Dr Sue Morón-García

SFHEA

Principal Lecturer for Education and Student Experience

Role

I joined Oxford Brookes University in October 2020. I work with individual academics and teams to develop scholarly approaches to teaching and learning.

OCAED Scholarship of Teaching and Learning lead.
Lead for Talking Teaching across the Globe webinar series.
Facilitator of Talking Academic Practice (CPD sessions for OCAED educational developers).

Teaching and supervision

EXPLORE scheme

Research

Research interests

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and developing SoTL identities.
Teaching and learning in higher education.
The application of digital technologies to teaching and learning.
The scholarship of educational development.

Groups

Higher Education and Lifelong Learning.

Publications

Kensington-Miller B, Oliver C, Morón-García S, Manarin K, Abrahamson E, Simmons N, Deshler J, An International Interdisciplinary Writing Group
in Simmons N Singh A (ed.), Critical Collaborative Communities, Brill (2019) ISBN: 9789004410978 eISBN: 9789004410985

Articles, books and chapters

Lawrence, J., Morón-García, S., Senior, R. (Eds) (March 2022) Supporting Course and Programme Leaders in Higher Education: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders. London: Routledge
Kensington-Miller, B., Oliver, C., Morón-García, S., Manarin, K., Abrahamson, E., Simmons, N., & Deshler, J. (2019). An International Writing Group: Perspectives on Building Partnerships and Developing Community. In N. Simmons (Ed.), Critical Collaborative Communities. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
Kensington-Miller, B., Renc-Roe, J., & Morón-García, S. (2015). The chameleon on a tartan rug: adaptations of three academic developers’ professional identities. International Journal for Academic Development, 20(3), 279-290.
McLinden, M., Edwards, C., Garfield, J., & Morón-García, S. (2015). Strengthening the Links Between Research and Teaching: Cultivating Student Expectations of Research-informed Teaching Approaches. Education in Practice, 2(1), 24-29.
Moron-Garcia, S. (2013). Investigating the impact of networks in academic life. In F. Deepwell & C. Buckley (Eds.), SEDA @ 20 small grants retrospective. London: SEDA.
Simmons, N., Abrahamson, E., Deshler, J. M., Kensington-Miller, B., Manarin, K., Morón-García, S., et al. (2013). Conflicts and Configurations in a Liminal Space: SoTL Scholars' Identity Development. Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal, 1(2), 9-21.
Morón-García, S. (2010a). CETL “networks”: A personal reflection. Educational Developments, 11.1, 12-15.
Gregory, K., & Morón-García, S. (2009). Electronic assignment submission, student behaviour and experience. Engineering Education, 4(1).
Morón-García, S., & Willis, L. (2009). Pedagogic Research Tool Kit. York: AdvanceHE
Morón-García, S. & Powell, A.(2008b). Working to learn – valuing placements. In C. Rust (Ed.), 15th improving student learning symposium: Theory research & scholarship (pp. 115-126). Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff Development.
Morón-García, S. (2008a). Talking Teaching: Engaging Engineers. In A. Short & J. Kentel (Eds.), Totems and Taboos: Risk and relevance in research on teachers and teaching. Rotterdam: SENSE PUBLISHERS B.V.
Morón-García, S., & Lamb, F. (2007a). The engCETL change journey: encouraging engagement with pedagogic research. Educational Developments, 8.1, 23-24.
Morón-García, S. (2007b). Promulgating Pedagogy: Convincing Colleagues. Paper presented at and published in the proceedings of the iPED Conference 2007: Researching Academic Futures, 10-11 September 2007.
Morón-García, S. (2006b). Rights and Rewards: Attitudes towards the use of digital repositories for teaching and learning materials. Loughborough: HEA Engineering Subject Centre.
Morón-García, S. (2006a). What lecturers say helps and hinders their use of a virtual learning environment to support face-to-face teaching. In J. O'Donoghue (Ed.), Technology supported learning and teaching: A staff perspective: Idea Group, Inc. Republished as: Morón-García, Sue. (2008). What Lecturers Say Helps and Hinders Their Use of a Virtual Learning Environment to Support Face-to-Face Teaching. In K. Jerzy (Ed.), Virtual Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 222-237). Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global.
Morón-García, S. (2005). Investigating repository use in the West Midlands. ALISS Quarterly, 1(1), 32-35.
Morón-García, S. (2004). Understanding the approach to teaching adopted by users of virtual learning environments. In C. Rust (Ed.), 11th improving student learning symposium: Theory research & scholarship (pp. 235-248). Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff Development.
Morón-García, S. (2001) Are Virtual Learning Environments being used to facilitate and support student-centred learning in higher education? in Zayas, B. and Gama, C. (Eds.) 5th Human Centred Technology Postgraduate Workshop - Information Technologies and Knowledge Construction: bringing together the best of two worlds. Brighton, 26th - 27th September, 2001, pp 9-11. University of Sussex.

