I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University in the UK. I am co-directing the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning and co-editing a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning. My research programme lies at the intersection of online education, adult education, and international education, concerning issues of accessibility and inclusivity. Using a range of qualitative research methodologies and evocative academic writings, my current projects investigate the academic experiences of diverse non-traditional and mature student groups in distance education settings, including international students, doctoral students, and educational professionals. My scholarship is primarily influenced by the Foucauldian conceptualisation of discourse, knowledge and power.

Open and distance education; Online doctoral education; International distance education; Inclusive and authentic learning design; Qualitative research; Phenomenology; Autoethnography; Critical discourse analysis; Text/document analysis

Co-Director of the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning

Associate Editor of Asia Pacific Education Review

Editorial Board Member of Distance Education 

Member of the Center for Open Education Research (COER)

Sejin Lee (2021)

Project title: Smart teachers as updatable software: A genealogical examination of teacher subjectivity in the era of technology

Robert Miles (2021)

Project title: A Change Laboratory: A collective approach to addressing issues in laptop-mediated English language classrooms

Katharine Stapleford (2021)

Project title: Re-examining interaction and transactional distance through the lived experiences of postgraduate online distance learners

Michael Bowles (2021)

Project title: An exploration of the mediating effects of a digital, mobile vocabulary learning tool and device use on Gulf Arab learners’ receptive vocabulary knowledge and capacity for self-regulated learning

Maria Loizou (2019)

Project title: Exploring the Universal Design Principles of a Flipped Classroom Model for Inquiry-Based Learning in Cyprus Primary Education Context: A Multiple Case Study

Doreen Ang (2018)

Project title: The Implementation of Blended Learning in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) English A Curriculum in Singapore: An Exploratory Design-Based Research

Denisse López Benavides (2018)

Project title: The Nature of Peer-Feedback in a MOOC: A Case Study