eMedia Staff
Nick Short - Head of eMedia Unit
Nick is committed to the development of accessible and practical e-learning techniques for the teachers and learners of today and tomorrow. In particular, he is interested in how these technologies can support professional lifelong learning.
He believes that the potential of web technologies in education have only just started to be realised. There will be many opportunities in the future to foster collaboration and share resources. His personal passion is to explore how this potential can be tapped to help create new partnerships with colleagues in the developing world.
Read more on Nick Short's Staff Page
Brian Cox - Multimedia Developer
Brian joined the Electronic Media Unit in May 2006 from the MRC in Cambridge. He has a wide range of multimedia skills including working with video, audio and images. He is currently involved in developing podcasts and recording surgical techniques in the College.
Aidan Dixon - Web Developer
Aidan is the Electronic Media Unit's Intranet Developer. He is working to further develop the functionality of College information systems such as the Intranet, document repositories and database systems. He has skills in information management and ColdFusion programming which he is using to create a more dynamic and responsive database-driven information environment in the College.
Fiona Fenton - VLE Manager
Fiona joined the Electronic Media Unit in February 2007 from the West London Academy. Her focus is on the VLE and eLearning, online assessments and digital resources (amongst other things). She has a wide range of multimedia skills and eLearning knowledge developed through her experience with London schools and Local Education Authorities.
Yanna Nedelcheva - BLE Officer
Yanna joined the Electronic Media Unit in November 2010 from the University of Westminster where she worked as an Online Learning Support Officer. Yanna works as a part-time BLE Officer and she is assisting the BLE Service Manager in reporting support issues to service providers, organizing meetings and events, producing documentation and developing online sites.
Sonya Powney - Learning Resources Developer
Sonya joined The Royal Veterinary College in October 1996 and has produced a range of interactive multimedia programs (see examples of Sonya's work) for veterinary undergraduates and vets in practice. She currently develops teaching resources for delivery over the RVC intranet and the Blackboard VLE. Her skills include project management, instructional design, multimedia, programming, usability testing and online assessment.
Sarah Sherman - BLE Service Manager
An experienced adviser and qualified teacher, Sarah has been working in e-learning since 2001, providing strategic advice to academics and senior managers about its introduction and application. As the BLE Service Manager, Sarah is responsible for the development, maintenance and implementation of the Bloomsbury Learning Environment (BLE) - a shared e-learning service used by the RVC, Birkbeck, Institute of Education, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and SOAS. The BLE comprises a learning platform (Blackboard) and a suite of e-learning tools including Echo360 (for automatic lecture capture), Elluminate (virtual classroom software) and Turnitin (online plagiarism detection software).
Jack Sisterson - Web Editor/Designer
Jack joined the College's Unit for Veterinary Continuing Education (now RVC CPD Unit) in 1989 doing desktop publishing, clerical and accounts work. Since joining the RVC multimedia team his projects have included the design, implementation and maintenance of the original college intranet; six redesigns of the RVC website and three of the College intranet; creation of several other RVC-hosted websites; design and production of graphics, animations and interfaces for several CD/online learning programs; and anything else that gets thrown at him.
Sachin Taank - VLE Developer
I am a 2009 graduate from De Montfort University, Leicester, who studied BSc (honours) Multimedia Computing. I have since graduating, worked previously as an E-Learning Administrator, supporting Blackboard at City and Islington College in London where I was able to develop my passions for the e-Learning sector. I am now working as the VLE developer for RVC since July 2010, supporting the Blackboard VLE, Elluminate and Echo 360 and working to ensure that optimum performance is constantly gained from the learner challenge. I am extremely passionate about using a variety of Web Technologies to engage learner communities in such environments.
Chris Trace - Consultant Developer
Chris is a 2008 RVC BVetMed Graduate. He started work for the eMedia unit straight after graduation, interviewing various staff members in order to create staff pages for the RVC website. Since then he has been involved in the eCases initiative (where students capture and record cases they've seen in rotations which are then repurposed into teaching cases), the Canine Radiograph program (a tool for learning radiographic anatomy of the dog) and more recently in the RVC4Life alumni website and associated eNewsletter that goes out to all RVC graduates. He is passionate about improving the learning experience that students receive whilst at the RVC through innovative use of technology
eMedia Showcase
See the eMedia Showcase for a selection of computer aided learning programs and other projects completed or under development by the Electronic Media Unit in collaboration with RVC academic staff.
