Lynn Boyle

Lynn Boyle

Biography

Lynn Boyle is Programme Convenor (level 8) for the BA Childhood Practice and a lecturer on the Teaching Qualification in Further Education at the University of Dundee. Prior to this, she was employed as a lecturer at Dundee College and before that as Development officer in Childcare at Dundee City Council. Her early career was in direct childcare including a 1 year post in Rome, Italy, when she learned conversational Italian. She is interested in teaching and learning in the tertiary education sector and has become more interested in digital literacy and promoting student personal learning networks as they work through their studies.

Lynn's teaching is informed by her practice experience, as is her recent entry into the world of research. She has worked with many colleagues across the University to increase her own personal learning network and has found common interest in distance and e-learning to be extremely useful.

Qualifications

• BAPD Early Childhood Studies - University of Dundee
• PG Cert HE - University of Dundee
• MSc Applied Professional Studies (Tertiary Education) - Current study

Research Interests

• Distance and e-learning in Tertiary Education
• Student Feedback
• Creating and supporting communities of learners in Tertiary Education
• Attachment theory in pre-school children

Teaching

• Module Leader Reflective Action Planning, Level 8 - BA Childhood Practice
• Module Leader Developing Learning Opportunities, Level 8 - BA Childhood Practice
• Module Leader Children and Society, Level 8 - BA Childhood Practice
• Module Leader Professional Project, Levels 7 and 8 - BA Childhood Practice
• Tutor Teaching Qualification Further Education, PG and UG

Awards

• CASS Excellence in Teaching Award, 2011-12
• The University Teaching and Academic Practice Awards - Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2011-12

Publications