Page of Ormond Simpson cv curriculum vitae

1. 
   Student support by various media including internet and phone
   
2. 
   Student success and retention, especially
   - institutional attitudes and structures for retention,
   - the financial costs and benefits of retention activities for students institutions and
   society as a whole
   - the psychological support of student success and enhancing learner motivation
   
3. 
   Staff development in distance learning, particularly of tutors and advisers
   

Consultant, given presentations and run workshops on various aspects of distance learning in the West Indies, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Korea, The Gambia, China, Colombia, Ghana, South Africa, Brazil, the US and the UK. Over 30 presentations given in the last five years on distance learning at various institutions in the UK and elsewhere.

Currently working as a consultant in distance learning retention and support

Visiting Fellow, Centre for Distance Education, University of London International Programmes

Previously Visiting Professor, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

Previously Senior Lecturer in Institutional Research and Assistant Director, Student Support at the UK Open University (UKOU)

Prior to those appointments Lecturer in various universities in Africa, the US and the UK.

Sex: Male

Email: ormond.simpson@gmail.com Website www.ormondsimpson.com
Higher Education

1965	BSc Honours in Theoretical Physics, University of Durham
1966	HE/FE Teacher's Certificate, University of London Institute of Education

Appointments:

- Full time

2008 - 2009	Visiting Professor, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
2004 -2008	Senior Lecturer in Institutional Research Open University Institute of Educational Technology,
2002 – 2004	Assistant Director - Student Services, UKOU in the East of England
1998 – 2002	Director, OU Centre for Educational Guidance and Student Support [0.5 post]
2000 – 2002	Assistant Director Student Progress, UKOU in the East of England [0.5post]
1977 - 2000	Senior Counsellor, UKOU East Anglia Region [from 1998-2000, 0.5 post]
1968 – 1977	Lecturer, Cranfield University, UK
1971 – 1972	Instructor, Hartford State Technical College, USA
1966 – 1968	Lecturer, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
- Part time
2009 - on	Visiting Fellow, University of London International Programme
2006 - on	Associate Lecturer UKOU ‘Starting with Maths’ Openings course
2005 - 2006	Tutor, University of London MA in Open Distance and Flexible Learning
2003 - 2005	Associate Lecturer, UKOU ‘Technology of Music’ course
1974 – 1998	Associate Lecturer, UKOU Science Foundation course

1. Work history and interests
Current activities.

I am principally a researcher into the student experience of distance education. My particular areas of interest are:

(i) Student retention

• 
  the role of proactive interventions and the development of learning motivation
  
• 
  institutional attitudes to retention
  
• 
  course choice and retention
  
• 
  financial aspects of retention for students, institutions and governments
  

(ii) Student support and especially

• 
  online support
  
• 
  informal support (from families, friends, employers and peer and mentoring support)
  

(iii) Widening Participation

- access and e-learning

- post-access retention of vulnerable students

- helping distance learning staff develop appropriate teaching and support skills

- the production of distance staff development materials
Much of this work is summarised in my three books (see p.7) which have now sold more than 4800 copies in total. The ‘Supporting Students’ book was recently published in China.
Previous roles.

1. From 2002 – 08: Senior Lecturer in Institutional Research UK Open University with a similar remit to the above.

5. From 1966 – 1977: Lecturer in universities in Africa, America and the UK

(more than 50 external presentations given in the last 25 years – this list is for the last eight years only)

(a) Books – solely authored

Tbp 2013	‘Supporting students for success in online and distance education’. Commissioned by Routledge, New York
2003	‘Student Retention in Online, Open and Distance Learning’ RoutledgeFalmer, 168pp, ISBN 0 7494 3999 8.
2002	‘Supporting students in Online, Open and Distance Learning’ 2nd edition RoutledgeFalmer, 168pp, ISBN 0 7494 3999 8.
2000	‘Supporting Students in Open and Distance Learning’ Kogan Page, 186pp, ISBN 0 7494 3082 6.

