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Dr Marion Hall

Honorary Associate

School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences

marion.hall@open.ac.uk

Biography

Professional biography

I worked at the Open University from 1982 to 2014, first in the Faculty of Science and then (from 2005) in the Faculty of Health and Social Care. I retired in July 2014 and am currently an Honorary Associate in the School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

For more information about my background, experience, teaching and research, see my personal website.

Research interests

I continue to carry out research as an Honorary Associate in the School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences.  My research interests lie in animal behaviour and evolution. In the past, I have studied the behaviour of red deer, peacocks and bushcrickets! Since my retirement, I have returned to bushcricket research.

I have also carried out extensive work in e-learning.  My most recent work in this area was the EADDLS project, of which I was co-director. 

More information about my research and a list of selected publications can be found on my personal website.

 

Teaching interests

During my OU career, I contributed materials to modules on health and social care, animal behaviour, evolution, animal physiology, human neurophysiology, and the environment.

More information about my teaching can be found on my personal website.

Publications

Book Chapter

Acoustic signalling in Orthoptera (2021)

Sound Signalling in Orthoptera (2002)

A multimedia tutorial shell with qualitative assessment in biology (1998)

Mixed media in distance learning - Integrating web-based resources (1998)

Galapagos - A virtual scientific field study for independent learners (1997)

Hierarchy (1994)

Digital Artefact

Collecting Questionnaire and Interview Data: Evaluating Approaches to Developing Digital Literacy Skills (2016)

Journal Article

Calving and early life of the red deer (2023)

Mating in the speckled bush-cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima (2020)

The speckled bush-cricket - an unusual orthopteran (2020)

Student experiences and perceptions of digital literacy skills development: engaging learners by design? (2013)

Tracking the speckled bushcricket, Leptophyes punctatissima: monitoring the position of individuals around the clock and in three dimensions (2010)

The multimedia brain (1995)

Multiple mating in a lekking bird: why do peahens mate with more than one male and with the same male more than once? (1992)

Social organization in an enclosed group of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) on Rhum. I. The dominance hierarchy of females and their offspring (1983)

Social organization in an enclosed group of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) on Rhum. II. Social grooming, mounting behaviour, spatial organization and their relationships to dominance rank (1983)

Mother–offspring association in red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) on the Isle of Rhum (1979)

Presentation / Conference

“What do I need?” – evaluating learner perceptions of digital literacy skills development to inform enhancements to learning design (2012)

“Why bother?” Learner perceptions of digital literacy skills development - learning design implications (2012)

"Why should I?" Engaging learners in digital literacy skills development (2012)

Are learner perceptions of digital literacy skills teaching affected by demographic factors? (2012)

Lost in hyperspace: Linearity versus exploration in the design of multimedia for independent learners (1998)

The Human Brain: A Multimedia Tutorial For The Independent Learner (1997)

Producing educational multimedia - empowering individuals or building teams? (1996)

Thesis

Mother–offspring relationships in red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) and the social organization of an enclosed group (1979)