Professional information

Conferences

Selected conference papers

Morón-García, S., Dobbins, K., Chang, S. (2024) Creating 'collaborative' spaces: the costs of not learning from the pandemic pivots. Paper presented at ICED 2024: Advancing Higher Education Ecosystems for Competency Development, Nairobi, Kenya [Online participation]
Morón-García, S. (2023) The stories we tell: using metaphor to explore affect. Paper presented at ISSoTL 2023: Context Matters, 8th - 11th November, 2023, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Morón-García, S., Petrova, P., & Staddon, E. (2018). Towards a professional development framework for leaders of degree programmes. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual SEDA Conference: Supporting Staff to Meet increasing challenges in Higher and Further Education, 15th-16th November, 2018 Birmingham, England and at ISSoTL 2018: Towards a Learning Culture, 24th-27th October, 2018, Bergen, Norway.
Abrahamson, E., Simmons, N., Deshler, J., Oliver, C., Moron-Garcia, S., Manarin, K., & Kensington-Miller, B. (2018). Experience and Expectations of a Collaborative Writing Group: Forging a Learning Culture for SoTL. Paper presented at the ISSoTL 2018: Towards a Learning Culture, 24th-27th October, 2018, Bergen, Norway.
Abrahamson, E., Kensington-Miller, B., Manarin, K., Morón-García, S., Oliver, C. & Simmons, N. (2017). Ain't no mountain high enough. Paper presented at the ISSoTL 2017: Reaching New Heights. Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary & Mount Royal University
Moron-Garcia, S., & Kensington-Miller, B. (2017). Metaphor to meaning: narrative inquiry as a SoTL tool. Paper presented at the EuroSoTL 2017, 8th - 9th June 2017, University of Lund, Sweden.
Moron-Garcia, S.& Middleton, A. (2016) From conundrum to collaboration, conversation to connection: using networks to innovate. Paper presented at the 21st SEDA Annual Conference: Surviving and Thriving - Effective Innovation and Collaboration in the New Higher Education, 3rd-4th November 2016, Brighton, England
Moron-Garcia, S., & Kensington-Miller, B. (2016). Exploring SoTL identity through narrative. Paper presented at the International Consortium for Educational Development: Ethics, Care and Quality in Educational Development, 23rd - 25th November, 2016, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kensington-Miller, B., & Moron-Garcia, S. (2016). Using narrative to explore SoTL identity. Paper presented at the Academic life in the measured university: pleasures, paradoxes and politics: 5th International Academic Identities Conference, 29 June – 1 July 2016, The University of Sydney, Australia.
Morón-García, S., Renc-Roe, J., & Kensington-Miller, B. (2014). Living between 'critical friend in the academy' and 'blended professional': investigating our institutional lives in academic development. Paper presented at the International Consortium for Educational Development, Stockholm, Sweden, 15th - 18th June 2014.
Hinton D.M. & Morón-García S (2014) Creating & Communicating (MOOC) Learning Designs: ‘Wicked Problem’. Poster presented at “design4learning”, Open University, Milton Keynes, 26th -27th November, 2014.
Morón-García, S. (2012a). Using research on learning and teaching to develop our academics Paper presented at the ISSoTL 2012 "Research on Teaching & Learning: Integrating Practices", Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, October 24-27 2012.
Morón-García, S. (2012b). Developing our academics: teaching in a research intensive university Poster presented at the ISSoTL 2012 "Research on Teaching & Learning: Integrating Practices", Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, October 24-27 2012.
Cooke, G., Lewis, P., & Morón-García, S. (2011). A “passport” to learning: an international student perspective. Paper presented at the 3rd International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning, Coventry University, 28-29 November 2011.
Morón-García, S. (2010c). Global SoTL: local engagement – the Postgraduate Certificate & Continuing Professional Development. Paper presented at the ISSoTL 2010 "Global theories and local practices: institutional, disciplinary and cultural variations", Liverpool, October 19-22 2010.
Morón-García, S. (2010b). Managing conflicting identities: personal orientation vs. role definition. Paper presented at “Academic Identities for the 21st Century”, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 16th - 18th June 2010.
Morón-García, S. (2009d). Terms of Engagement: Four Countries, Four Courses, Four Commentaries - Engagement @ Coventry. Paper presented at the ISSoTL "Solid Foundations, Emerging Knowledge, Shared Futures", University of Indiana, Bloomington, October 22-25 2009.
Morón-García, S. (2009c). The tyranny of technology: obligation and innovation. Paper presented at the 14th biennial ISATT conference, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1-4 July, 2009, Navigating in Educational Contexts: Identities and Cultures in Dialogue.
Morón-García, S. (2009b). CETL networks: sharing expertise, supporting each other. Paper presented at the SEDA Spring Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference 2009: Underpinning Academic Practice with Research and Scholarship, Brighton.
Morón-García, S. (2008d). Academic Identities: researching ourselves to aid understanding. Paper presented at the “Academic Identities in Crisis?” Conference, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 4th – 6th September 2008.
Morón-García, S. (2008c). Strength in numbers: networking to learn. Paper presented at ISSOTL 2008: "Celebrating Connections: Learning, Teaching, Scholarship", October 16-19 2008, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Morón-García, S., & Willis, L. (2007c). Collaborating to engage engineers with pedagogic research. Paper presented at the Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference 2007, 11-13 December, Brighton, Sussex.
Blanchard, R. E., Morón-García, S. D., & Bates, M. R. (2006d). Converting the physical to the virtual: providing a laboratory experience for distance learners in engineering. Paper presented at the IV International Conference on Multimedia and Information & Communication Technologies in Education (m-ICTE2006).
Morón-García, S. (2006c). Sharing digital content in the West Midlands region. Paper presented as part of a Symposium at the Networked Learning International Research Conference, 10-12th April, 2006, Lancaster, U.K.
Moron-Garcia, S. (2003). Factors Affecting Lecturer Use Of Virtual Learning Environments To Support Face- To- Face Teaching In Humanities And Social Science. Paper presented at The Shock of the Old 3: Designing and Developing for the Disciplines, 24th July, 2003, University of Oxford, Said Business School, Oxford, UK.
Morón-García, S. (2002b) Using Virtual Learning Environments: Lecturers’ Conceptions of Teaching and the Move to Student-Centred Learning. Paper presented at ICCE, 3-6 December, 2002, Auckland, New Zealand.
Morón-García, S. (2002a) The Use of Virtual Learning Environments in UK Higher Education - Are VLEs Supporting Student-Centred Learning? Paper presented at E-Learn, 15-19 October, 2002, Montreal, Canada.

