This project is part of a wider body of research investigating learning in music technology all of the students will also be research participants. This means that the workshops will be audio and video documented for an investigation into how learning happens in this range of settings. The work is subject to University regulated ethical procedures and the BERA research ethics guidelines; guardians will informed of what will be recorded, how recordings will be stored, how media will be presented, then invited to provide informed consent
Following analysis of each workshop a report will be produced for the funding body. This report will be posted online via this website and it will include selected excerpts from the week to help illustrate a range of learning, interaction and creating episodes as part of a wider academic discussion. These materials will also be referenced in subsequent academic publications and education materials.
About the researcher
Dr Elizabeth Dobson has PhD in social psychology of education the Open University and almost 20 years of experience as a music technology lecturer. 
As a senior lecturer at The University she is developing pedagogies on collaborative creating within and beyond the music technology curriculum. This began with CollabHub, in 2012, which seeds multi-disciplinary collaborative creating, and in 2015 she invited other women to join her in starting the Yorkshire Sound Women Network [YSWN].
Elizabeth has provided research consultancy for Music and the Deaf, and Georgia Institute of Technology Music Technology department, and delivered keynotes for Women in Sound Women on Sound, Goldsmiths and Irish Sound Science and Technology Association, guest talks for Ableton and the UK’s Digital Design government office. Interested in equality of access for learning and careers in music technology, she is organizing a new conference weekend, Activating Inclusive Sound Spaces.
Other work includes being a member of the NAMHE [National Association for Music in Higher Education] committee, the Music, Gender and Identity Research Centre and the Sound Music Image Collaboration Research Centre at the University of Huddersfield.
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