Dr Celeste McLaughlin
Lecturer (Academic Development)
- Academic Development , Academic Quality and Standards, Registry Services, University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Email: celeste.mclaughlin@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Old College, South Bridge
University of Edinburgh (Central campus) - City
- Post code
- EH8 9YL
Background
I'm an educator and researcher who has worked in Further and Higher Education since 2000. My roles have included research assistant, lecturer, open learning manager, subject specialist and digital education lead.
I've been teaching in blended and online contexts for 25 years and recently completed a PhD on hybrid teaching during Covid.
Qualifications
2024 PhD Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement, The University of Lancaster
2022 Advance HE Professional Development Course for External Examiners
2017 Senior Fellowship of The Higher Education Academy
2004 PgCert Teaching Qualification in Further Education, The University of Dundee
2002 MSc Information Technology (with distinction), University of Paisley
1997 BA (hons) Social Sciences (Psychology), Glasgow Caledonian University
Responsibilities & affiliations
University of Edinburgh Institutional Representative on the Scottish Higher Education Developers Network.
Associate Member of The Association for Learning Technology.
Member of SEDA Curriculum Development Network.
Editor for the Journal for Research in Learning Technology.
Postgraduate teaching
Programme Director Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PgCAP) (2026 - present)
Course Organiser for Designing Curricula and Learning Environments (2023 - present)
Course Organise for Digital Education (PgCAP optional course) (2018 - 2022)
Teaching and assessing on Learning and Teaching with Technology in the Classroom (2016-2017)
External Examiner on MSc Blended and Online Education, Edinburgh Napier University (2020-2024)
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
Areas of interest for supervision:
- Online, blended and hybrid teaching and learning.
- Assessment and feedback practice.
- Teacher identity and development.
Current PhD students supervised
Ruohan Ma (multimodal feedback in assessment) - Co-supervisor.
Current project grants
Project partner on the QAA funded Pillars of Impact Project which aims to create a curriculum design, review, and evaluation framework. Other project partners include Kingston University, University of Brighton, University of Staffordshire and University of Warwick.
Past project grants
Collaborated on the U21 funded Learning together in a global pandemic project alongside colleagues from The University of Edinburgh, The University of Queensland, and Lund University.
Collaborator on the QAA Scotland funded Inter-institutional Collaboration project: Supporting Student Transitions Into and Through Online Learning.