University of London Centre for Distance Education
CDE Fellows and Visiting Fellows
A core aim of the Centre is to build and facilitate a university-wide community of practice to promote intercollegiate collaboration and knowledge sharing in the field of distance education, and to support the development of expertise in this field at college level.
The CDE Fellows and Visiting Fellows scheme is central to the development of this community. CDE Fellows provide focal points for this activity within colleges and institutes, able to draw on the advisory and specialist services of the Centre, and to act as a conduit to these services for colleagues at both college and faculty levels. Working together, and with the Centre’s staff and specialist advisors, the CDE Fellows are the core development forum for the Centre, making proposals for strategy and policy to the advisory committee and working together to develop and deliver Centre services.
The CDE Fellows scheme was opened to those within the University of London Colleges who have made a significant contribution through publication and practice to the research and pedagogy of distance education, and has recently been opened up to wider distance learning networks to include those involved with student support; learning technology; instructional design; and teaching and learning.
Who are the Fellows?
There are eight CDE Fellows from six Colleges of the University of London, and five CDE Visiting Fellows drawn from external institutions and the CDE’s consultancy network.
| Name | Position | Institution |
| FELLOWS | ||
| Michael Ashby | Senior Lecturer in Phonetics | UCL |
| Megan Crawford | Acting Dean of the Doctoral School | Institute of Education |
| Stylianos Hatzipanagos | Lecturer in Higher education/Head of e-learning | King's College London |
| Clare Sansom | Senior Associate Lecturer | Birkbeck |
| Jane Secker | Learning Technology Librarian | LSE |
| Ayona Silva-Fletcher | Course Director – MSc Veterinary Education | The Royal Veterinary College |
| Hugh Starkey | Reader of education | Institute of Education |
| Steven Warburton | IT and e-learning manager | King's College London |
| VISITING FELLOWS | ||
| David Baume | Higher education consultant | |
| Stephen Brown | Professor of Learning Technologies and Director of Knowledge Media Design | De Montfort University, UK/ Hyperworks Ltd |
| Roger Mills | Research Associate and Associate Director | St Edmund's College, Cambridge |
| Brian Sayer | Flexible and Distributed Learning Specialist | Community Works |
| Ormod Simpson | Visiting Professor | Open Polytechnic of New Zealand |