Introduction to my digital collection



I’m Dr Marianne Markowski and I work as a Research Fellow for the Institute for Lifecourse Development (ILD) at the University of Greenwich. Most of my work time I’m involved in research or research-related activities, but a considerable amount of my time is also spent with the supervision of postgraduate students in Health and Public Health. I further teach some lectures on the BA Digital Games Design Course, and I support the research skills module for undergraduate nurses with online and face-to-face seminars.
The courses I support with my teaching and supervision skills are:

  • RESE-1178 Research Methods for Games and Digital Media
  • COMP-1287 Games Design and Development
  • OMED-1416 Dissertation
  • OMED-1357, OMED-1386 & OMED-1413  Healthcare Practice Dissertation
  • RESE-1163 Project Preparation Skills and Research
  • RESE-1173 Understanding Research in Evidence Based Practice

My digital collection for “technology-enhanced learning” (TEL) is still emerging, therefore my collection is limited, and I will be discussing mostly the potential for my teaching practice.

The technological artifacts that I will critically reflect upon are:

After this, I will offer you my conclusions on my critical reflections and provide you with a list of references.

My total word count is 3952 words including references but excluding this word count explanation and software definitions (presented as sound files). To be specific: Introduction (197), Ms Teams (890), Ms Word (787), Moodle (479), Padlet (297), Pro-social games (319), ChatGPT (211), Conclusion and references (886). My reflections on the digital collection include a mixture of written text and scripted words, which I have recorded specifically for this collection. In addition, I have also included video clips and quotes, which were created before the digital collection was designed. 


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