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Real name: 

Primary Discipline

Primary Discipline: 

  • Social SciencesEducationEducation by LevelHigher educationTertiary education

Further Specification: 

Digital Media, Technology Enhanced Learning
Secondary Discipline

Secondary Discipline: 

  • Social SciencesSociologyUrban studies or Urban sociology/Rural sociology

Further Specification: 

Smart cities, Learning cities

Biography: 

I'm a former Lecturer in Multimedia and Senior Lecturer in e-Learning (2006-2015), returning as Associate Lecturer in Digital Media (2019-2020) at London Metropolitan University, UK. Since 2020 I've been an invited presenter in the Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions track at the HCI Conference. I have PhD in emerging technologies and informal urban learning, MA Learning & Teaching in HE, MSc Multimedia Systems, am FHEA and MBCS (UK). After working on an Erasmus+ project, I now visit-lecture in TEL at University of Malta and supervise Masters dissertations at Institute for Education, Malta. Research interests include smart learning, civic learning, semantic web and UX in digital contexts.

Current research areas: 

My research interests include smart learning, civic learning, semantic web and user experience in these and other digital contexts. I am currently involved in various ways to research a project titled 'Reading & Writing the City', both as conceptual research papers and gathering primary data as and when opportunity arises. 

Recent publications: 

All my publications are listed in my ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-693X
My papers are available as Open Access, Accepted Version or Preprint both on my own website https://penworks.net/papers.
Preprints are available on the SocArxiv preprint website by searching "Pen Lister".

Other activities: 

I build static generator websites, e.g. Jekyll/Liquid Github Pages, or work with content management such as Grav or Craft (having moved from ExpressionEngine).
Im working on a Bookstack website.

Company: 

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