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Currently, Futurelab are developing numerous partnerships to support the development of further research and development work in the learning spaces area. More specific research interests include the design of outdoor spaces to create rich and interactive information and play spaces and resources; pupil lead co-design projects; modeling new pedagogies to inform the design of appropriate teaching spaces, practices and resources; and intervention research seeking to create new models of pedagogy, practice and professional development.

Tim has led on the development of a number of freely available resources to support more creative and visionary thinking about future learning spaces. These offer workshop activities and techniques that aim specifically to move people’s thinking away from more traditional perspective on what a school is and how it might operate in the 21st century. Tim is also leading on the development and delivery of Futurelab’s consultancy work to support schools, local authorities and other stakeholders develop more transformative approaches to learning space design through various capital build programmes.

Tim’s research and publications experience also focuses on personalisation, learner voice, co-design, the digital divide and community development. He has extensive experience presenting both nationally and internationally to research, policy and practitioner audiences in relation to all of the above. He also has experience and knowledge relating to research methods, methodologies and design; educational theory; desk based and empirical research; application of theory into practice; co-design methodologies; action research; grounded theory; pedagogical theory and practice; and Bourdieuian theory.

Previous Posts

Prior to working for Futurelab he was head of evidence and research at Becta, where he worked on a range of policy-related projects and programmes relating to research into ICT and education. Previously he gained his doctorate whilst studying at the University of Bristol, focusing on ICT and the reproduction of social inequalities.

Publications

Tim has written extensively and published in a number of forms, including peer reviewed journals, articles, video and podcasts, blogs and in the press. Below are a selection of publications.

Personalisation

• Rudd, T. (2009). Rethinking the Principles of Personalisation and the Role of Digital Technologies. In R. Krumsvik (ed.) Learning in the Network Society and the Digitized School. Nova Science Publishers. New York
• Rudd. T. (2008). Rethinking the principles of personalisation and the role of digital technologies. In M. Webster (ed.) Personalised learning. Educational Heretics Press. Nottingham
• Facer, K. Rudd, T., Green, H. Dillon, P. Humphries, P. (2005). Personalisation and Digital Technologies. Futurelab. Bristol

Learning Spaces

• Rudd, T. (forthcoming). Modelling Transformation: Co-design as Pedagogy, Embedding Learner Voice through BSF. Provocation Paper written for in support of Croydon BSF programme.
• Rudd, T. (2009). Reimagining outdoor learning spaces. Primary capital, co-design and educational transformation. Futurelab. Bristol.
• Rudd, T. (2009) Redesigning education: modelling transformation through co-design around BSF. In Transforming Schools for the Future? A collection of provocation papers. Toshiba/Futurelab. Bristol
• Rudd, T. (2009) 'Live-lab Academy': a Hypothetical Case Study. Futurelab, Bristol.
• Rudd, T., Morrison, J., Facer, K. (2007). What if..? Reimagining learning spaces. Futurelab. Bristol
• Lee, T. and Rudd, T. (2008). Exploring the impact of whole-school design projects. A case study of Fountaineers: designing an interactive, programmable water fountain. Futurelab. Bristol

Learner Voice and co-design

• Rudd, T. Naik, R. Coligan, F (2006). Learner Voice. A Handbook. Futurelab. Bristol
• Grant, L. Daanen, H. Rudd, T. (2007) Mobile, collaborative and location-based learning: a case study of the MobiMissions prototype.
• Digital divide. Rudd, T (2001) The Digital Divide. Becta. Crown. London
• Rudd, T. (2002) Looking into the digital divide and seeing the content chasm. Becta. Crown. London

Innovation and new educational technologies

• Rudd, T and Facer, K. (2007) Toward New Learning Networks. Futurelab. Bristol
• Sutch, D., K., Rudd, T., Facer, K. (2009). Promoting transformative innovation in schools. Futurelab. Bristol
• Sandford, R. Ulicsak, M. Facer, K. and Rudd, T. (2007) Teaching with Games: Using commercial off-the-shelf computer games in formal education. Futurelab. Bristol
• Greenhill, B. Pykett, J. Daanen, H. Rudd, T. (2008). Learning science socially through game creation: a case study of the Newtoon prototype. Futurelab. Bristol

Conferences/Presentations

Tim is a regular, experienced speaker, giving numerous papers and talks yearly to academic, policy and practitioner audiences, delivering keynote presentations, papers, plenaries, seminar and workshops. Increasingly he talks about learning spaces and transformation, but has given numerous papers and talks around personalisation, learner voice, co-design and the digital divide. Only a small selection are given below to indicate the breadth of experience Tim has of presenting to various audiences.

• BETT 2009. New schools, old systems: Opportunities for learning space re-design and curriculum transformation
• Westminster Education Forum Seminar Series 2008: Primary Curriculum and pedagogy. Co-design and transformative pedagogies
• Architects Network Centre conference 2008. Learning spaces, personalisation and learner voice
• Becta Research Conference 2007. Digital Divide: Definitions, dimensions and characteristics
• ALT-C 2007. Designing learning spaces. Keynote and theme lead
• FACE conference (2005), Cork, Ireland. ICT, Personalisation and inequality
• British-Irish Council Digital Inclusion Researcher's Network Conference (2002) Understanding the digital divide
• IAMCR/ICA Symposium on the Digital Divide. 2001. Digital Divides in Britain and the Work of Pierre Bourdieu.

tim [dot] rudd [at] futurelab [dot] org [dot] uk
0117 9158232

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