(b) Book chapters

Tbp 2012	‘Student dropout – the elephant in the room of distance education’ (with Woodley) chapter in “Online Distance Education - Toward a Research Agenda" published by Athabasca University Press
2012	‘Sustainability in distance education’ (with Bourke). For the Journal of the Distance Education Association of New Zealand
2012	‘Technology supported assessment for retention’ chapter in ‘Captivation: Student Engagement and Development through Assessment’ iPED Coventry University, pub. Routledge
2011	‘Issues in E-learning Marketing’ chapter in ‘Marketing online programmes: Frameworks for Promotion and Communication’. Ed. Demiray and Sharma, Anadolu University and Indira Gandhi National Open University, pub. IGI Global ISBN 978-1-60960-074-7
2009	‘E-Learning and the Future of Distance Education’ and ‘Retention and Course Choice in Distance Learning’ chapters in ‘Distance and E-learning in Transition – Learning innovation, technology and social challenges’. Ed, Bernath, Szucs, Tait and Vidal; pub. Wiley and ISTE, ISBN 978-1-84821-132-2
2008	‘Open To People – Open With People: Ethical Issues In Open Learning’ chapter in ‘Ethical Practices and Implications in Distance Learning’ Ed. Demiray and Sharma, Anadolu University and Indira Gandhi National Open University, pub IGI Global ISBN 978-1-59904-867-3 .
2008	‘Cost benefits of Student Retention policies and Practices’, chapter in ‘Economics of Distance and Online learning’ ed. Bramble and Panda. Pub. Routledge ISBN 978-0-415-96389-3
2006	‘Rescuing the Personal Tutor’, chapter in ‘Perspectives on Personal Tutoring in Mass Higher Education’ ed. Thomas and Hixenbaugh. Pub Trentham Books ISBN-10:1-85856-385-2
2004	‘Social exclusion and online learning’ - chapter in ‘Global Perspectives on E-learning – rhetoric and reality’ ed. Carr-Chelman pub. Sage; pp89-100; ISBN 14129 0489 7
2002	‘Doing it Hard’- chapter in ‘Supporting Student Learning: case studies, experience and practice from higher education’ ed. Crosling and Webb, pub. Kogan Page; pp34-40; ISBN 0 7494 3535 6.
1993	'Counselling by Correspondence’ - chapter in 'Key Issues in Open Learning' ed. Tait, pub Longman; pp 133-139; ISBN 0 585 21061 5.

