About

As a Learning Technologist, I support academic staff across the University to embed technology into the teaching and increase the student experience. The work I have completed has won a number of awards both internally and externally.

Membership of professional bodies

• Aurora 2025, Advance HE
• Senior Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy)
• Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy)

Qualifications

• MA Education - University of Derby
• BA (Hons) Media Production - University of Lincoln

Recent conferences

• Advancing Digital Accessibility: Innovative Practices at the University of Derby​; Digital Accessibility '25, 'Towards Institutional Maturity'; 25th June 2025
• Enhancing Digital and Employability Skills through the Jisc Discovery Tool; University of Derby Learning & Teaching Conference; 25th June 2025
• Enhancing students' Digital Skills with Jisc Discovery Tool and LinkedIn Learning; UCISA DCG Connect and collaborate: Developing Student's Core Digital Skills; 14th January 2025
• Eliminating the attainment gaps for students with disability: University of Derby's journey to embedding digital accessibility​; Digital Accessibility Conference; 29th June 2023
• Digital Media Producers partnership with staff; University of Derby Learning & Teaching conference; 5th July 2023
• From Insight to Implementation: Adapting Video Production to Enhance User Engagement​; ALT Annual Conference 2023; 5th-7th September 2023
• Co-Creating through staff-student partnership to create digital teaching and learning content within higher education; RAISE Conference; 7th September 2022
• Creating Digital Content in Staff-Student Partnerships; European Blackboard User Group; 9th November 2021
• Staff-Student Partnerships, Change Action Network conference, 1st-4th June 2021  
• Stepping outside the bubble: What digital skills and capabilities do graduates need in 2021? UCISA - Is the future blended? The future of work, teaching, learning and the 'university' in a post-pandemic world, 12 May 2021
• Harnessing online student engagement, Pearson HE Innovate webinar, 24 March 2021
• Co-creating through staff-student partnership to increase student employability skills, UCISA - Spotlight on Digital Capabilities, 9 June 2020
• Pedagogic value of video for learning & lecture recording “A brief history of using video for assessment at the University of Derby”, 9 January 2020
• Increasing digital capabilities through an Escape Room activity, UCISA Spotlight on digital capabilities, 5 June 2019
• Creating online resource to aid the creation of digital materials for both staff and students to increase digital literacy. [18-72]​, Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Conference, 13 September 2018

Experience in industry

Before starting at the University I worked in the media industry, undertaking a variety of different tasks. These ranged from corporate films, short films, advertisements and high-end wedding videography. My role varied through production and post-production, but my passion lies in editing and post-production.

Recent publications

• Gregory-Ellis, C. (2022) Experiences of creating digital content for teaching and learning through working in staff-student partnerships. International Journal for Students as Partners, 6(2), 12-26. 
• Co-creating through staff-student partnership to increase student employability skills: A case study at the University of Derby, King's College London Blog, 6 June 2020.