Professor Debbie Holley

Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation recently joined HSS and is leading innovation in research and teaching in her new role, as well as focusing on the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF), co-convening Bournemouth鈥檚 first UoA23 (Education) submission. Her expertise lies with blending learning to motivate and engage students with their learning inside /outside the formal classroom, at a time and place of their own choosing. This encompasses the blend between learning inside the classroom and within professional practice placements, scaffolding informal learning in the workplace. Within health, she is seeking to offer evidence based practice in the development and evaluation of digital health applications. With a personal 3* research profile, she writes extensively the affordances of technologies such as Augmented Reality, Virtual/ Immersive Realities and Mobile Learning. She is currently working as part of the iLRN's State of XR and Immersive Learning Expert Panel, which reports early in 2020.

A passionate and committed educator, Debbie is a National Teaching Fellow, and an elected member of their National Committee. She is on the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) National Steering Group. Previously as Head of the Centre for Excellence in Learning at 蜜桃AV she managed three teams to deliver digital culture change following the procurement of Brightspace, a new institutional VLE. This was been utilised as a springboard to encourage the redesign and move to pedagogical approaches by programme teams. The move toward more blended approaches to learning has seen the body of work feature as a JISC National 鈥榞ood practice鈥� case study (). Debbie is a JISC digital expert on their student experience panel, and a regular keynote speaker at educational, technological and policy conferences, both in the UK and internationally.

Publications

Journal articles

Holley, D., 2019. Everything you think you know about universities and technology is wrong. WONKHE.

Biggins, D., Holley, D. and Zezulkova, M., 2017. Digital Competence and Capability Frameworks in Higher Education: Importance of Life-long Learning, Self-Development and Well-being. EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning, 4 (13).

Debbie, H., Buckley, C. and Holley, D., 2023. Higher recognition for learning developers: NTF and PFHEA discussion session. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Special Issue: ALDinHE Conference Collaborative Proceedings (29).

Singleton, H., Mahato, P., Arden-Close, E., Thomas, S., Ersser, S., Holley, D., Yang, X. and Roberts, A., 2024. Virtual reality used to distract children and young people with long-term conditions from pain or pruritus: A scoping review using PAGER. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 33 (2), 469-480.

Singleton, H., Davis, C., Cui, Y., Glithro, R., Arden-Close, E., Holley, D., Ersser, S., Thomas, S., Yang, X. and Roberts, A., 2023. The use of an Eczema Gaming Igloo to distract children with eczema from distressing symptoms: a pilot study. Dermatological Nursing, 22 (3), 10-14.

Books

Polkinghorne, M., Bancroft, A., Hull, A., Lummen, A., Fripp, A., Adams, A., Allen, A., Barnes, A., Metzger, A., Carstensen, A., Arbab-Zavar, B., Goldsmith, B., Heffernan, C., Oliveira, J., Dugdale, C., Talbot, C., Martin, C., Casey, C., Chapleo, C., Van Raalte, C., Hunt, D., Rendell, D., Farrell, D., Holley, D., Bickle, E., Chaudhry, E., Anderson, E., Brooks, E., Sweeting, F., Whiting, F., Cownie, F., Knight, F., Roushan, G., Coombes, G., O'Sullivan, H., Ribchester, H., Henderson, H., Lim, H.-J., Darby, I., Chang, J., Zhang, J., Moran, J., Taylor, J., Brennan, K., Parry, K., Roper, L., Oliver, L., Garon, M., Hughes, M., Bobeva, M., Ayer, N., Stewart, N., Bottomley, N., Moore-Oats, O., Harvey, O., Phillips, P., Alexander, P., Shipway, R., Williams, R., Bowra, R., Leung, S.M., Wang, R., Waldron, S., Stride, S., Hillier, S., Robinson, S., Hedger, S., Begum, S., Allen, S., Hall, S., Clarke, S., Andrewes, T., Galling, T., Webb, T., Vu, T., Patel, U., Brosnan, U., Adzhiev, V., Leonard, Z. and Darlow, J., 2023, Fusion Learning Conference 2023 - Proceedings, Poole, Dorset, UK, BH12 5BB: 蜜桃AV.