(c) Articles in refereed journals - published

2010	(with Boyle, Kwon and Ross) 'Student-student mentoring for retention and engagement in distance education', Open Learning 25 (2)
2008	‘Motivating Learners in Open and Distance Learning: do we need a new Theory of Learner Support?’ Open Learning 23 (3)
2007	(with Gibbs and Regan) 'Improving Student Retention through Evidence Based Proactive Systems at the Open University (UK)' Journal of College Student Retention 8 (3) (US)
2006	(with Johnston) 'Retentioneering higher education in the UK: attitudinal barriers to addressing student retention in universities' Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning 8 (3)
2006	‘Predicting Student Success’ Open Learning 21(2) pp125-138
2006	‘This door is alarmed’ Journal of Access, Policy and Practice 3 (2)
2005	‘Web-based learning; are we becoming obsessed?’ Distance Learning 26 (1) pp 153-157 ISSN 0158-7919
2005	‘The costs and benefits of student retention for students, institutions and governments’. Studies in Learning Evaluation Innovation and Development (Australia) 2 (3) http://sleid.cqu.edu.au/viewissue.php?id=8 pp34-43
2004	‘The impact on retention of interventions to support distance students’: Open Learning, 19 (1) pp79-95 ISSN 0268-0513
2004	‘Student Retention and the course choice process – the UK Open University experience’ Journal of Access Policy and Practice 2 (1) pp44-58, ISSN 1740-1348
2000	(with Blanchfield, L. and Patrick, I.) ‘Computer conferencing for guidance and support’: British Journal of Educational Technology 31 pp295-306, ISSN 0007-1013, (individual contribution 70%)
1999	(with Asbee, S. and Woodall, S.) ‘Student-student mentoring in distance education’: Journal of Access and Credit Studies, 2 (2) pp220-232, ISSN 1462-0367 (individual contribution 50%)
1998	‘Counselling by correspondence in distance education’: Open Learning 3 (3) ISSN 0268-0513, pp. 43-45
1998	(with Stevens, V.) 'Promoting Student Progress by monitoring assignment submission': Open Learning 3 (8) pp56-58, (individual contribution 40%)
1998	(with Asbee, S.) 'Partners Families and Friends': Open Learning 13 (3) pp56-59, ISSN 0268-0513 (individual contribution 60%)
1993	‘Counselling and Customer Care – Distance Education in the year 2000’ Epistolodidaktika 2
1993	'Quality in Distance Learning Support' Open Learning 8 (2) pp61-63, ISSN 0268-0513
1992	'Specifying support services in the OU – the so-called ‘Student Charter’': Open Learning 7 (2), pp57-59, ISSN 0268-0513
1992	'Student needs in Distance Education' Epistolodidaktika 1
1990	(with Gaskell, A and Gibbons, S.) 'Taking Off and Bailing Out': Open Learning 5 (2) pp49-54, ISSN 0268-0513, (individual contribution 75%)
1989	(with Adams, C. and Rand, V.) 'But what's it really like? - the Taster Pack Idea': Open Learning 4 (3) pp42-43, ISSN 0268-0513, (individual contribution 60%)
1987	'Adviceline – to alter your life': pp57-58 Open Learning 2 (1) pp57-58 ISSN 0268-0513
1984	(with Brightwell, M.), 'Try it - you'll like it': Teaching At A Distance 24 pp-85, (individual contribution 80%)
1983	(with Gibbons, S.) 'Let the computer take the strain': Teaching At A Distance 22 pp59-63, (individual contribution 70%)
1982	(with Kelly, P. and Millard, J.) 'Student Progress and Drop Out': Teaching At A Distance: 22 pp69-71 (individual contribution 40%)
1982	(with Gaskell, A.) 'Slow Moving Students': Teaching At A Distance 22 pp64-69, individual contribution 70%)
1979	'Learning to Listen 2': Teaching At A Distance 13 pp52-58
1977	‘Post foundation Counselling’: Teaching At A Distance 9 pp60-67
1977	'Learning to Listen 1': Teaching At A Distance 10 pp43-46
1976	'A case for Courser Courses': Teaching At A Distance 6 pp130-132

