Martin Weller

Martin Weller is Professor of Educational Technology, in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) at the Open University, and holds an honorary Chair in Open Education from the Commonwealth of Learning. He is currently the Chair of the Open Programme, the Open University’s flexible, multi-disciplinary degree, and the Assistant Director of Curriculum in IET where he has been leading on the development of microcredentials. He developed the OU’s first fully online course in 1999, which attracted over 15,000 students annually. He was the OU’s first VLE Director, and is the Director of the OER Hub team, who undertake research into aspects of open education. He is the author of The Battle For Open, The Digital Scholar, and 25 Years of Ed Tech and maintains a popular blog at blog.edtechie.net.

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