Invited talks and workshops

2024 invited workshops on ‘What is SoTL and how do you do it successfully?’ for Universidad del País Vasco, 12th & 26th January 2024 [Online] – delivery and discussion in Spanish.
2023 invited contribution on ‘Impact, evaluation and quality’ for Universidad del País Vasco, online, 27th October, 2023, [Online] – delivery and discussion in Spanish.
2022 invited keynote ‘Becoming an effective Course Leader: creating environments in which you can flourish’, at Kingston University, 8th September, 2022.
2021 invited research seminar “Stepping into research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning”, Global Banking School (GBS), UK, 21 December, 2021 [Online].
2021 invited discussant ‘Developing a teaching and learning centre’, Universidad de Los Lagos, Chile, 4 June, 2021 [Online] – discussion in Spanish.
2019 invited workshop at EuroSoTL 2019: “What is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning?” / “Qué es SoTL?” - delivered in Spanish.
2014 Co-creation and facilitation of two workshops for the HEA engineering and materials lead on teaching for postgraduate students (January and May).
2013 Invited contribution at the PGCerts SEDA@20 day workshop: PGCerts across the disciplines.

Further details

Academic qualifications

PhD (2005) Educational Technology, Open University, Milton Keynes
MSc (2000) Information Systems Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (1990) Birmingham Polytechnic, Birmingham Modern Foreign Languages: Spanish & English as a Second Language
BA (Hons) (1986) European Studies with Spanish, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Wolverhampton

Other professional recognition

Senior Fellow of Advance HE.
Fellow of SEDA.