Online and Distance Education for a Connected World

This volume describes and illustrates powerful principles and practices in key areas of online and distance learning in higher education, including course design and pedagogy, online assessment, open education, inclusive practice and enabling student voice. It offers rich guidance to current and future leaders and practitioners.

Linda Amrane-Cooper is head of the Centre for Online and Distance Education at the University of London, and Director of Academic Practice in Distance Education. Prior to joining the University of London, she was Dean and Head of Glasgow Caledonian University’s London campus and Dean of the Royal Docks Business School at the University of East London. She moved into the Business discipline after a long career in Education and Social Science, where roles included Associate Dean of Education and International Lead, and Head of Initial Teacher Training. She has benefited from the opportunity to work across the UK HE sector in a wide range of Universities and teach at all levels, both face to face and online. Linda has taken an active role supporting the professional development of HE staff as an education developer, mentor and coach.

David Baume is an independent researcher, evaluator, consultant, developer and writer in the field of international educational development. He was founding Chair of the UK Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA); co-founder of the UK Heads of Educational Development Group (HEDG); a founding council member of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED); and founding editor of the International Journal for Academic Development (IJAD). He was previously a Director of the Centre for Higher Education Practice at the UK Open University. There, he led the production of courses on teaching in higher education; taught on the University’s Leadership Development Programme; researched the assessment of teaching portfolios; founded and led the University Teaching Awards scheme; and supported educational development projects for the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP) and Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL). David has worked on learning technology projects with Jisc.

Stephen Brown is Emeritus Professor of Learning Technologies and former Head of the School of Media and Communication at De Montfort University. He has been Senior Technology Adviser at the JISC Technologies Centre, Head of Distance Learning at BT, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Engineering Design, and President of the Association for Learning Technology. He has also been a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an Associate Member of the Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors. Since 2005, he has been a registered European Commission research expert in the fields of Technology Enhanced Learning, Digital Libraries and Cultural Heritage. He was a member of the AHRC Peer Review College for ten years.

Stylianos Hatzipanagos is Fellow and Executive Lead for Research and Scholarship at the University of London's Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE). He has held leadership roles in research-led and modern universities, in hybrid and distance learning contexts. His research and scholarship portfolio includes: learning design and evaluation of online learning environments, formative and online assessment, computer supported collaborative work, open, flexible and distance education, digital literacies, social media and social networks in an educational context. He has led and participated in research projects at international (EU- Digital competences and social inclusion, Lifelong learning, eLearning professional training and Minerva programmes) and national (HEA, JISC) level. He has been the recipient of four of the CODE Teaching and Research awards.

Philip Powell is Director, Business School for the Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts, where he is Professor of Creative Business. Previously he was Executive Dean, School of Business, Economics and Informatics Birkbeck, University of London and Pro Vice-Master, Enterprise and Innovation. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, of the Academy of Social Sciences, of the HEA and is a Senior Scholar of the Association of Information Systems. He was president of the UK Academy for Information Systems.