Professor Maggi Savin-Baden

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Professor of Education

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Contact Details

email: m.savinbaden@worc.ac.uk

Maggi is a Professor of Education at the University of Worcester and has worked there since 2014. She has researched staff and student experience of learning for over 20 years and gained funding in this area (Leverhulme Trust, JISC, MoD). To date Maggi has published widely and this includes over 50 research publications and 17 books which reflect her research interests on the impact of innovative learning, digital fluency, cyber-influence on student learning. 

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Qualifications

  • MSc E-Learning, University of Edinburgh
  • 2005 - Certificate in Educational Leadership, (Distinction), University of Leicester
  • 1996 - PhD, University of London
  • 1989 - MA in Further and Higher Education, University of London
  • 1987 - Diploma in Teaching and Curriculum Development in Higher Education (Distinction), University of London
  • 1981 - Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists

Teaching & Research

Teaching Interests

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Digital immortality
  • Qualitative research and qualitative research methodologies
  • Digital spaces
  • Problem based learning
  • Teaching in Higher Education

Research Interests

  • Problem-based Learning
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Digital immortality
  • Digital Tethering
  • Research methodologies
  • Qualitative Research Synthesis
  • Learning Spaces
  • Liquid Learning
  • Second Life Learning
  • Academic Writing and Publication

PhD students

  • Completions: 9
  • Currently supervising: 3
  • PhDs examined: 16

Professional Bodies

On editorial board of

  • Journal of Postdigital Science and Education 
  • International Journal of Medical Education
  • Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning

Reviewer for

  • Journal of Postdigital Science and Education
  • Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning
  • International Journal of Medical Education
  • Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
  • Teachers College Record
  • Qualitative Research
  • Qualitative Inquiry
  • Instructional Science
  • Studies in Higher Education
  • Higher Education
  • Innovations in Education and Teaching International
  • Research in Learning Technology
  • Networked Learning Conference 2016/2018

Conference committees

  • Attend House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
  • Program Committee of the 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (2019 )
  • Digital 2011
  • International PBL Symposium 2013
  • Program Committee of the 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE13 & 2016)

Advisory boards

  • Church of England Networked Learning Committee
  • Digital and Ethical futures group (based at Trinity College Oxford) funded by William Temple Foundation
  • Steering group of AHRC funded study entitled 'A creative partnership to develop immersive simulations of ancient heritage sites'. £15856, (Lead by Bournemouth University) 2017-2020
  • Gamification of physical education (GoPE) Horizon 2020 bid 2016
  • International Advisory board for International Research Symposium on PBL 2017

Awards

  • Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University RSA (2014)
  • Routledge author of the month May 2011
  • National Teaching Fellowship 2008-2012 (£10,000)
  • Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (2013)

Publications

Recent Books

Reader, J. and Savin-Baden, M. (2022) Postdigital Theologies Technology, Belief, and Practice London Springer (in preparation).

Butler-Kisber, L, Keefe, K.C. & Savin-Baden, M (2022) (Eds) Stories of Displacement. London: Routledge (in preparation).

Savin-Baden, M. and Fraser, H. (2023) Harnessing Problem-based Learning for the Digital Age: A Practical Guide for Online Settings. London: Routledge (in preparation).

Savin-Baden, M. (2023) Postdigital Learning and the 21st Century University: A critical exploration of digital futures. London: Routledge (in preparation).

Savin-Baden, M. (2021) Artificial Intelligence, Death and Dying. Florida: CRC Press

Savin-Baden, M. (2021) Digital Afterlife and the Spiritual Realm. Florida: CRC Press

Savin-Baden, M. (Ed). (2021) Postdigital Humans. London Springer

Savin-Baden, M. and Mason-Robbie, V. (Eds). (2020) Digital Afterlife. Florida: CRC Press

Burden, D. & Savin-Baden, M (2019). Virtual Humans. Florida: CRC Press.

Savin-Baden, M. & Tombs. G. (Eds.), (2018). Threshold Concepts in Problem-based Learning. Rotterdam: Sense.

Savin-Baden, M. and Tombs. G. (2017) Research Methods for Education in the Digital Age London: Bloomsbury  

Musgrave, J., Savin-Baden, M. and Stobbs, N. (eds) (2017) Studying for your Early Years Degree  Hertfordshire:  Critical Publishing

Recent Chapters in books

Savin-Baden, M. (2022). Death, Religion and Digital Media In H. Campbell Oxford Handbook of Digital Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming)

Savin-Baden, M. (2022). Adoption in L. Butler-Kisber., K. Clarke/Keefe & M. Savin-Baden, M (2021) Stories of Displacement. London: Routledge (forthcoming)

Savin-Baden, M. (2021) What are Postdigital Humans? in M. Savin-Baden (Ed). (2021) Postdigital Humans. London Springer

Savin-Baden, M. and Mason-Robbie, V. (2020) Perspectives on Digital Afterlife In M. Savin-Baden, M. and V. Mason-Robbie, (Eds). Digital Afterlife. Florida: CRC Press

Mason-Robbie, V. and Savin-Baden, M. (2020) Digital Afterlife Matters In M. Savin-Baden. and V. Mason-Robbie, (Eds). Digital Afterlife. Florida: CRC Press

Savin-Baden, M. (2020) The Impact of Transdisciplinary Threshold Concepts on Student Engagement in Problem-Based Learning: A Conceptual Synthesis In: S.Bridges & R. Imafuku (eds.) Interactional Research into Problem-based Learning. West Lafayette, Ind: Purdue University Press

Savin-Baden, M. (2020). Learning ecologies: Liminal states and student transformation In R. Barnett & N. Jackson (Eds.), Learning Ecologies. London: Routledge.

