Portrait of  Abdul Jabbar Abdul Jabbar

a.jabbar@hud.ac.uk | 01484 473628

Biography

Position: Senior Lecturer - Department of Leadership & Management
Qualifications: BA, MSc, FHEA
Research Group: Business Education Research Group


Abdul joined the University of Huddersfield Business School in 2001. He is a Lecturer with a focus on learning technologies and their application within blended and flexible learning courses. Abdul has developed modules with this kind of teaching in mind. He is instrumental in driving forward e-learning at school level and contributing to a programme of University wide strategic development. He currently is module leader for the following:

  • Information systems
  • Digital Marketing & Communications
  • E-Business logistics & operations

Qualifications

  • PhD (Pending)
  • MSc Internet Application Development
  • BA (Hons) Interactive Media

Professional Membership & Activities

  • FHEA

Research & Scholarship

Abduls research interests are in the areas of:

  • Ethnic minority achievement
  • Mobile and Handheld technology
  • Distance and Flexible learning pedagogy

Furthermore Abdul is currently undertaking a PHD at the University of Huddersfield under the working title “Understanding identity & Integration through culturally responsive teaching: The British Muslim experience in H.E.”.

Publications and Other Research Outputs

2013

Jabbar, A (2013) ‘Characterising features of culturally responsive teaching in UK Higher Education Business Schools.’. In: 10th ALDinHE Conference 2013: Celebrating Learning Development, 25th – 27th March 2013, Plymouth University, UK

2012

Jabbar, A. and Hardaker, G. (2012) ‘The role of culturally responsive teaching for supporting ethnic diversity in British University Business SchoolsTeaching in Higher Education , pp. 1-13. ISSN 1356-2517

Jabbar, A. and Ireland, C. (2012) ‘Audiovisual formative feedback in online quizzes and essays ’. In: Enhancing the Quality of Student Blended Learning through Integrative Formative Assessment Methods, 10 Jul 2012, The Business School, University of Huddersfield

Hart, T., Fellowes, M. and Jabbar, A. (2012) ‘Digital Literacies – The challenges for a modern Law School.’. In: Pelecon 2012 (Plymouth e-learning conference), 18 April - 20th April 2012, Plymouth, UK

Jabbar, A (2012) ‘The Walled Garden in Higher Education’. In: The 7th Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference, 18-20 April, Plymouth

Ireland, C. and Jabbar, A. (2012) ‘Exploring mobile technology in the classroom’. In: 9th ALDinHE Conference: University of Leeds "Learning Development in a digital age: emerging literacies and learning spaces", 03-04 Apr 2012, University of Leeds

2011

Ahmed, E., Ward, R., White, S. and Jabbar, A. (2011) ‘Use of Emerging Mobile Technologies in Portfolio Development’. In: MOBILITY 2011: The First International Conference on Mobile Services, Resources, and Users. Barcelona, Spain: IARIA. pp. 81-85. ISBN 978-1-61208-164-9

Hart, T., Fellowes, M. and Jabbar, A. (2011) ‘The challenges of student engagement on GDL blended learning ’. In: The Sixth International Blended Learning Conference, 15th June 2011, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts., UK.

Beddall-Hill, N., Jabbar, A. and Al Shehri, S. (2011) ‘Social Mobile Devices as Tools for Qualitative Research in Education: iPhones and iPads in Ethnography, Interviewing, and Design-Based Research Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology , 7 (1), pp. 67-90. ISSN 1948-075x

2010

Jabbar, A. and Hardaker, G. (2010) ‘Inclusion and the relevance of culturally responsive teaching in U.K. Business schools’. In: BME Conference: Meeting the challenge: Improving black and minority ethnic student success and attainment , 8 July 2010, Coventry Techno Centre

Folley, S. and Jabbar, A. (2010) Mobile Learning Project Report Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)

2009

Jabbar, A (2009) Pilot study on the use of text messaging as a means of communicating with students to aid retention Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)

2008

Jabbar, A (2008) ‘Engaging the alternative’. In: Teaching and Learning Conference 2008: Enhancing Learning: Technology by Design, 15th September 2008, University of Huddersfield

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