Mr Richard Self

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Job title: Senior Lecturer in Business, Informatics and Information Governance

Email: r.j.self@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591150
Room: E321, Kedleston Road

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Recent publications

Refereed Papers and Conferences:
A Preliminary Consideration of the Pedagogic Implications and Academic Effectiveness of alternative VLE Systems Implementations , (with K Shopland and S Salt), Inspire VIII - Quality in Teaching and Technology based Learning, April 2003, Glasgow, published in the Conference Proceedings
Impact of Infrastructure Issues on the Design and Delivery of Successful e-Learning Programmes, e-Learning Africa 2007, May 2007, Nairobi, published in conference proceedings
A Case Study Analysis of the Costs of eLearning Provision in HE, e-Learning Africa 2008, Accra, Ghana, published in conference proceedings
Addressing the Challenges of Low ICT Literacy in UK University Students, e-Learning Africa 2009, May 2009,Dakar, Senegal, published in conference proceedings
An evaluation of the ICT skills deficit of Generation Y students and the required remedial approaches in relation to effective learning and communication, International Journal of Arts and Sciences, May 2010, Toronto, Canada, published in conference proceedings
Policy Development and Implementation in the Bretton Woods Institutions: A Consideration of the Legality, Human Rights Impact and Effectiveness of their Programmes, International Journal of Arts and Sciences, May 2011, Toronto, Canada, to published in conference journal
Conference / Workshop Presentations
Experimental Evaluation of Internet Bandwidth Implications for Rich Media enhanced e-Learning, Diverse III - Video and Video Conferencing in Higher Education, University of Derby, June 2003
Achievement Of Pedagogic Objectives In Post-Graduate E-Learning In An International Setting, HE Academy for Information and Computer Sciences Workshop for e-Learning, Greenwich, June 2007, refereed and published in workshop proceedings
Leading the National e-Learning Seminar for Botswana, Botswana Accountancy College, Gaborone, Botswana, 22 May 2009
Challenges of Low ICT Literacy in University Students, HEA-ICS Workshop for e-Learning, June 2009, Greenwich, UK, refereed and published in workshop proceedings
A Case Study into ICT Skills Transfer in Generation Y Students in Higher Education, HEA-ICS Workshop for e-Learning, June 2010, Greenwich, UK, refereed and published in workshop proceedings

Experience in Industry

I spent 30 years in the Aerospace industry, managing the development, and delivery of IT based solutions to many parts of the commercial and engineering organizations within Rolls-Royce Group plc. During this time, my focus was on using practical but "technology stretching" approaches to meet the customers' operational needs. My final projects at Rolls - Royce involved responsibility for the delivery of the technical infrastructures for over 6000 staff in both the business and engineering organisations with a budget of over £12M for technical infrastructure provision.
I also run a three day workshop entitled Strategic Problem Solving, which has been very well received in Botswana at the Botswana Defence Force Staff College and at the First National bank of Botswana and other organisations in Malawi and South Africa.

Faculty: Business, Computing and Law

School: Derby Business School

Subject Area: Business, Informatics (the use of Information Systems and Technology in the real world) and Information and Project Governance

Supporting the Faculty and School vision:

My focus is on inspiring students to evaluate their personal and employability skills and then to develop their full range of skills in order to become the most employable graduates in the market. This is based on research into a range of teaching and assessment approaches that can demonstrate measurable improvements in their academic skills and in their transferable skills. This research is published at conferences and in journals

Teaching responsibilities

I am module leader for both of the skills modules for the HND programme. I am module leader for the e-Commerce in Practice module for the second year BA programmes in Business and module leader for the Information Technology Law and Governance module for the BSc Computing programmes.
I also supervise a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and am currently supervising several PhD students including topics such as e-learning, knowledge management and management practices in local government in Jordan.

Professional interests

Informatics (the use of information systems and technology in the real world): approaches to informatics in the developing world, with special reference to sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of culture on the effective use of IS/IT.

Research interests

My current research interests are focussed in two directions; towards the pedagogy relating to the development of transferable and employability skills and the practical use of information technology in a wide range of contexts.
The ongoing pedagogy research is leading to different approaches to the design of the teaching and assessment of transferable skills which are more effective than traditional approaches.
The informatics interests are focussed towards understanding the contexts in which IT can make a difference and those in which it fails to deliver the planned results. A current key area is to develop a project to evaluate the phenomenon of technophobia.

Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees

MBCS
I am a member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Learning Technology

Recent Conferences

Impact of Infrastructure Issues on the Design and Delivery of Successful e-Learning Programmes, e-Learning Africa 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
Achievement of Pedagogic Objectives in Post-Graduate e-learning in an International Setting, HEA-ICS Workshop, June 2007, Greenwich, UK, refereed and published in workshop proceedings
A Case Study Analysis of the Costs of eLearning Provision in HE, e-Learning Africa 2008, Accra, Ghana
Addressing the Challenges of Low ICT Literacy in UK University Students, e-Learning Africa 2009, May 2009,Dakar, Senegal, published in conference proceedings
Leading the National e-Learning Seminar for Botswana, Botswana Accountancy College, Gaborone, Botswana, 22 May 2009
Challenges of Low ICT Literacy in University Students, HEA-ICS Workshop, June 2009, Greenwich, UK, refereed and published in workshop proceedings
An evaluation of the ICT skills deficit of Generation Y students and the required remedial approaches in relation to effective learning and communication, International Journal of Arts and Sciences, May 2010, Toronto, Canada, to be published in conference proceedings
A Case Study into ICT Skills Transfer in Generation Y Students in Higher Education, HEA-ICS Workshop for e-Learning, June 2010, Greenwich, UK, refereed and published in workshop proceedings

Additional Interests and Activities

My objective is to help our students to succeed and to be the most employable students in the market.

This results in my passionate focus on two key areas of personal development which informs all my teaching and research; self knowledge and reflection, and clarity of analysis and thinking in all that we do (critical thinking). I aim to defuse all "magic silver bullets" and to enable all my students to do the same.

Media experience

Interview by East Midlands Today about congestion charging in January 2007.

Undergraduate qualifications

BA (Hons) Natural Sciences and Computing, Cambridge

Postgraduate qualifications

LLM in Conflict Studies and Dispute Resolution, University of Derby

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