.
He has worked in Spain, China, Greece and the UK and was the Director
of Studies of the International House Centre in Seville Spain for 9
years and a teacher trainer with the Spanish government. He also writes in regular column in the TESOL Spain
Magazine
Russell also teaches on courses in ICT and English for Academic Purposes as well as running the Media and Technology module on the MA TESOL at the Unversity of Westminster. In 2009 he was awarded funding from JISC/HEA to develop a series of Open Educational resources for the University of Westminster known as www.multimediatrainingvideos.com which offers free training videos in using multimedia tools like Director, Flash, Dreamweaver and many others.
Russell Stannard wins the British Council ELTons for Innovation
ELTons 2010 Winner: Russell Stanard from British Council - English & Exam on Vimeo.
Russell Launches Second Website of Training Videos
Awarded finance from JISC/HEA and the University of Westminster, Russell has launched a second website of training videos that offer training in multimedia. Training Videos for Multimedia Tools
Russell Stannard writes about Open Educational Resources in the Times Higher
In this article Russell talks about the role that Open Educational Resources can play in marketing courses. Article on Twitter
Russell Stannard writes in Times Higher about Twitter
This article explains how Twitter can be a major academic and marketing tool. Article on Twitter
Russell Stannard in the Times Higher about Social Networking and OER
This article talks about how Russell has used social networking to push his OER content at the University of Westminster. Article on Social Networking