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ICICTE 2013
KEYNOTE
Distance Education and
Technology: A long marriage
Professor Alan
Tait
Professor of Distance Education and
Development at the Open University, UK.
Alan Tait is Professor of Distance
Education and Development at the Open University and has a long
record of professional practice, publication and the support of
professional development in distance and e-learning. From 2007
to 2012 he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the Open
University and was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Education and
Language Studies. He is Editor in Chief of the European Journal
of Distance and E Learning (EURODL), was from 1989-1998 Editor
of Open Learning, was President of the European Distance and
E-Learning Network (EDEN) from 2007-2010, is Co-Director of the
Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning
and a senior member of St Edmunds College, University of
Cambridge. In 2012 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by
Moscow State University for Economics, Statistics and
Informatics. He also holds a Visiting Chair at Aarhus
University.
He has worked widely in developing countries for international
organisations such as UNESCO, the European Commission and the
Commonwealth of Learning. Recent most cited publications include
‘What are Open Universities for?’, in Open Learning, 2008, Vol
23:2, pp 85-94, ‘Leadership Development for Distance and E
Learning’, 2007, in the International Handbook of Distance
Education, Eds. Evans T, Haughey M and Murphy D, pp 499-512, and
‘Planning Student Support for Open and Distance Learning’, in
Open Learning, 2000, Vol 15, No 3, pp 287-299.
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