Penworks.Net

03/10/2014

PhD Proposal

Ive submitted a proposal for a PhD based on the concept of completely open digital rights management. Whether or not this is even possible remains unclear, however what is certain is that gated systems of rights protection do not work. Recent research has shown me that many more in the digital product industry as well as those involved in the...

PhD

03/10/2014

Malabar at Watford, June 2014

Seeing Malabar is quite an extraordinary experience. Some friends invited me to come along to an outdoor show commissioned by Watford city council back in June this year. We were able to be backstage with crew and performers so it was pretty exciting to get such a close up view of what was going on. Though the video I shot...

Video

20/06/2014

The eMatrix

The London Metropolitan University Ematrix is a complex category driven website built with Expression Engine. I’m using a wide variety of EE modules to achieve multiple ways for users to find content. Extensive use of Playa Relationships, Assets and Matrix, as well as Tagger and really useful additional functions like Shine PDF, RSS Parsonnel for multiple feeds, jQuery for more...

Learning & Teaching/Webdev/Work

21/11/2013

Developing Your Internet Profile

“Growing New Markets for the Web” was an all day seminar aimed at start ups and small businesses. I was commissioned to scope and create the content, and lead the seminar on the day. The seminar was attended by around 35 start ups and small business owners and held at the Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, UK, supported by ‘Knowledge...

Featured/Social Media/Work

22/10/2013

MA Distinction

I’m very pleased to have graduated with distinction for the MA in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. I did half the course as APEL (Accredited Prior Experiential Learning) by submitting academic reports on previously undertaken commercial projects or teaching experience, the rest were taught modules in assessment, e-learning and academic theory. The dissertation was a particular success, with my...

CV

21/10/2013

Big Deal No 5

The Big Deal art show at Q Park, Cavendish Square, London W1. This is a short reel experience video of the opening night. The show was held in an underground car park and held more than 100 exhibits from many artists including Ms Emin. Music is by the marvellous Hypermagic, with Red Lion.

Ideas/Images/Video

23/09/2013

Site Development

The site is progressing well, with a few new ideas coming together. Next in line to implement will be the tutorials archive, using slightly different templates, but making it possible to add to the resources, especially for using EE and using jQuery, HTML5, RWD and CSS3 tricks. I also *plan* to use a dynamic page load that takes care of...

Blog/Webdev

19/09/2013

Site Gallery 2012

These images were used as full screen backgrounds for the 2012/2013 version of the Penworks.net site. They’re a mixture of Maltese and London nature and landscapes. I came back from Malta at the end of July 2012 and immediately missed the sun, and the colour of that world. But then I spent a long day at Hyde Park, and then...

Images/Webdev

11/09/2013

Technical Skills

Main areas of technical expertise are in teaching new media development, with additional skills and knowledge in using other research orientated software. Digital media, multimedia, web development, social media, academic skills for students, technology enhanced learning and professional development in higher education, for students to post graduate level and for staff. This work has included module leading and module syllabus...

CV/Featured/Webdev/Work

10/09/2013

Experience

I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Malta, Faculty of Education, Department of Leadership for Learning and Innovation. My provisional title is “Developing an Effective Pedagogy for Smart Learning”. I teach some module work concerning smart learning, to both undergraduate and post graduate Education students. I also have undertaken some strategic report writing to summarise my work...

CV/Featured