The Business e-Learning Research Group is active in e-learning in a business context (both in HE and in the workplace). We work to promote research into appropriate strategies for e-learning in business, to share and develop research and best practice, and contribute to international conferences, publications and funding bids.
Within Brighton Business School we conduct research and innovate into appropriate pedagogies for use online learning, and seek to disseminate our ideas through practitioner workshops and support for colleagues.
We offer innovative and bespoke consultancy services in e-learning in a business and educational context.
Key achievements to date
Editor: Interactive learning environments. Impact factor 2011 1.162 (http://www.tandfonline.Com/loi/nile)
Development and deployment of university of Brighton strategy for digital transformation in the business school
Developed body of work on "new vocationalism" including website (www.newvocationalism.org) - a radical repositioning of the role of universities in relation to employability
Conference papers
e-learning strategy development for Brighton Business School
Curriculum design and development in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
- External subject expertise on course development including
- Sussex University
- Thames Valley University
- Cornwall College
- University of Edinburgh
Funded research for the Aimhigher UK group on the support and information needs of new undergraduates who are the first in their family to go to university.
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A wide range of research and practitioner workshops including
- Centre for Learning and Teaching, and pedagogy conferences
- Sussex Learning Network (pdf)
- Staff research seminars (BBS)
- International Technology Enhanced Learning Symposium
- HEA workshop on employability and retention graduate employability and student retention - the role of the teacher'
- Practitioner support seminars (bbs and university wide)
- PhD supervision
- Hosted 10th European conference on e-learning at brighton business school November 2011
- Edited special issue of Electronic Journal of e-learning 10/3 August 2012
Conferences
10th European Conference on e-Learning, University of Brighton
Selected Publications
Greener, S. (2012) Editorial: Learning and Teaching Agility. Interactive Learning Environments. Routledge. 20 (5) October 2012. pp1-3
Greener, S. & Rospigliosi, A. (2012) Editorial. Electronic Journal of E-Learning. Special ECEL Issue Reading, Academic Publishing Ltd. 10 (3). August 2012. Available at http://ejel.org/issue/current.html (Accessed 10/09/12)
Greener, S. (2012) Livechat: issues of control pp85-96 in Leading Issues in e-Learning Research: for Researchers, Teachers and Students. Eds. M. Ciussi & E.Gebers Freitas. Reading, Academic Publishing International Ltd.
Greener, S.L. (2012) "Laptops In Classrooms and Fingers on Mobiles - a Few of my Favourite Things" Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2011Rhodes, 5-7th July 2012
Greener, S.L. (2012) Blended Training: how Does That Work? Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe (UFHRD) 2012, Famalicao, Portugal, May 2012
Greener, S. (2012) Editorial: Interactive learning Environments? Interactive Learning Environments, Routledge. 20 (2) April 2012 pp101-2.
Greener S.L. (2012) Using Marketing Models to Review Academic Staff Acceptance of Digital Technology to Enhance Learning in Higher Education Proceedings of the 9th International Scientific Conference on Distance Learning in Applied Informatics (DIVAI) 2012 Sturovo, Slovakia. 2-4 May 2012
Greener, S.L & Grange , H. (2011) "Facebook: perceptions of purpose - learning from the experience of retailers" Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2011Rhodes, 7-9th July 2011
Greener, S.L. (2011) Deep Space for Learning: Mixing real and virtual environments in class. Proceedings of the Annual Pedagogic Research Conference, University of Brighton 4th February 2011, Falmer.
Greener, S.L., Bourner, T and Rospigliosi, A (2011) Graduate Employment: 333 tips for finding your first job as a graduate. Ventus Publishing APS ISBN 978-87-7681-726-8 Available online
Bourner, T., Greener, S and Rospigliosi, A. (2011) 'Graduate employability and the propensity to learn in employment: a new vocationalism', Higher Education Review, Vol. 43, ( No. 3).
Greener, S.L. (2010) From Learning to Training: a backwards step for HR professionals? Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe (UFHRD) 2010, Pecs, Hungary, June 2010.
Greener S.L. (2010) Staff who say no to Technology Enhanced Learning. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on E-Learning (ICEL09) Penang, Malaysia July 2010
Greener, S.L. (2010) Plasticity: The online learning environment's potential to support varied learning styles and approaches. Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 27 No. 4 pp. 254-262 Emerald Group Publishing Limited (Highly commended: Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011)
Greener, S.L. (2010) Livechat: Issues of control. Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on e-learning (ECEL10) Porto, Portugal, November 2010
Greener S.L. (2009) Identity crisis: who is teaching whom online? Keynote presentation at School: From Teaching Institution to Learning Space, Conference in Tartu, Estonia April 2-3 2009
Greener S.L. (2009) What does the HR literature tell us about promoting reflective learning to improve performance? Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe (UFHRD) 2009 Newcastle,UK, 10-12 June 2009.
