Ms Ingrid Nix

School Faculty of Science and Technology
Department Design Engineering & Mathematics
Location London

Research activities

Ingrid's research interests focus on the learner experience and learning design. At the Open University as a Teaching Fellow she was a member of the Practice-Based Learning CETL, and e-Assessment CETL, publishing research in these fields. Having also played a lead role in organising and facilitating staff development events at the OU and UWL, her most recent publication focuses on approaches for sharing and developing Scholarship among communities of practice. She is currently engaged in scholarship related to evaluating approaches within the L &T of reflective practice.

Current Teaching

Ingrid is Programme Leader (144X90T), and Module Leader and module tutor on a range of modules across the Aviation programmes, working with our partners in Helicentre and L3Harris CTC. These modules include:

WBS2301/ WBS2201 Basic Flying 1

WBS2302/ WBS2202 Basic Flying 2

WBS3203/ PPT3000/ WBS3303 Aircraft Specifics

WBS3204/ PPT3002/ WBS3304 Airline Orientation and Integration

A key aspect of her teaching and support of student pilots centres on developing their skills in reflective practice and in critical reflection and analysis in a work-based learning context. Ingrid's practice is underpinned by her experience engaging Social Work Degree students, and staff from a range of professional disciplines, in reflective practice as part of their professional development.

Biography

Ingrid Nix joined MDX in 2018 as Senior Lecturer in Professional Practice (Aviation). She is Programme Leader (144X90T) in the Department of Design Engineering and Maths, with more than 35 Years' experience in Tertiary education in the UK and overseas.

Previous experience

Having started as a language teacher to adults, in 1994 she completed an MA in Interactive Multimedia (Royal College of Art) and was awarded funding by BECTA for innovative language teaching involving learners as multimedia authors, leading to publications in the field. Following several years as a freelance multimedia producer, including as an interactive facilitator at the Barbican's Serious Games exhibition, her research interests focused on the nature and perception of multi-modal interactivity and audience participation. She went on to hold posts teaching adults to develop their professional capabilities in various work-based contexts, including multimedia production, technology-enhanced and online learning approaches, and reflective practice to professionals in a range of disciplines, including more recently, Aviation.

Teaching background

Ingrid's knowledge of learning design principles and adult learning needs is informed by 14 years' teaching EFL to diverse adult audiences - in Japan, Australia, Finland and London, and 3 years’ training longterm unemployed adults to enter the multimedia industry. Subsequently, she held posts at the Open University (Lecturer in Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2000-2017) and the University of West London (Academic Developer, 2017-2018). She has extensive experience in working with academic colleagues to develop and enhance their professional practice in learning, teaching and assessment, including in how to make appropriate use of emerging digital technologies. When online learning was first being introduced, she led the design and delivery of the e-learning strategy for the OU Social Work degree programmes in England, Scotland and Wales. This included integrated digital skills development addressing the employability needs of work-based learners. At UWL Ingrid helped design and deliver Masters level teaching and support to staff on the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, leading to HEA accreditation for staff. Ingrid’s research interests focus on student perceptions of learning designs (including technology enhanced learning) and how best to support work-based learners or practitioners (such as educators, social workers, or pilots) in developing a reflective and critical approach, to enhance their work practices.

Publications

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