Steve Wheeler

Steve Wheeler (born 16 June 1957) is a British academic, author, speaker and learning technologist.

Early life

Wheeler was born in

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 Education Consultant and was formally a Lecturer in Information & Computer Technology in the Plymouth Institute of Education at

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

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.