Professor Denise Whitelock is the Director of the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University. She is a Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning and has over twenty-five years of experience in Artificial Intelligence for designing, researching and evaluating online and computer-based learning in Higher Education.

 She led the Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essays (SafeSea) project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council with Oxford University, providing students with automatic feedback on electronic drafts of their assignments supplementing tutor support.

She is currently leading the UK’s contribution to two European projects. The first is Generative AI and Large Language Models In Higher Education (ADMIT) which aims to establish the necessary educational and ethical conditions that enable the utilization of large language models (LLM) and generative AI as a means of enhancing teaching and learning in higher education. Every1(Enable Everyone’s Engagement in the Energy Transition) is the second project, which brings together leading experts in energy, education, energy ecosystems and the social sciences to enable all European stakeholders to participate effectively in the digital energy market.

In 2018, she was appointed Editor of Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance & e-Learning. Her work has received international recognition through visiting Chairs at the Autonoma University, Barcelona, the British University in Dubai and the Commonwealth of Learning, Canada. Denise is currently a serving Board Member, Fellow and Vice President of Research for EDEN Digital Learning Europe.  Denise is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. For a complete publication list see: http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/dmw8.html