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Centre for Online and Distance Education

The Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) is an international leader in the promotion and development of excellence in online and distance education, through research, capacity building and training.

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CODE Occasional Papers Volume 1

Volume 1 provides selected papers from our RIDE 2024 conference. You will find here work from the UK, India, Nigeria and Germany and papers are featured from City, St George, University of London, LSHTM and UCL and other UK universities.

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Online and Distance Education for a Connected World

Our book addresses the practice and theory of online and distance education, building on knowledge and expertise developed in the University over some 150 years.

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RIDE conference: 13-14 March 2025

The topic for RIDE 2025 is "Empowering and Sustaining Change".

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India-UK Forum on Policy and Practice in Online and Distance Higher Education

Join HE leaders from India and the UK to discuss the shared opportunities and challenges of effective online higher education in differing contexts.

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A holistic approach to sustainable development in Africa

Physically Active Education offers ways to address the growing challenges of sedentary lifestyles, non-communicable diseases, and education-health disparities in Africa.

Centre for Online and Distance Education — 16 June 2025

CODE Director Dr Linda Amrane-Cooper appointed to prestigious international role

Dr Linda Amrane-Cooper, Director of CODE, has been appointed to a prestigious new international role

Centre for Online and Distance Education, General — 7 May 2025

More than 400 people attend Research in Distance Education and e-Learning conference

Over 400 people attended the 19th international Research in Distance Education and e-Learning (RIDE) conference online and in person at Senate House

Centre for Online and Distance Education — 19 March 2025

Latest articles

RIDE 2025 Day 2 afternoon: Closed book exams or not?

Are closed book examinations a relic that should be consigned to history in higher education?

Centre for Online and Distance Education — 6 May 2025

RIDE 2025 Day 2 morning: Building engagement and belonging in online international communities

In the third RIDE 2025 keynote session students presented the University’s Student Ambassadors scheme, explaining how it works to foster a sense of community and belonging.

Centre for Online and Distance Education — 29 April 2025

RIDE 2025 Day 1 morning: Distance Learning Sanctuary Scholarships

Associate Professor Helen Dexter explores the role of distance education in providing remote educational opportunities for forcibly displaced persons.

Centre for Online and Distance Education — 23 April 2025