Author
Stephen Brown
Fellow, University of London
Stephen Brown is emeritus professor of learning technologies at De Montfort University, a Fellow at the Centre for Online and Distance Education, University of London and director of the learning media design consultancy Hyperworks Ltd.
He was previously head of the School of Media and Communication and director of the International Institute for Electronic Library Research at De Montfort University; 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 been a member of the editorial boards for Research in Learning Technology and Interactive Learning Environments journals. Since 2005 he has been a registered European Commission expert in the fields of Technology Enhanced Learning, Digital Libraries and Cultural Heritage and he was a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College for ten years.
His ideas about possible futures for higher education are explored in Brown, S. 2023 Designing the future. In L. Amrane-Cooper, D. Baume, S. Brown, S. Hatzipanagos, P. Powell, S. Sherman, A.Tait (eds) Online and Distance Education for a Connected World. London: UCL Press.
2 pieces
Newest first, since February 2021
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New (old) models of teaching and assessment
Can you assess students without exams or set questions? As Stephen Brown explains, we’ve been doing it for years
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Are we nearly there yet? Getting the basics right for effective online learning
Stephen Brown argues that although great progress have been made, there is still more to do to learn from the last twelve months and use it to build for the future