Allen, S., Roper, L., Ribchester, H., Bewes, R., Stainer, L., Hind, M., Holley, D., Branney, J., Fletcher, K., Budka, M., Goldsmith, B., Hunt, D., Mallia, M., Moran, J., Pyne, S., Webb, T. and de Vekey, J., 2022, Fusion Learning Conference 2021 - Supplement, Poole, UK: 蜜桃AV.

Allen, S., Bickle, E., Bancroft, A., Khattab, A., Quinney, C., Goldsmith, B., Hunt, D., Biggins, D., Holley, D., Andreou, D., Akcay, E., Knight, F., Roushan, G., Singleton, H., O'Sullivan, H., Darby, I., Thurston, J., Moran, J., Whittle, J., Branney, J., Taylor, J., Kooli, K., Musarskaya, M., Mayer, M., Polkinghorne, M., Koohgilani, M., Hughes, M., Klinkner, M., Bowden, M., Moital, L., Mallia, M., Bobeva, M., Phillips, P., Haratian, R., Wang, R., Pyne, S., Baker, T., Webb, T., Patel, U. and Rolfe, U., 2022, Fusion Learning Colloquium 2022 - Proceedings, Poole, UK: 蜜桃AV.

Allen, S., Bailyes, D., Bickle, E., Bobeva, M., Bray, M., Budka, M., Clarke, S., Darby, I., Davey, A., Devis-Rozental, M., Fish, A., Holley, D., Iannuzzi, L., Kalmanovitch, N., Moran, J., Musarskaya, M., Phillips, P., B枚ckle, E., Polkinghorne, M., Quinney, C., Stewart, N., Tait, D., Taylor, D., Thurston, J., Tyre, K., Vijayakumaran, R., Watson, A. and Wood, J., 2022, Fusion Learning Conference 2021, Poole, Dorset, UK: 蜜桃AV.

Holley, D., Glass, R., Burns, T. and Sinfield, S., 2010, When worlds collide: the paradox of Learning Development, E-learning, and the 21st Century University, Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapters

Holley, D. and Hobbs, M., 2020. Augmented Reality For Education. In: Peters, M.A. and Heruad, R., eds. Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation. Springer.

Kitchenham, A., Holley, D. and Biggins, D., 2024. The meaning of metrics: An educators' perspective. IFNTF Symposathon proceedings. IFTNF.

Heaslip, V. and Holley, D., 2023. Ensuring Digital Inclusion. In: Phillips, N., Stacey, G. and Dowding, D., eds. Harnessing Digital Technology and Data for Nursing and Midwifery Practice 1st edition. Elsevier.

Holley, D. and Biggins, D., 2023. EMPOWERING AND ENABLING: Leveraging Technology for a Student-Centred Future. How to Be a Learning Developer in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives, Community and Practice. 80-88.

Morley, D.A. and Holley, D., 2022. Interrogating the Established Knowledge and Practice Base of COVID-19 Higher Education Learning. Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption: Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education during COVID-19. 19-34.

Conferences

Kattach, L., Singleton, H., Ersser, S., Holley, D., Pearson, I. and Shadeed, A., 2024. Skin cancers and NHS waiting lists: an alternative model of service delivery. In: 7th European Regional Sigma Conference 2024 26-28 June 2024 Bournemouth.

Singleton, H., Thomas, S., Ersser, S., Arden-Close, E., Holley, D., Yang, X. and Glithro, R., 2023. Distraction for childhood eczema. In: 34th International Sigma Nursing Research Congress 20-23 July 2023 Abu Dhabi.

