Miriam Averna-Joint
Miriam Averna-Joint, FHEA, PGATEL, BSc (Hons)
Digital Learning Officer
Tel: 02476 523044
Room: WA 0.05a
Email: Miriam.Averna-Joint@warwick.ac.uk
Professional experience
Over her 20 year career in Higher Education, Miriam has worked in course and programme administration, quality, admissions, finance, and learning technology.
Her vast experience has been gained at numerous universities including the University of Southampton and the University of Buckingham.
TEL interests
- Bite-sized content
- Cognitive load
- Gamification (inc. digital badges
- Gen AI
- RLOs
- JISC digital capabilities
- Accessible content
- Student engagement
Projects
PGATEL
As part of her Postgraduate Technology Enhanced Learning (PGATEL) studies, Miriam focused her project on bite-sized teaching, digital capabilities, and e-learning fatigue.
Project title: Using bite-size learning objects to improve student digital capabilities.
Digital Teacher Education in CTE
Project aims:
- Transformation and enhancement of teacher education at CTE
- Quality
- Inclusivity and access
- Increase geographic range of partners & WBL
- Address ‘cold spots’ & sparsity/supply issues
- Achieve greater course cost effectiveness
Miriam has supported the project and its four strands: Mentoring, Digital Communities of Practice, Reusable Learning Objects, Student Experience and Quality Assurance.
Activity
Nano Presentation:
Averna-Joint, M and Ottewill, P (2025) Transformative Learning for Educators: Leveraging Moodle to Enhance Mentoring Skills.Warwick Education Conference, University of Warwick, 5th June 2025. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/academic-development/education-conference/programme2025/wec_2025_programme_final.pdfPapers:
Ball, A. and Averna-Joint, M (2024) ITT in the digital realm: Moving complex f2f teaching into asynchronous deliver. In Hatzipanagos, S. & Pachler, N. (Eds.), Advances in Online and Distance Education: Selected Papers from the RIDE 2024 Conference (pp.77-85). Centre for Online and Distance Education, University of London. https://www.london.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Selected-Papers-from-the-RIDE-2024-Conference.pdf
Presentation:
Ball, A. and Averna-Joint, M. (2024) 'Small Changes in Teaching: The Last 5 Minutes of ClassLink opens in a new window, 'Warwick Education Conference, University of Warwick, 2nd May 2024.
Presentation:
Averna-Joint, M. (2024) 'Start as you mean to go on: Using H5P to deliver engaging TEL training to PGCE trainees', Active Learning Network Global Festival of Active Learning, 11th-15th March 2024. Available at: https://echo360.org.uk/media/7971e0cd-a717-44e7-a65b-9da41b33b66d/public
Presentation:
Averna-Joint, M. (2024) 'Using bite-size learning objects to improve student digital capabilities', TEAL Forum, University of Warwick, 11th March 2024.
Practice-based presentation:
Ball, A. and Averna-Joint, M. (2024) 'ITT in the Digital Realm: Moving complex f2f teaching into asynchronous delivery', RIDE conference 2024, University of London, 14th-15th March 2024.
Digital Artefact:
Ball, A. and Averna-Joint, M. (2023) 'Using Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) to enhance in session and blended learning activities,' TEALfest 2023, University of Warwick, 20th - 21st June 2023. Available at: https://warwick.padlet.org/jessicahumphreys1/tealfest-2023-digital-artefacts-vpieghkm9f5rycnfLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
Round-table presentation:
Averna-Joint, M and Rowan-Lancaster, J (2023) 'A powerful strategy for safe discussion of social justice issues by student teachers: The Rainbow Virtual Cafe,' TEAN conference, Manchester, May 2023.