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Roy Williams

Retired Senior Lecturer, then Honorary Lecturer, Portsmouth Business School, Portsmouth Universityat University of Portsmouth
Reading,
United Kingdom
Focus area: Anthropology, Art Theory, Critical Theory, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Neuroaesthetics, Computer Graphics, Digital Imaging, Animation, Design, Digital Art, New Media, Digital Culture, Ecology, Environment, Environmental Art, Eco Art, Land Art, Experimental Music, Fine Arts 2D, Fine Arts 3D, Generative Practices, Generative Art, Genomics, Linguistics, Medicine, Physiology, Heath, Photography, Robotics, Electronics, Science Theory, Philosophy, Social Media, Social Networks, STEAM, Pedagogy, Education, Telepresence, Visual Culture, Visual Studies, Writing, Literature, Poetry

Designer, researcher, manager, in: Online learning networks (including MOOCs), Mathematics education, Montessori education, Narratives and auto/biographies, Synaesthesia, Affordances, Knowledge Management, Semiotics, Open research, Media analysis, Management of HIV/AIDs projects and education, Complex Adaptive Systems, and their application to management (particullarly of the internet and social media). 

And published in all these fields, available on Research Gate, at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roy-Williams-8.

Key posts and experience: Professor of Communication, Visiting Professor in Education, CEO and Board Member of South African Broadcast Regulator (IBA), CEO of Sached Trust (South Africa), Policy and Transitions to Post-Apartheid government, Desinger and Manager of elearning in Faculty of Technology (University of Portsmouth).

Current Projects: 

Interactive, collaborative, resources and sites for: 

1. Exploring Shakespeare's plays

2. Creating and sharing biographical narratives 

3. Creating and sharing resources for early learning.

4. Consolidating theories and analyses on complexity and IT networks.

Journal Articles:
General Articles

Synesthesia: From Cross-Modal to Modality-Free Learning and Knowledge

February 2015