Gilly Salmon is Professor of E-Learning and Learning Technologies at the University of Leicester, UK. She is head of the Beyond Distance Research Alliance and of the Media Zoos. She was previously with the Open University Business School. Gilly’s research interests span strategies for enhancing learning with and through new technologies, the future for learning in Higher Education and innovation through learning design. She is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and National Teaching Fellow 2006.
Gilly has two research degrees in change management and ICT and pedagogy. Her book E-moderating is considered seminal in the field of online teaching. Other recent books include E-tivities and Learning in Groups, with David Jaques. Podcasting for Learning in Universities was published in August 2008. She is currently writing ‘Learning Futures’.