Steve Wheeler
(born 16 June 1957) is a British academic, author, speaker and learning technologist.
Early life
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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
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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
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, and has published more than 150 scholarly articles
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in the field of
e-learning
. Wheeler has also published 5 books and numerous monograms
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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
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and a Senior Fellowship in 2017. Wheeler is an active edublogger and his writings regularly appear on his blog Learning with 'e's.
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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,
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rebranded in 2012 as 'PELeCON'
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at the
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
; an international event that was held every year on the University of Plymouth campus from 2006-2013.
Bibliography
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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
References
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External links
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Steve Wheeler's Learning Technology Blog
Learning with 'e's
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