About

I am the Technician supporting all of the online Psychology programmes at the University, specialising in the use and support of Qualtrics, Inquisit, PsychoPy and our Psychology Research Participation Scheme. I co-manage the Psychology Test Bank of tests, experiments, measures, scales and questionnaires.

Additionally, I also assist with SPSS, G*Power and Nvivo installation and licensing issues, and I can advise and assist with IT, MS Teams and Blackboard queries.

I am Derby born and bred, and I studied History with the University of Derby, graduating in 1998. Since 2004 I have been employed by the University, firstly in the Art and Design library, then latterly with IT Services, working on the student-facing help desk at the main campus and at the Markeaton Street campus. I joined Online Psychology as their specialist Technician in September 2015.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) History and American Studies
• NVQ 3 Customer Service

Additional interests and activities

I am very interested in British social history pre-1945, with a particular focus on the First World War and the experiences of the soldiers who fought in the conflict. I am a member of the Western Front Association and co-founder of the Derby and Derbyshire War Memorials Project (founded in 2004), and our aim is to photograph, record and research war memorials throughout the county.

Please see our Flickr site here: https://www.flickr.com/people/derbyshirewarmemorials/

Recent publications

• Simonovic, B., Vione, K.C., Fido, D., Stupple, E. J. N., Martin, J. and Clarke, R. (2022). The impact of attitudes, beliefs, and cognitive reflection on the development of critical thinking skills in online students. Online Learning, 26(2), 254-274