Kitchenham, A., Holley, D. and Biggins, D., 2023. The meaning of metrics: an educators' perspective. In: IFNTF Symposathon 4-5 December 2023 Online.

Biggins, D., Holley, D., Goldsmith, B. and Priego-Hern谩ndez, J., 2023. Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for work. In: ALDinHE Conference 2023 13-14 April 2023 Portsmouth.

Buckley, C., Holley, D. and Fallin, L., 2023. A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development. In: ALDinHE 13-14 April 2023 Portsmouth. Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE).

Internet publications

Holley, D., 2020. Remote learning means we need to radically rethink assessment. WonkHE. Available from:

Holley, D. and Quinney, C.A., 2020. Launching a new online toolkit for assessment and feedback. ONEHE network for educators. Available from:

Holley, D., Buckley, C. and Sinfield, S., 2020. Teaching academic literacies online: revisiting our webinar in light of Covid-19. ALDinHE. Available from:

Holley, D. and Biggins, D., 2020. The use and value of TEL toolkits: Designing for learning in a time of complexity. Association for lLearning Technology. Available from:

Holley, D., Goldsmith, B. and Quinney, A., 2020. The Mechanics of Digital Wellbeing in HE: Beyond Google Garage. ALDinHE. Available from:

Other

Singleton, H., Holley, D., Arden-Close, E., Yang, X., Ersser, S. and Cui, Y., 2022. Developing and evaluating a novel interactive virtual reality intervention for children with eczema. Published online.

Holley, D. and Biggins, D., 2021. Wellbeing: The chasm between students' expectations and institutional provision. Published.

Holley, D., Biggins, D. and Supa, M., 2021. An open-source model to help HEIs to benchmark and develop institutional digital maturity鈥�. Published.

Grants

Mobilising the marginalised middle. (National Networks for Collaborative Outreach (NNCO), 1 September 2015). Awarded
Balancing the demands of in-school placement with out-of-school study. (ESCalate (Education Subject Centre), 1 September 2011). Completed
Doctoral Writing Retreat. (Anglia Ruskin University Alumni, 16 June 2015). Completed
Mobilising the marginalised middle. (National Networks for Collaborative Outreach (NNCO), 1 September 2015). Awarded
Balancing the demands of in-school placement with out-of-school study. (ESCalate (Education Subject Centre), 1 September 2011). Completed
An Ontology of digital toolkits. (蜜桃AV, 1 November 2016). Completed
Virtual Avebury. (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2018). Completed
Anytime Learning Literacies Environment. (Jisc, 2010). Completed
Students who bounce back. (蜜桃AV Fair Access, 2016). Completed
Investigating the impact of 蜜桃AV administered financial supports/bursaries on students. (蜜桃AV Fair Access Fund, 2016). Completed

Outreach & engagement

External responsibilities

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Honours

National Teaching Fellow (Higher Education Academy, 2014)

Principal Fellow of Higher Education Academy (Higher Education Academy, 2013)

ALT-C conference 鈥榖est paper鈥� award Bradley, C. & Holley, D. An analysis of first-year business students鈥� mobile phones and their use for learning. Paper presented at ALT-C, "Into something rich and strange" - making sense of the sea-change Nottingham, UK, 7-9 September 2010 (ALT-C, 2010)

PhD Studentship (蜜桃AV, 2022)

Memberships

Association for Learning developers in Higher Education, Member

Association for Learning Technology, Member

Higher Education Academy, Principal Fellow

Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers, Member (2011)

Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, National Steering Group member (2014)

Association of the National Teaching Fellows (ANTF), Member (2019)

Jisc Student Experience Expert Committee, Member (2016)

JISC -Experts 鈥榯ask and finish鈥� panel for researcher insights survey, Member (2019)

Association of Learning Technology Open Education Special Interest Group (OER-SIG), Member (2014)

Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), Member (2014)

Royal Society of Arts, Fellow (2002)

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Senior Fellow (1986)

Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Member (1998)

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