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.