Professor Stephen Brown

Stephen Brown is Emeritus Professor of Learning Technologies at De Montfort University in the UK and a Fellow of the Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) at the University of London. In a career embracing Higher Education and Industry, previous positions include Head of the School of Media and Communication at De Montfort University, Head of Distance Learning at the telecommunications company BT, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster and President of the Association for Learning Technology. He also worked for the UK Open University for 10 years in distance learning course development, evaluation, tutoring and research. His research interests span technology enhanced distance education and digital cultural heritage. He currently works as a registered expert for the European Commission in both these fields, along side developing and delivering online staff capacity building courses for overseas institutions.