Steve Wheeler (born 16 June 1957) is a British academic, author, speaker and learning technologist.
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Early life
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.
Academic career
Wheeler is an Associate Professor of Learning Technology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Plymouth where he teaches on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate teacher education programmes. He is a visiting professor at the Technical University of Liberec, in the Czech Republic[citation needed]. Prior to joining the University he worked in the National Health Service and as a lecturer in Education at Plymouth City College. 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 4 books and numerous monograms[citation needed] related to the use of learning technology. 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[1] Wheeler is an active edublogger and his writings regularly appear on his blog Learning with 'e's.[2]
Wheeler describes himself as a disruptive activist[citation needed] who is always keen to try out new and radical alternatives to mainstream education. He is co-editor of the journal Interactive Learning Environments, and also serves 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 is also the chair of the Plymouth e-Learning Conference[3] an international event held around Easter every year on the University of Plymouth campus.
Bibliography
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
References
- ^ Lecturer nets fellowship, Evening Herald, 17 July 2008.
- ^ Blogosphere - Steve Wheeler, IT Weekly, 27 April 2009.
- ^ Plymouth e-Learning Conference, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom.
External links
Steve Wheeler's Learning Technology Blog Learning with 'e's