Alejandro Armellini

Alejandro (Ale) Armellini is Professor and Dean of Digital and Distributed Learning at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. His key role is to provide leadership in digital learning and learning innovation, including on-campus and distance provision, across all Faculties. Before joining Portsmouth, Ale was Dean of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northampton, where he was the strategic lead for the redesign of all programmes for active blended learning. Ale is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Ale’s research and doctoral supervision focus on learning innovation, blended and online pedagogy, institutional capacity building and open practices. He holds visiting professorships at several UK and overseas universities.

Publications

Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education
Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education
Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez, Alejandro Armellini. © 2021. 354 pages.
Active blended learning (ABL) is a pedagogical approach that combines sensemaking activities with focused interactions in appropriate learning settings. ABL has become a great...
Active Blended Learning: Definition, Literature Review, and a Framework for Implementation
Active Blended Learning: Definition, Literature Review, and a Framework for Implementation
Alejandro Armellini, Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez. © 2021. 22 pages.
This chapter focuses on the joint implementation of blended learning and active learning. The authors analysed 152 institutional websites containing definitions of these...
Active Blended Learning: Definition, Literature Review, and a Framework for Implementation
Active Blended Learning: Definition, Literature Review, and a Framework for Implementation
Alejandro Armellini, Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez. © 2021. 22 pages.
This chapter focuses on the joint implementation of blended learning and active learning. The authors analysed 152 institutional websites containing definitions of these...
Digital Audio for Asynchronous Interactive Learning at an English University
Digital Audio for Asynchronous Interactive Learning at an English University
David Hawkridge, Alejandro Armellini, Ming Nie, Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez, Gabi Witthaus. © 2012. 17 pages.
The authors recommend, based on their research and experience, further use of ADA with podcasts and voice boards for interactive learning. They discuss future research, such as...