The Open University is a world leader in supported distance higher education, with almost 40 years of experience and over 2 million students having taken their courses. During course production, a team of academics, editors, designers, and managers produces the materials (books, software, website, etc.). During course presentation, a smaller team writes the assignments and exams for that presentation and monitors how students and their tutors are engaging with the course (especially if it’s the first presentation).
- Member of the production team (author), replacement of undergraduate module Building Blocks of Software, since July 2011
- Chair of the presentation team, postgraduate module Managing the Software Enterprise, since January 2008
- Member of the presentation team since May 2006
- Member of the production team (critical reader and software developer), September 2004 to April 2006
- Member of the production team (author), undergraduate module Developing Concurrent Distributed Systems, September 2004 to May 2008
- Academic reviewer of Berufsakademie Baden-Württemberg for OU Validation Services, since September 2006
- Member of the Postgraduate Computing Programme Committee, January 2006 to July 2007
- Member of the think-tank Postgraduate Computing Futures Group, July 2006 to July 2007
- Member of the Exams and Awards Board, postgraduate module Software Engineering, June 2006 (last presentation)