Greener S.L. (2009) Talking online: reflecting on online communication tools. Campus-Wide Information Systems V26 I3 178 - 190 ISSN: 1065-0741 Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Greener, S.L. (2009) "e-Modelling - Helping Learners to Develop Sound e-Learning Behaviours" Electronic Journal of e-Learning Volume 7 Issue 3 2009, (pp265 - 272), available online at www.ejel.org
Greener, S.L. (2009) Communication technologies: too much choice? Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on e-learning (ECEL09) Bari, Italy, November 2009
Shurville, S. and Rospigliosi, A. (2009) Implementing blended self-managed action learning for digital entrepreneurs in higher education. Action Learning: Research and Practice. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 53 - 61
Greener, S.L. and Rospigliosi, A (2009) Tread softly... making secure steps towards wider adoption of pedagogically-focussed e-learning at Brighton Business School. Proceedings of ALT-C Conference 2009, University of Manchester, 8-10 September 2009.
Greener, S.L. and Moon, A (2009) How best to learn about and apply technologies for learning? Early stage action research. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Manchester, 2-5 September 2009 Education-line, British Education Index. ID 184170
Greener, S. L. (2008a) Exploring Students Readiness for Online Learning EdD Thesis, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Brighton.
Greener, S. L. (2008b) Self-aware and Self-directed: Student Conceptions of Blended Learning June 2008 Merlot Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. V4 issue 2 http://jolt.merlot.org/vol4no2/greener0608.htm
Greener, S. L. (2008d) Getting online to learn: researching preparation for online learning Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe (UFHRD) 2008 Lille, France 21-23 May 2008
Greener S.L. (2008) Business Research Methods. Ventus Publishing ApS, Copenhagen. ISBN 978-87-7681-421-2 [Online] Available at http://bookboon.co.uk/student/marketing/introduction-to-research-methods
Greener, S. L., Greener, A. R. and Rospigliosi, A (2008a) Strategic Learners at a Distance Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on E-Learning (ICEL08) Cape Town, SA, June 2008
Shurville, S., Greener, S. L. & Rospigliosi, A. (2008b) Educational technology: an ecumenical stance Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 08 Corfu, 10-12th July 2008
Shurville, S., Greener, S. L. & Rospigliosi, A. (2008c) Building a variety of educational technologies worth wanting. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 08 Corfu, 10-12th July 2008
Greener, S. L. (2007a) Learning and teaching in a virtual environment: A review of current thinking Brighton University of Brighton (Occasional/Working Paper Series No. 8). Available at: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/bbs/research/papers/greener_virtualenvironment.pdf
Greener, S. L. (2007c) Blending pedagogies: evaluative case study of a learning package for learning and development. University of Brighton (Occasional/Working Paper Series No. 11.). Available at: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/bbs/research/papers/greener_blendingpedagogies.pdf
Greener, S. L. (2007d) Higher Education teachers' perspectives on student readiness for online learning Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe (UFHRD) (doctoral presentation) 2007 Oxford, UK, June 2007
Greener, S. L.; Rospigliosi, A. & Shurville, S. (2007a) Engaging from the inside: Reflections on the value of social cognitive theory for learning in online discussions University of Brighton (Occasional/Working Paper Series No. 10). Available at: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/bbs/research/papers/greener_rospigliosi_shurville_engaging.pdf
Greener, S. L., Shurville, S. and Rospigliosi, A. (2007b) The Value of Social Cognitive Theory in Online Discussion: Reflection via a Critical Incident Repertory Grid Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 07 Crete, 12-14 July 2007
Greener, S. L. (2005a) A classroom role for studentcentral. Available at: http://staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/clt/events/documents/sue%20greener%200705.pdf
Greener, S. L., Macdonald, J. and Thomas, N. (2005) Achieving a coherent experience with studentcentral. Available at: http://staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/clt/events/documents/SC%2013.5.05.ppt
Greener, S. L. and Rospigliosi, A. (2005) First in Family Access Project for Aimhigher. Brighton: University of Brighton
Greener, S. L. (2004a) Diverse student approaches to learning online. Available at: http://staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/clt/events/documents/greener%20conference.ppt