(d) Conference contributions

2012	Research in Distance Education Conference London	‘You be the judge - Ethical issues in Distance Education’
2011	University of London Centre for Distance Education Conference	‘Student Dropout - the elephant in the room of distance education’
2007	Cambridge International Distance Education Conference	‘A box of coloured chalk’
2006	UNESCO, Korea ‘International Policy dialogue: Challenges in Implementing Lifelong Learning for Adults’	‘Learner Support in the UK Open University’
2006	University Association for Lifelong Learning ‘Alternative Futures: Challenging Lifelong Learning’ Warwick	‘Financial Futures in Higher Education’
2006	University of Stirling ‘The First Year Experience’	‘Using strengths to support first year retention’
2006	Bath Spa University ‘Student Retention, Progression and Social Inclusion’	‘Following the Money in Student Retention’
2005	Changing Landscapes Conference, University of Swansea	‘This door is alarmed – 35 years of widening participation in the OU’
2005	Personal tutoring in Higher Education HEA/Univ. of Westminster, London	‘Rescuing the personal tutor in the OU’
2005	Accomplishing Complex Change in Higher Education HEA/De Montfort Univ. Leicester	‘Retentioneering higher education’
2005	European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN) Annual Conference ‘Lifelong E-learning’ Helsinki	‘E-learning and the future of Distance Education in the markets of the 21st century’
2005	11th Cambridge International Conference on ODL: ‘Reflective Practice in Open and Distance Learning: how do we improve?’	‘Reflection or Deflection – what’s the evidence that we learn from evidence?’
2004	European Distance Education Network Oldenburg, Germany	‘Student Retention and pathway decisions in distance learning’
2004	International Retention conference University of Teesside	Two papers given: (i) ‘Institutional attitudes to retention’ (ii) ‘The finances of retention’
2004	Assessment 2004 Bergen, Norway	‘Assessment and Retention in the UKOU’
2003	Madingley Conference on student retention	‘Proactive contact in retention’
2003	The Future of Distance Education Cambridge	‘Will we keep failing our students?’
2003	US National Student Retention Conference, San Diego	‘An international perspective on retention’
2003	International Student Retention Conference Amsterdam	‘Mature Student Retention – the UKOU experience’
2002	Holistic Student Support, UCL Preston	‘Support from Family and Friends’
2001	ICDE/OU International Conference, Cambridge [with Gaskell]	‘Tutors Supporting Students’
2000	EDEN ‘Research and Innovation in Open and Distance Learning’, Prague [with Gaskell]	‘What do students expect from their tutors?’
1992	Laurentian University, Canada	'The Student Charter'
1987	ICDE/OU International Conference, Cambridge	'Correspondence Counselling'
1984	ICDE/OU International Conference, Cambridge	'Training counsellors at a distance'

(e) Other published work

(i) Distance education courses written

2008	Handbook for OU Associate Lecturers	For the UK Open University
1991	Module on ‘Learner Support’	For the MA in Distance Education, University of London Institute of Education and the International Extension College
1987	‘Course for Counsellors’	For Indira Gandhi National Open University
1985	‘Counselling in Distance Education’	For the Diploma in Distance Education - European Home Studies Council

(ii) Short articles published

Numerous short articles and letters in various places. This list is for the last ten years only:

2010	‘Self Discipline’ Connections, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
2009	‘Managing Your Procrastination’ Connections, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
2008	‘Focused on distance’ New Zealand Educational Review
2007	‘Strike it rich…’ Times Higher Education Supplement
2007	Foreword for book ‘Studying at a Distance’ Talbot, Open University Press
2006	‘Coping mechanisms’; Sesame
2006	‘Evidence and e-learning’; Basic Skills Bulletin
2006	‘Behind? You need a spud’; Sesame
2006	‘The AL Contract’ Snowball
2006	‘Make Lists’; Sesame
2005	‘Bach and bytes’; Sesame
2005	‘What you can expect’; Sesame
2004	‘A Formula for success’; Sesame
2004	‘The best value there is’; Sesame
2004	‘Tutors’ Views needed’; Snowball
2004	‘Are you a lucky student?’; Sesame
2004	‘Tactics in the Exam Wars’; Sesame
2004	‘The Global University’ (Book review); J. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning
2003	‘The Learner’s Experience of E-learning’; Adult Learning and Skills, NIACE
2003	‘Closer to success than you think’; Sesame
2003	‘Don’s Diary’ Times Higher Education Supplement
2003	‘Student retention – keeping the punters in’; ODLQC Newsletter
2003	‘Getting the most out of tutorials’; Sesame
2003	‘Researchers routed’ (letter) Times Higher Education Supplement
2003 2003	‘A funnel in your letterbox’; Sesame ‘Ron’s big moment’, Sesame
2002	‘Lending a hand’; EL Gazette 267
2002	‘The Will to Continue’; Sesame
2002	‘Informing choice’ (letter) Guardian Education supplement
2002	‘The Credit Game’; Sesame
2002	‘Help yourself to self-help’; Sesame
2002	‘Moving on from a fail mark’; Sesame

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18 October 2012

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