Institute of Learning Innovation
The Institute of Learning Innovation, formerly the Beyond Distance Research Alliance, is a teaching and research group based at the University of Leicester. It was founded by Professor Gilly Salmon, and now directed by Professor Gráinne Conole. The Institute of Learning Innovation has and currently works on numerous UK-based and European funded education research projects on topics around technology-enhanced education, and offers PhDs as well as an . Research topics have included educational use of podcasting, e-readers, virtual worlds, open educational resources and open education, and learning design.
The Media Zoo, which is the dissemination and implementation arm of the Institute of Learning Innovation, was twice shortlisted as a Times Higher Education Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year, first in 2007 and again in 2010.
