Richard Hall: Head of CELT

Image of Richard HallRichard Hall is the Head of ELT, based in the Directorate of Library Services at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He is also a National Teaching Fellow (2009) and a Reader in Education and Technology (2010). Richard is a Research Associate in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at DMU. He is responsible for the academic implementation of ELT with the aim of enhancing the student learning experience.

Richard was the Project Manager for DMU's e-Learning Pathfinder Project, which investigated mainstreaming Web 2.0 technologies across the institution in academic and academic-related departments (http://dmupathfinder.blogspot.com now migrated to this site). He was also project manager on the HEA-funded CoTIL [Connecting Transitions and Independent Learning] project, which is a partnership with NIACE. He is the project lead at DMU for the JISC-funded MoRSE [Mobilising Remote Student Engagement], curriculum delivery project, and a project team member on the JISC-funded DUALL [Deliberative User Approach in a Living Lab], Green ICT project.

Richard has PRINCE2 and Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner status. Richard's research interests include:

  • technology and critical social theory;
  • resilient education and the place of co-operative practice in overcoming disruption in higher education, including peak oil and the impact of technology on climate change and energy sufficiency;
  • the place of social media in the idea of the twenty-first century University, including issues of production, agency and participation.

You can view Richard's peer-reviewed publications, alongside his conference presentations.

Richard has worked extensively on research projects or with research students.

Richard can be found on SKYPE/TWITTER/YouTube as hallymk1