He leads the University's Educational Technology Research Group, comprising some 30 staff and postgraduate researchers. The focus of the Group's research is human-centred design of technologies for learning and knowledge working.
Major projects include the MOBIlearn project on "Next generation paradigms and interfaces for technology supported learning in a mobile environment exploring the potential of ambient intelligence", funded by the EC Framework 5 programme, and the Student M-Learning project, funded by Microsoft Ltd.
He is also Director of the Centre for Educational Technology and Distance Learning (CETADL), the University's innovations centre for flexible and distance learning.