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Lecturer & Senior Learning Designer

Leigh Powell

leigh.powell@mbru.ac.ae www.linkedin.com/in/leigh-powell

Dr. Leigh Powell holds a doctorate in Education where her research focused on how to apply

data-driven strategies to promote the development of learning and teaching. She has had the

opportunity to work in various capacities on research projects related to public health, teaching

practice, and learning design. Currently a Lecturer and Senior Learning Designer with the Institute for

Excellence in Health Professions Education, Leigh has developed multiple projects related to

community health education and faculty development. She has a strong interest in learning analytics and how best to leverage and visualize data for the purposes of improving academic experiences.

Academic Appointments

2022 - Present

Lecturer

Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Dubai, UAE.

Professional Education

2021

EdD (Educational Technology - Curriculum and Instruction)

University of Florida, United States of America.

2013

MEd (Educational Technology)

San Diego State University, United States of America.

2012

BA with distinction (Sociology)

San Diego State University, United States of America.

Teaching

  • Instructor, Digital Education Program
  • Instructor, Advanced Clinical Educator (ACE) Program
  • Instructor, Blended Learning Design
  • Instructor, Teaching Assistant Training program
  • Development of Master/PGDip/PGCert of Health Professions Education

Honors and Awards

2021

Community Immunity Program – Engaging 1 Million Learners

MBRU Excellence Award – Community Engagement

2013

Best Paper Award - “Self-Organising P2P Learning for 21C Education.”

Conference: International Symposium on Smart Learning for the Next Generation, IC'13

Publications

Quantitative approach to collaborative learning: performance prediction, individual assessment, and group composition.

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Study of a COVID-19 induced transition from Face-to-Face to Online Team-Based Learning in Undergraduate Family Medicine.

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Volunteering among pre-clinical medical students: Study of its association with academic performance using institutional data.

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A Web-Based Public Health Intervention for Addressing Vaccine Misinformation: Protocol for Analyzing Learner Engagement and Impacts on the Hesitancy to Vaccinate.

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Adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale in Arabic and French: Protocol for Translation and Validation in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region.

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Elements That Underpin the Design, Development, and Evaluation of Social Media Health Interventions: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

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Conversational Agents in Health Education: A Scoping Review Protocol.

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Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

  • Member, Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)
  • Member, Association for Educational Communications & Technology
  • Member, IEEE Transactions on Education

Research interests

  • Learning Analytics
  • Learner profiling
  • Precision education
  • Online and technology-enhanced teaching and learning
  • Conversational agents, conversation design
  • Communities of practice

Clinical and Community Service

  • Member, Student Assessment & Progression Committee (SAPC), MBRU, 2021-present
  • Member, Digital Learning Committee, MBRU, 2020 – present
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