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Refereed Conference Presentations

  • October 2026 – FLANZ 2026 – From Wheel to Matrix: Developing a Capacities-by-Levels Framework for Distinctively Human Learning in the Age of AI
  • December 2015 – ascilite2015 – Using Learning Design to Unleash the Power of Learning Analytics.
  • August 2011 – 27th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning – University of Madison-Wisconsin:
    • DiAL-e Workshop (with Kevin Burden)
    • SOLE Model Information Session
    • SOLE Model VideoShare Presentation
  • July 2010 – European LAMS & Learning Design Conference – Oxford University UK – Putting the SOLE into Higher Education
  • November 2009 – (EDUCAUSE09 Denver) – Burden, K. & Atkinson, S  – Using Video Resources to Engage and Stimulate Higher Level Thinking
  • October 2009 – (SLOAN-C 2009 Orlando) – Burden, K. & Atkinson, S. – “The DiAL-e framework and Re-usable Designs for Incorporating Multimedia Archives in Online Teaching”
  • September 2009 – (ALT-C 2009 Manchester) — Burden, K. & Atkinson, S – “Developing a transferable learning framework for the use of digital video archives in tertiary education.”
  • December 2008  – (ASCILITE08) Burden, K. & Atkinson, S  -– “Evaluating pedagogical affordances of media sharing Web 2.0 technologies: A case study”
  • December 2008  – (ASCILITE08) – Burden, K. & Atkinson, S – “The transformative potential of the DiAL-e framework: Crossing boundaries, pushing frontiers”
  • July 2008 – (ED-MEDIA08) – Burden, K. & Atkinson, S. (2008). “Beyond Content: Developing Transferable Learning Designs with Digital Video Archives.”. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 4041-4050). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • December 2007 – (ASCILITE07). Atkinson, S & Burden, K – “Virtuality, Veracity and Values: an initial exploration of the space between virtual and real worlds using the 3V model”
  • July 2004 – (PCF04) Pan Commonwealth Open Learning Forum, Dunedin, NZ – “Heal Thyself – Effective E-Learning”
  • December 2001 – EducaBerlin –Re-Tooling-Online-Getting-More-for-Less (Visual Metaphors in Virtual Learning Environments).

Invited Presentations & Workshops

  • October 2026 – FLANZ 2026 – Operationalising Multi-Domain Taxonomies for Course Design and Teaching Practice
  • August 2023 – AI and Ethics for School Governors – Independent Schools of New Zealand annual conference – Auckland
  • November 2022 – Defining open, distance and flexible learning – online presentation for APODE 2022
  • May 2019 – Designing Learning Making use of AR/VR – AR/VR Conference – Auckland
  • November 2018 – Designing Learning Pathways: which way to innovation – EDEN European Distance Learning Week
  • February 2018 – From Walled Garden to Open Jungle: Evolving Faculty Roles – BPP University Literacy Day
  • May 2015 – Epistemological Foundations Matter: POISE – workshop at SEDA Spring Conference on Internationalism – Manchester
  •  April 2013 –  Teaching with multimedia – Invited Contribution to module ‘Learning with New Technologies’ University of Hull
  • February 2013 – HEA Internationalisation Workshop – Newman University (UK) : Introduction to POISE
  • June 2012   – ‘Considering Qualitative Research Software’  – School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester (with Ceri Jones).
  • May 2011 – LTD2011 –  Presentation: Lecturing and Rhetoric – London School of Economics
  • April 2011 – ALDinHE – Workshop: Engaging Students with Digital Artefacts (DiAL-e) – Queen’s University Belfast
  • December 2010 – 2nd National e-Learning Day – Invited webinar (Adobe Connect): Developing existing and new academic staff to integrate e-learning into their practice – Croatian National e-Learning Centre, Zagreb
  • April 2010 – DEANZ 2010 – Presentation: SOLE Learning Design Model and Student Workload
  • July 2009 – Teacher Educator Forum Aotearoa New Zealand 2009 Conference – Presentation:“Learning Technologies in Teacher Education: What is Changing? What is Not?” (with Dr Ben Kehrwald and Dr Panos Vlachopoulos) – Massey University NZ
  • July 2009 – European LAMS & Learning Design Conference – Open University UK
  • June 2009 – JISC Digitisation Conference 2009 – DiAL-e Framework & Engagement for Learning – (with Kevin Burden) UK
  • April 2009 KEYNOTE Estonian e-University Conference 2009 (Tartu): 2077: The Future of Learning Design
  • April 2009 – Estonian e-University Conference 2009 (Tartu) Digital Artefacts for Learner Engagement the current state of Learning Object Repositories.
  • November 2008 – University of Technology Sydney (Centre for Research in Learning & Change) “The DiAL-e Framework: Using Digital Artifacts to Enhance Student Learning” (with Kevin Burden)
  • December 2007 – (ASCILITE07) – Workshop: ‘Are you prepared for the YouTube generation? Using digital video archives to develop independent thinkers and independent learners in higher education’ (with Kevin Burden)
  • November 2007 – (SWAP) Social Work and Social Policy HEA Subject Centre – ‘Exploring the concept of identity and meaning-making in the space between the virtual and real worlds’
  • October 2007 KEYNOTE – Carnet Croatia e-Learning Centre: Pedagogical Opportunities of e-Learning: can it still revolutionise?
  • September 2007 – Teaching & Learning with the Newsfilms Online Archive – JISC Project Workshops (with Kevin Burden) (London, Glasgow  & York)
  • December 2006 – University of Hull Christmas Lecture: “The future of e-Learning”
  • November 2006 – Normanby Gateway Business Incubator – Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire – ‘The future of eLearning’
  • February 2005 – Institute for Women, Gender and Development Studies – Egerton University, Kenya – British Council sponsored five day workshop – Capacity Building for Distance Learning and e-Learning Development
  • December 2004 – CARNet – Croatian Academic Research Network – Two day workshop on ‘Online Learning’
  • July 2004 – Alexander Turnbull Library Staff Presentation – National Library of New Zealand – Review of Commonwealth Open and Distance Education Conference
  • July 2004 – Victoria University of Wellington – Professional Development Series
    • Lecture – eLearning Models: Good, Best or Better Practice,
    • Lecture – eLearning Management and Implementation: Local Battles and World Wars
    • Development Seminar – eTutoring: avoiding idle chatter
    • Development Seminar – Action Research and the Reflective Practitioner
  • March 2003 – UK Science Enterprise Council E-Learning Seminar (Warwick University) – “Thinking outside the rectangle: Enterprising thinking styles for e-learning”
  • December 2003 –Institute for Educational Technology (Open University) – eLearning@hull – “turf wars in eLearning”
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