Dr Bill Anderson is the Director, Distance Learning at the University of Otago. He was previously employed at Massey University teaching and researching in the area of distance education and elearning.

His current research interests include exploration of the issue of distance student retention in various elearning contexts, and the nature of full-time tertiary distance study experience. Bill is co-editor, with Professor Michael G. Moore, of the first edition of the Handbook of Distance Education published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.