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Christopher Douce

Christopher Douce

Senior Lecturer In Computing And Communications

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I'm a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Communications. I joined the OU as a part time tutor in 2006 and joined as a full time researcher in the Institute of Educational Technology in 2008, becoming a Lecturer/Staff Tutor in 2010. I am currently module chair of TM354 Software Engineering.

Before working at the OU, I worked as a a professional software developer for a small company that designed and manufactured products for engineering education. Prior to this, worked as a Research Officer at the University of Brighton.

​I have studied Social Sciences and Education at the OU, I hold a doctorate in Computation from the University of Manchester (UMIST), and a MSc from the University of Essex. I studied Computer Science at Salford University.

I have also tutored the following modules:

  • TM354 Software Engineering
  • M250 Object-oriented programming with Java
  • TM470 The IT Project module
  • H810 Accessible online learning
  • M364 Interaction Design

I also support the OU's Digital Technology Solutions degree apprenticeship programme.

I regularly update my work blog, where I write about computing, OU study and distance learning. I am a member of the editorial board of Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, having been an editor for 8 years.

Latest publications

Displaying 10 of 27 publications

  • Wharton, R., Kavanagh-Smith, L. and Douce, C., 2025, ‘Evaluating the Accessibility of Local Authority Public Facing websites in England’, Universal Access in the Informatics Society, 25(2), https://oro.open.ac.uk/106930/.
  • Stevens, C. and Douce, C., 2023, ‘[Editorial] Perspectives on wellbeing, attainment and access’, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 38(2), pp. 99–101., https://oro.open.ac.uk/88622/.
  • Lister, K., Andrews, K., Buxton, J., Douce, C. and Seale, J., 2023, ‘Assessment, life circumstances, curriculum and skills: barriers and enablers to student mental wellbeing in distance learning’, Frontiers in Psychology, 14, https://oro.open.ac.uk/87576/.
  • Hackett, P., Wermelinger, M., Kear, K. and Douce, C., 2023, ‘Using a Virtual Computing Lab to Teach Programming at a Distance’, in Proceedings of 7th Conference on Computing Education Practice (CEP '23), 6 Jan 2023, Durham, UK., https://oro.open.ac.uk/86626/.
  • Douce, C. and Stevens, C., 2023, ‘Editorial: From Theory to Practice’, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 38(3), pp. 191–193., https://oro.open.ac.uk/90982/.
  • Stevens, C. and Douce, C., 2022, ‘Editorial: ODL research in Iran, language learning and open courseware’, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 37(4), pp. 309–311., https://oro.open.ac.uk/85770/.
  • Douce, C., 2022, ‘Editorial: exploring evaluations and case studies’, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 37(2), pp. 107–110., https://oro.open.ac.uk/82736/.
  • Douce, C., 2022, ‘[Editorial] Perspectives on models and professional development’, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 37(1), pp. 1–5., https://oro.open.ac.uk/81774/.
  • Douce, C., 2021, ‘Editorial: perspectives on openness, innovation, and theory’, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 36(2), pp. 109–111., https://oro.open.ac.uk/77569/.
  • Douce, C., 2021, ‘[Book Review] 25 years of Ed Tech by Martin Weller’, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 36(2), pp. 198–200., https://oro.open.ac.uk/77101/.
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