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Kevin McLeod BSc

Senior Learning and Teaching Technologies Manager

Biography

Kevin has over twenty years of experience driving innovation in educational technology at The Open University. He specialises in shaping the software, teams, and infrastructures that enable world‑leading research, high‑quality online teaching, and transformative learner experiences at scale.

As Senior Learning and Teaching Technologies Manager, he leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for educational technology R&D, research laboratory operations, specialist computing and mobile hardware, server and platform management, and audio‑visual support for complex research environments. His work sits at the intersection of pedagogy, technology, and operational excellence ensuring that cutting‑edge research is supported by robust, future‑ready technical ecosystems.

Across his career, he has contributed to major innovations in open and distance learning, citizen science, accessible computing, and learning analytics. His team have earned four OU teaching awards for pioneering educational technology solutions, reflecting a long-standing commitment to quality, creativity, and impact.

He thrives in roles that blend strategic leadership with hands‑on technical insight, and is passionate about enabling researchers, educators, and learners to do their best work through thoughtful, scalable, and human‑centred technology.

Publications

2025

Bektik, Duygu; Coughlan, Tim; Edwards, Chris; Greenwood, Richard; Herodotou, Christothea; McLeod, Kevin and Ullmann, Thomas (). GenAI for Curriculum Production. Quality Enhancement and Innovation, The Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

2023

Scanlon, Eileen; Herodotou, Christothea and McLeod, Kevin. (). Community Citizen Inquiry: The Case of nQuire. In: Proceedings of the European Distance and eLearning Network Conference 2023, 18-20 Jun 2023, Dublin.
Iniesto, Francisco; Coughlan, Tim; Lister, Kate; Devine, Peter; Freear, Nicholas D.; Greenwood, Richard; Holmes, Wayne; Kenny, Ian; McLeod, Kevin and Tudor, Ruth. (). Creating ‘a simple conversation’: Designing a conversational user interface to improve the experience of accessing support for study. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing.

2022

Herodotou, Christothea; Twiner, Alison; Scanlon, Eileen; McLeod, Kevin and Seale, Jane. (). From participants to creators: Considerations for community-led citizen science. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2022, International Society of the Learning Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, 11-18.

2020

Scanlon, Eileen; Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike and McLeod, Kevin. (). nQuire: citizens acting as scientists in massive open online learning. In: L@S '20: Proceedings of the Seventh ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 12-14 Aug 2020, Virtual event, USA.

2019

Sharples, Mike; Aristeidou, Maria; Herodotou, Christothea; McLeod, Kevin and Scanlon, Eileen. (). Inquiry learning at scale: pedagogy-informed design of a platform for citizen inquiry. In: L@S 2019: Sixth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 24-25 Jun 2019, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

2015

Woods, Will; McLeod, Kevin and Ansine, Janice (). Supporting Mobile Learning and Citizen Science Through iSpot. In: Crompton, Helen and Traxler, John eds. Mobile Learning and STEM: Case Studies in Practice Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 69-86.