James has been Director of the Western Colleges Consortium since 2001. He is responsible for the management, strategic direction and development of e-learning using a shared MLE across the four partner FE Colleges of the WCC. He works very closely with staff in all the colleges to enable them to utilise e-learning as an effective method to improve the learning process for their learners. James also works with colleges at a strategic level to develop ILT throughout the curriculum through a staff development programme and online delivery and support. The WCC also evaluates and monitors use of ILT and VLE across the consortium colleges.
One of James’ current interests is in learning on the handheld devices that learners have. So how can we create learning activities which work on mobile phones, iPods, PSPs, PDAs, digital cameras, PVRs and others...
Before the WCC he worked for at-Bristol, a Millennium project within the Harbourside of central Bristol - a job which involved delivering hands-on science education and designing educational websites on subjects as diverse as handheld learning experiences, via Antiguan racer snakes, through space science to the mummification process of ancient Egyptians. James also spent ten years in Further Education as a lecturer in Business & Economics, employing learning technologies. His resources and websites were used extensively by students and were praised by verifiers and inspectors.
e-mail: james.clay@westerncc.ac.uk website: www.westerncc.ac.uk
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