Professor Denise Kirkpatrick
Role
The Pro Vice-Chancellor for Learning, Teaching and Quality is responsible for the production and delivery of the University’s learning materials and resources and for our Learning and Teaching Strategy. The role also involves development and implementation of policy with respect to the use of ICT and new media in teaching and teaching support, responsibility for the function of the library to provide resources and services to OU students and staff, as well as the wider community. Quality assurance processes and maintenance of standards also come within the role, both in relation to sector expectations as articulated by the QAA and internally as an assurance of best practice.
Career
Professor Denise Kirkpatrick was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at La Trobe University in Australia. She has worked in a number of Australian universities as an academic, and in the area of teaching and learning policy and practice, with an emphasis on the application of new media. Her recent research investigates the ways millennials approach learning and ways of creating effective and engaging learning experiences for these students.
Her previous research has investigated effective design for learning with new technologies and student engagement in e-learning. She developed the award winning Mekong e-Sim, an online role play simulation which was used to teach students in Australian and Malaysian universities. She recently completed the CATS project - Creating Accessible Teaching and Support - a suite of projects to support staff teaching students with disabilities.
Denise was President of the Australasian Council on Open Distance and E-Learning (ACODE) 2003-7, and is a member of the following:
International Council for Open and Distance Learning (ICDE) Executive Committee
IMS Global Learning Consortium Executive Strategy Board
Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education Advisory Board
Contact
Professor Denise Kirkpatrick
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning, Teaching and Quality
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Email: pvc-ltq@open.ac.uk
Denise's Executive Personal Assistant:
PA to Denise Kirkpatrick
Learning, Teaching and Quality
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Tel: +44(0)1908 652931
Fax: +44(0)1908 6381267
Email: pvc-ltq@open.ac.uk