Savin-Baden, M., Burden, D. Bhakta, R. & Mason-Robbie, V. (2019). An evaluation of the effectiveness of using pedagogical agents for teaching in inclusive ways. In

Wang, Gallagher, Knox (Eds). (2019) Speculative Futures for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Inclusion. London Springer

Savin-Baden, M. & Bhakta, R. (2019). Problem-based Learning in Digital Spaces. In M. Moallem., W. Hung & N. Dabbagh (Eds.), Wiley Handbook of Problem-based learning. NY: Wiley.

Freeth, D., Savin-Baden, M. & Thistlethwaite, J. (2019). Interprofessional education. In K. Forrest., B. O’Brien & T. Swanwick. (Eds.), Understanding Medical Education (3rd Edition) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Recent Peer reviewed journal articles

Reader, J. & Savin-Baden, M . Postdigital Theologies: Technology, Belief and Practice.Postdigit Sci Educ (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00212-6

Reader, J. & Savin-Baden, M. (2020) Ethical conundrums and Virtual Humans for the Social Good Postdigital Science and Education 2, 289–301

Savin-Baden, M. (2020). What are Problem-based pedagogies? Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning Published online: March 9, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24313/jpbl.2020.00199

Savin-Baden, M. (2019) Post Digital afterlife? Journal of Postdigital Science and Education 1(2) 303-306

Fredholm, A., Henningsohn, L, Savin-Baden, M., & Silén, C. (2019). The Practice of Thresholds: Autonomy in Clinical Education explored through Variation theory and the Threshold Concepts Framework. Teaching in Higher Education 25:3, 305-320,

Mostafa, M. A., Plastow, N. & Savin-Baden, M. (2019). The Effectiveness of spinal cord injury ADL inpatient education on rehabilitation outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 83 (1)

 Selected book chapters

Savin-Baden, M. (2019) (forthcoming). Liminal Ecologies of Learning. In R. Barnett & N. Jackson (Eds.), Learning Ecologies. London: Routledge.

Savin-Baden, M., Burden, D. Bhakta, R.  & Mason-Robbie, V. (2019). An evaluation of the effectiveness of using pedagogical agents for teaching in inclusive ways. In

Wang, Gallagher, Knox (Eds). (2019) Speculative Futures for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Inclusion. London Springer

Savin-Baden, M. & Bhakta, R. (2018). Problem-based Learning in Digital Spaces. In M. Moallem., W. Hung & N. Dabbagh (Eds.), Wiley Handbook of Problem-based learning. NY: Wiley.

Savin-Baden, M. & Tombs. G. Threshold Concepts in Problem-based Learning. (2018). In M. Savin-Baden & G. Tombs. G. (Eds.), Threshold Concepts in Problem-based Learning. Rotterdam: Sense.

Freeth, D., Savin-Baden, M. & Thistlethwaite, J. (2018). Interprofessional education. In K. Forrest., B. O’Brien & T. Swanwick. (Eds.), Understanding Medical Education (3rd Edition) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Savin-Baden, M., Burden, D. & Bhakta, R. (2018). Virtual Humans in Virtual Worlds? In L. Falconer & M. Gil (Eds.), Virtual Worlds: Concepts, applications and future directions. New York: Nova. 279-298

Savin-Baden, M. (2018). Always Connected’: Transforming teaching and learning in higher education. In K. Sheehy & A. Holliman, (Eds.), Education and New Technologies: Perils and Promises for Learners. London: Routledge. 143-161

Savin-Baden, M. (2017). Doing your Research Project. In J. Musgrave., M. Savin-Baden, & N. Stobbs. (Eds.), Studying for your Early Years Degree. Hertfordshire: Critical Publishing.  183-196

Savin-Baden, M., Falconer, L., Wimpenny, K. & Callaghan, M. (2017). Virtual Worlds for Learning. In: E. Duval., M. Sharples & R. Sutherland (Eds.), Technology Enhanced Learning: Research Themes. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. 97-107

Savin-Baden, M. & Tombs, G. (2016). Pedagogies in Virtual Worlds. In C. Haythornthwaite, R. Andrews, J. Fransman & E. Meyers. (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of E-Learning Research (2nd edition). SAGE Publications, London. 397-420.

Savin-Baden, M. (2016). Implementing PBL in Brazil. In R. Prates (Ed.), Problem-based learning Handbook (published in Portuguese).

Savin-Baden, M. (2015). Education and Big Data. In M. A. Peters & P. Jandric (Eds.), Critical Theory of Educational Technology Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. 1-8

Savin-Baden, M., Poulton, T., Beaumont, C. & Conradi, E. (2015). What Is Real? Using Problem-Based Learning in Virtual Worlds. In S. Bridges., L.P Chan., C. E. Hmelo-Silver, (Eds.), Educational Technologies Medical and Health Sciences Education. NY: Springer. 79-97

 

External Roles

  • Church of England Networked Learning Committee
  • Digital and Ethical futures group (based at Trinity College Oxford) funded by William Temple Foundation
  • Attend House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence