Wayne Barry is the Learning Technologist for the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences at Canterbury Christ Church University. Wayne is working with academic staff to develop their use of technology to enhance learning, teaching, assessment and research. He is interested in the teaching and learning applications of social software, the promotion and development of digital literacy, and how e-portfolios can be developed as educational and professional development tools. He holds a degree in the Social Sciences and this has developed a strong interest into the nature of identity within the digital world. He is currently embarking upon a MSc in e-Learning.

In a previous incarnation, he has had some considerable experience as a senior web developer / project manager specialising in e-portfolio systems for the Primary and Secondary Education sector. He is also a Chartered IT Professional with the British Computer Society.

Wayne's interests are wide and varied which include cinema, shopping, playing top trumps, digital photography, watching cult television and dabbling in the kitchen. He is known to do some creative writing and regrets not playing a musical instrument.

accessibility, digital identity, digital literacy, e-learning, e-portfolio, educational technology, instructional design, learning technology, metaverse, open source, pdp, personal learning environments, personalisation, PLE, psychology, social networks, social software, ubiquitous computing, usability, virtual learning environments, virtual worlds, VLE, web 2.0, web design, web development

accessibility, ASP, Blackboard, blog, change management, CSS, databases, e-portfolio, educational technology, HTML, learning technology, mySQL, Perl, PHP, podcast, programming, project management, research, social bookmarking, social networking, usability, VLE, web 2.0, web design, web development, wiki, writing, XML