Peter Woodbridge
Encyclopedia
Peter Woodbridge is a Digital Media
and Culture
Specialist and Lecturer in Open Media in the Coventry University Department of Media and Communication
. His research and scholarship includes instigating a number of innovations in Open Culture within the Creative Arts
and Humanities
, including leading the development on transmedia projects with iTunes U and YouTube Edu which have helped to make thousands of hours of Open Educational Resources
available freely online, resulting in millions of downloads and accesses, and leading the way for other Universities in the UK to follow. He has a number of research publications and book chapters in the area of digital media and the creative arts. He is co-founder of the Liquid Theory TV project which is a collaboration between the University of Kent
and Coventry University
and contributes to the work of the Open Media Research Group in Coventry as well as a number of other open educational podcast series
He has also lead and participated in the development a number of significant research projects in the area of digital media in the Arts and Humanities for the AHRC
, JISC, UNDP and HEFCE as well as creating the worlds first iPhone App for an Open Higher Education
Class in Photography
. He founded the free and open source university level Creative Activism Class (#creativact) which runs from January to April each year.
He has been an invited lecturer and consultant to the Zhejiang University of Media and Communications in China, Stellenbosch University
in South Africa and the University of Ibadan
in Nigeria and has undertaken digital consultancy work for a number of companies, charities and organisations. He was highly commended for his contribution to Innovation and Creativity in Higher Education at the 2010 HEIST AWARDS.
Digital media
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...
and Culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
Specialist and Lecturer in Open Media in the Coventry University Department of Media and Communication
Coventry University Department of Media and Communication
The Department of Media and Communication is part of Coventry School of Art and Design in Coventry University. It is located within the Ellen Terry Building, which is a £7 million refurbished 1930s cinema in the centre of Coventry, UK....
. His research and scholarship includes instigating a number of innovations in Open Culture within the Creative Arts
Creative Arts
Creative arts is the term used to describe different types of art. Specifically, to introduce fine art ideas, techniques, skills and media. It is generally used as an umbrella for Dramaturgy, Music , Graphic Arts/Cartooning, Performing Arts, Film and Publishing, Galleries and Museums and the Visual...
and Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, including leading the development on transmedia projects with iTunes U and YouTube Edu which have helped to make thousands of hours of Open Educational Resources
Open educational resources
Open educational resources are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under copyright alone...
available freely online, resulting in millions of downloads and accesses, and leading the way for other Universities in the UK to follow. He has a number of research publications and book chapters in the area of digital media and the creative arts. He is co-founder of the Liquid Theory TV project which is a collaboration between the University of Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
and Coventry University
Coventry University
Coventry University is a post-1992 university in Coventry, West Midlands, England. Under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act of 1992, the institution's name was changed from Coventry Polytechnic to Coventry University...
and contributes to the work of the Open Media Research Group in Coventry as well as a number of other open educational podcast series
He has also lead and participated in the development a number of significant research projects in the area of digital media in the Arts and Humanities for the AHRC
AHRC
AHRC can refer to:* Asian Human Rights Commission* Arts and Humanities Research Council* Association for the Help of Retarded Children* American Homeowners Resource Center* Australian Human Rights Commission...
, JISC, UNDP and HEFCE as well as creating the worlds first iPhone App for an Open Higher Education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
Class in Photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
. He founded the free and open source university level Creative Activism Class (#creativact) which runs from January to April each year.
He has been an invited lecturer and consultant to the Zhejiang University of Media and Communications in China, Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University is a public research university situated in the town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Other nearby universities are the University of Cape Town and University of the Western Cape....
in South Africa and the University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria...
in Nigeria and has undertaken digital consultancy work for a number of companies, charities and organisations. He was highly commended for his contribution to Innovation and Creativity in Higher Education at the 2010 HEIST AWARDS.
External links
- Staff Profile at Coventry University
- Peter Woodbridge Open Media Academic Website