Recognised internationally for teaching and research excellence
Biography
Janice Whatley is a lecturer in Salford Business School at the University of Salford. Janice has a doctorate in information systems from the University of Salford, within which the Guardian Agent system for supporting student team projects was created. Janice has also published in the areas of improving teaching and learning for students in higher education, and developing IT and team working skills, and she is a member of the Information Systems, Organisations and Society Re-search Centre. Janice is also interested in encouraging collaboration between students, having recently co-ordinated the European funded CAB Project, to enable students to learn through collaborating online with students from other European countries. Present teaching includes multimedia, e-learning, team working and IT skills development. She is the school’s Employability Champion and Retention Officer, so student progression and careers is very important in her work.
Teaching
Rich Media
Management Development Programme 2
Research Interests
Multimedia
Developing teaching and learning material
Tools to support team project working
Teaching with team projects
Employability
Human factors and HCI
Publications
Publications on USIR
