Alan Tait
The Open University
United Kingdom
Alan Tait is Professor of Distance Education and Development at the Open University UK, and has a long record of practice, publication and the support of professional development in distance and e-learning. He was Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) at the Open University UK 2007-2012, and was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Education and Language Studies. He was Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Distance and E Learning (EURODL) 2005-2013, was from 1989-1998 Editor of Open Learning, was President of the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) from 2007-2010, and Co-Director of the Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning. Alan is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Learning for Development, to be produced from theCommonwealthofLearningfor the first time at the end of 2013. He is Visiting Professor atAarhus University,Denmark, a senior member of St Edmunds College,UniversityofCambridge, and a Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education at theUniversityofLondon. In 2012 Alan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate byMoscowStateUniversityfor Economics, Statistics and Informatics.
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