Dr Colleen McKenna
Lecturer
in academic literacies
Centre for Advancement of Learning and Teaching
Room G26, 1-19 Torrington Place
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Dr Colleen McKenna Lecturer
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I am a lecturer in academic literacies in the Centre for the Advancement in Learning and Teaching and I lead the Academic Communication programme at UCL, which includes
Before joining UCL, I worked as a researcher investigating the impact of learning technologies upon student learning and I lectured in English literature at several UK universities. I am interested in academic literacies, writing and identity, dialogism, electronic communication, assessment, the impact of learning technologies upon higher education, modern Irish poetry and the sociology of texts. Selected Papers and Presentations Creme, C. and McKenna, C. (2008) 'Creating a Space for Writing: UCL's Writing and Learning Mentor programme'. Writing Development in Higher Education. Glasgow. McKenna, C. (2007) “'A Meaning Made of Trees': The Unwriting of a Symbol”in Crowder, B and Hall, J (eds) Seamus Heaney: Poet, Critic, Translator. London: Palgrave. McKenna, C. and McAvinia, C. (2007) Difference and discontinuity - making meaning through hypertexts. Ideas in Cyberspace Education: Digital Difference. Loch Lomond. Ingraham, B., Levy, P., McKenna, C. and Roberts, G. (2007) Academic Literacy in the 21st Century in Conole, G and Oliver, M. (eds.) Contemporary Perspectives in E-Learning Research: Themes, Methods and Impact on Practice. London: Routledge. 160-173. McKenna, C. (2007) Applying an academic literacies approach to the teaching of writing. Annual 1-day seminar: Research, scholarship and practice in Academic Literacies. London. McKenna, C. (2006) Disrupting the narrative: the hypertext essay as a challenge to academic writing. Academic Literacies symposium. London. McKenna, C. and Evans, A.; Oliver M. (2005) “Trainees' Perspectives on the Assessment and Self-Assessment of Surgical Skills”Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education.Vol 30.3. McKenna, C. (2005) “Words, Bridges and Dialogue: Issues of Audience and Addressivity in Online Communication” in Land, R and Bayne, S (eds) Education in Cyberspace. London: Routledge. 140-162. McKenna, C. (2004) “'Snipping lyric leaves off the old narrative boughs': Seamus Heaney and the book as expressive form” in Hutton, C. (ed) The Irish Book in the Twentieth Century. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. Bull, J. and McKenna, C. (2004) A Blueprint for Computer-Assisted Assessment. London: Routledge. McKenna, C. (2004) “Future interdisciplinary issues in academic writing”. Humanities Higher Education Research Group. Open University. Milton Keynes. McKenna, C. (2004) “Hypertext essays” University of Edinburgh. McKenna, C. (2004) “Hypertext essays: what is the potential for student writing?” Writing Development in Higher Education. Sheffield. McKenna, C. (2004) “Writing in new spaces.” Found in Translation: Paradigms, Process, Poetry. London. McKenna, C. (2004) “The Academic Communication Programme at University College London: Combining US and UK approaches to writing in higher education”. Writing Across the Curriculum 2004. St Louis. McKenna, C. (2003) "From skills to subjects: the reconceptualisation of writing development in higher education".in Ed C. Rust. Improving Student Learning: Theory and Practice. Oxford: OCSLD. McKenna, C. & Evans, A., Oliver, M. (2002) “Self-Assessment in Medical Practice” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 95. 111-113. McKenna, C. (2002) "Knowledge construction in online communities". European Conference on Educational Research. Lisbon. McKenna, C. (2002) "What do we mean by electronic literacy?". Ed C. Rust. Improving Student Learning Using Learning Technology. OCSLD. 79-88. McKenna, C. (2002) Seamus Heaney and the Place of Writing. Murphy Foundation Lecture. Hendrix College. McKenna, C. (2002) '"Look in thy heart and write": Surveying the academic literacies terrain in higher education'. English LTSN symposium on literacy. McKenna, C. (2001) "Writing in Digital Environments". Writing Development in Higher Education conference, University of Leicester. McKenna, C. (2001) "Academic Approaches and Attitudes Towards Computer Assisted Assessment: A Qualitative Study" in Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Computer-Assisted Assessment Conference. Loughborough. McKenna, C. (2001) "Who's in control? Considering issues of power and control associated with the use of CAA" in Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Computer-Assisted Assessment Conference. Loughborough. McKenna, C. (2001) "Introducing computers into the assessment process: what is the impact upon academic practice?". Higher Education Close-Up 2 conference. Lancaster. Evans, A. W., McKenna, C. and Oliver, M. (2001) "Towards better understanding of self-assessment in oral and maxillofacial surgery". Medical Education. 35. McKenna, C. (2000) "Circulating with That New Perspective": Presences and Absences in Seamus Heaney's Place of Writing. PhD, University of London. McKenna, C. (2000)
"'Roots in the Soil': Heaney, Patrick Kavanagh and the Place of Writing."
Invited seminar, Institute of English Studies, Irish Studies series. London. Bull, J. and McKenna, C. (2000), "Implementing CAA: a National Perspective", Proceedings of the 4th Annual Computer-Assisted Assessment Conference. McKenna, C. (2000), "Using Computers in Humanities Assessment", Computers and Texts. vol. 18/19. McKenna, C. and Bull, J. (2000), "Quality Assurance of Computer-assisted Assessment: Practical and Strategic Issues", Quality Assurance In Higher Education. Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 24-31. McKenna, C. and Hesketh, I. (2000), "A Review of Online Resources for Computer-Assisted Assessment ", Educational Developments . Vol. 1, No.2. pp.16-18. McKenna, C. (1998),
"Seeing ' Last Things ': Reading Yeats Through the Eyes of Seamus
Heaney", Yeats Annual No. 13, London: Macmillan. pp. 221-237. MA, PhD in English
literature -University of London Dr. Colleen McKenna colleen.mckenna@ucl.ac.uk
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