Nitin Parmar
Learning Technologist
Nitin is responsible for exploring, promoting and supporting the use of a range of e-Learning tools within the university context.
He brings wider sector context and has bid for, received and contributed to several JISC and Higher Education Academy (HEA) funded projects, based both at the University of Bath and further afield.
Nitin is a founding Steering Group Member of the ESTICT Special Interest Group, a professional network which explores the pedagogical benefits of classroom technologies. He is also a member of the ALT Programme Committee for ALT-C 2012.
Media interest in Nitin's work has included the BBC World Service's 4 Tech programme, The Guardian and Times Higher Education.
Projects, initatives and services
Educational Development
- As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Nitin provides insightful advice, support and training to academic and professional departments for a range of applications to support technology enhanced learning.
- Through his commitments to the programme teams for the PGCAPP and The Bath Course, Nitin’s work is focused around ideas for providing experiential learning for students to reduce the gap between current and desired performance.
Project Management & Service Delivery
- Nitin has project managed several initiatives, notably as Acting Moodle Operations Manager where his role encompassed management of a key university service.
- He has a successful track record across the project and service lifecycle using expertise gained from his PRINCE2 and ITIL qualifications.
- Nitin is currently managing the pilot and institutional deployment of Mahara, the e-Portfolio application.
Research & Project Support
- Nitin has supported a range of internal and external projects, and has presented widely at conferences. Information on his research activities and publications can be found elsewhere.
- He has been a Project Officer on the JISC-funded, digital literacies focused PriDE project, contributing to baseline audit documents and shaping faculty learning communities.
Professional Qualifications & Memberships
- CMALT, Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology
- FHEA, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- MBCS, Professional Member of The Chartered Institute for IT
- PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner
- ITILv3 Foundation
Biography
Moving to the south west from the outskirts of London, Nitin read for a BSc(Hons) Computer Information Systems degree and completed a PGCE in ICT during his first stay at the University of Bath. Following this, and as a member of Kellogg College, he completed an MSc in Educational Studies (e-Learning) at the University of Oxford.
During summer 2009, Nitin participated in a staff exchange programme which saw him spend a month learning Spanish at the University of Alicante, later attaining a GCSE in the language.
Outside interests include playing touch rugby, cinema, cooking, photography and travel. Confirming his love for the area, Nitin is a season ticket holder at Bath Rugby.