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Martin Weller

The Open University

Martin Weller is Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University in the UK. He chaired the OU's first major ­elearning course in 1999, with over 12,000 students, and has led several major elearning initiatives. He started blogging in 2005 and became interested in the impact of new technology on ­academic practice. He is currently the Director of the OER Research Hub project and holds the ICDE Chair in OER.