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Steve Wheeler (born 16 June 1957) is a British academic, author, speaker and learning technologist.
Wheeler was born in Devonport, a suburb of Plymouth, England. His father was in the Royal Air Force, and due to constant travelling, Wheeler attended a number of schools across Europe, including St George's School in Gibraltar; Sandwick School in the Shetland Isles, Scotland; Wellington Grammar School in Telford, England; and the AFCENT International School in Brunssum, the Netherlands. He also attended Hereford College of Art and Design, where he studied fine arts, graphic design and photography.
Wheeler is an Education Consultant and was formally a Lecturer in Information & Computer Technology in the Plymouth Institute of Education at Plymouth University where he taught on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate teacher education programmes. He is a visiting professor at the Technical University of Liberec ( [1] Neisse University), in the Czech Republic. Prior to joining the University he worked in the National Health Service and as a lecturer in Education at City College Plymouth. Wheeler researches into the uses of Web 2.0 in all education sectors[ citation needed ], and has published more than 150 scholarly articles [ citation needed ] in the field of e-learning. Wheeler has also published 5 books and numerous monograms [ citation needed ] related to the use of learning technology and innovative pedagogy. Wheeler earned his Cert Ed teaching qualification at Polytechnic Southwest, his first degree in Psychology via part-time study at the British Open University and later completed a Master of Philosophy degree at the University of Plymouth. In 2008 Wheeler was awarded a Fellowship by the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN) for his services to European educational research [2] and a Senior Fellowship in 2017. Wheeler is an active edublogger and his writings regularly appear on his blog Learning with 'e's. [3]
Between 2008-2011 Wheeler was co-editor of the journal Interactive Learning Environments, and served on the editorial boards of a number of other academic journals including ALT-J - Research in Learning Technology, the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, and Digital Culture and Education. Wheeler was elected as Chair of the IFIP Technical Committee Group 3.6 (Distance Education) in 2008. He was also the chair of the Plymouth e-Learning Conference, [4] rebranded in 2012 as 'PELeCON' [5] at the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom; an international event that was held every year on the University of Plymouth campus from 2006-2013.
Toward the Virtual University (2003) ISBN 1-931576-92-0
Transforming Primary ICT (2005) ISBN 1-84445-024-4
The Digital Classroom: Harnessing Technology for the Future (2008) ISBN 978-1-84312-445-0
Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures: Cybercultures in Online Learning (2009) ISBN 978-1-60752-015-3
Learning with 'e's: Educational Theory and Practice in the Digital Age (2015) ISBN 978-1-84590-939-0
Digital Learning In Organization (2019) ISBN 978-0-7494-8468-2
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K M Baharul Islam is presently the Chairperson of Centre of Excellence in Public Policy and Government at Indian Institute of Management Kashipur. He served as the Dean (Academics) during 2019-2021 at the same institute. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland on 18 March 2020. In October 2021, he was invited as a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.
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Niki Davis is an educator and researcher based in Aotearoa New Zealand whose work has focused on equipping teachers to effectively deliver information and communication technologies in a global education context. Her research has explored how teaching, learning and assessment can be inclusive and ethically managed in non-traditional spaces involving E-learning while acknowledging the role of the knowledge of indigenous peoples in assisting to build critically reflective research communities. She worked in universities in the United Kingdom and the United States before becoming a Distinguished Professor at the University of Canterbury in 2008, retiring and becoming Professor Emeritus in 2020. Davis has been involved in a range of initiatives and organisations that promote knowledge of digital technologies in education and is widely published in this field.
Bruce Martin McLaren is an American researcher, scientist and author. He is an Associate Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a former President of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (2017-2019).
Tawanna Dillahunt is an American computer scientist and information scientist based at the University of Michigan School of Information. She runs the Social Innovations Group, a research group that designs, builds, and enhances technologies to solve real-world problems. Her research has been cited over 2,700 times according to Google Scholar.
Steve Wheeler's Learning Technology Blog Learning with 'e's
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