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Hire Dr. Tania H.

United States

Profile Summary

I am an eLearning professional and a researcher in the field of educational technology and psychology. I have over ten years of experience as an educator. I have worked in schools, colleges, universities, and publishing companies in the US, UK, and Spain. I hold a doctorate in education from The Open University in the UK. My research project focused on aspects of digital and open scholarship. I later collaborated with the OU and Age UK, a non-profit organization, investigating online engagement and usability among senior users aged 65 and over. I currently run my own company and work as a lead instructional designer at a public research-intensive university in the US.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Psychology
• ☆ Educational Psychology
• ☆ Social Psychology
• ☆ Foreign Language Learning
• ☆ Phenomenology
• ☆ Educational Innovation
• ☆ Higher Education
• ☆ Science Education
• ☆ Technology Education
• ☆ Educational Technology
• ☆ Distance Education
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

University of North Texas

- Present

Owner / Founder

My own company

May 2013 - Present

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2016 - 2019

Postdoc Researcher

Age UK / The Open University

December 2012 - May 2013

Associate Lecturer & eLearning Consultant

The Open University

October 2007 - October 2012

Spanish and Psychology Teacher

Britannia School

September 2006 - July 2009

Education

Doctorate in Education

Open University - London

May 2008 - September 2012

MEd

The Open University

October 2006 - December 2007

BSc (Hons) and MSc Psychology

The Open University

October 2002 - December 2006

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

CONFERENCE PAPER

Heap, T. P. (2017) The Scholarship of Teaching MOOC-Based Degree Programs: Opportunities and Challenges. Presented at the Fifth Annual Coursera Partners Conference. March 29-31, 2017. University of Colorado Boulder, CO .

Heap, T.P. (2013) Using phenomenology as a research method to investigate online engagement among senior citizens. Conducting Empirical Research with Older People: A Symposium at The Open University, 11 April 2013, Milton Keynes, UK.

(2011). The Experiences of Academic and Research Bloggers: a Phenomenological Enquiry. Proceedings of the 30th International Human Science Research Conference: Intertwining body-self-world (IHSRC).

CONFERENCE POSTER

Heap, T., & Luo, Y. (2017). The Effectiveness of Peer Assessment in an Online MOOC-Based MBA Program. Presented at the Fifth Annual Coursera Partners Conference. March 29-31, 2017. University of Colorado Boulder, CO .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Heap, T., Minocha, S.(2012). An empirically grounded framework to guide blogging for digital scholarship . Research in Learning Technology. 20. (SUPPL). p. 176-188.

DISSERTATION THESIS

Heap, Tania Patricia(2012). An Investigation Into The Blogging Practices Of Academics And Researchers.

OTHER

Heap, Tania(2009). Vygotsky at Work and Play. BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC ST ANDREWS HOUSE, 48 PRINCESS RD EAST, LEICESTER LE1 7DR, LEICS, ENGLAND

Tania Heap, How To Cite, Elizabeth J Hartnett, Shailey Minocha, Jane Palmer, Marian Petre, Christopher Paul Middup, Kathryn Dunn, Brendan Murphy, Dave Roberts oro.open.ac.uk Older People and Online Social Interactions: An Empirical Investigation .

Tania Heap, Shailey Minocha, Elizabeth Hartnett, Kathryn Dunn, Shirley Evans, Christopher Paul Middup, Brendan Murphy, Dave Roberts Conducting Empirical Research with Older People .

Tania Heap, How To Cite, Elizabeth J Hartnett, Shailey Minocha, Jane Palmer, Marian Petre, Christopher Paul Middup, Kathryn Dunn, Brendan Murphy, Dave Roberts Older People and Online Social .