Professor Philippa Levy

Professor of Higher Education Development

BA (Hons) (Birmingham), MA (Warwick), MA (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield), FHEA

Teaching activities

Inquiry in information management, educational informatics.

Professional standing

• Editorial Board member: Teaching in Higher Education
• Member of AHRC Peer Review College (2004-7)
• External examiner, BSc Information Science, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, UCL (2003-6)
• University of Sheffield Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002
• Fédération Internationale de Documentation (FID) ‘International Paper of the Year’ Award, 1995

Research interests

Inquiry-based pedagogies in higher education; networked learning and learner support; educational informatics; educational roles of information specialists; educational development and change facilitation in universities; scholarship of teaching and learning.

Key publications

Levy, P. (2007).  `Exploring and developing excellence: towards a community of praxis´.  In: Skelton, A. (ed). International Perspectives on Teaching Excellence in Higher Education.  pp.241-256. London: Routledge.

Levy, P. (2006). `Living´ theory: a pedagogical framework for process support in networked learning. ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology, 14 (3) 225-240.

Levy, P. and Roberts, S. (eds.) (2005). Developing the new Learning Environment: the Changing Role of the Academic Librarian. London: Facet.

Levy, P. (2003). A methodological framework for practice-based research in networked learning. Instructional Science, 31, 87-109.

Fowell, S.P. and Levy, P. (1995). Developing a new professional practice: a model for networked learner support in higher education. Journal of Documentation, 51 (3) 271-280.

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