Professor Mike Keppell is the Executive Director, Australian Digital Futures Institute (ADFI) at the University of Southern Queensland.
Mike has a long professional history in higher education in Australia, Canada and Hong Kong. He was Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Flexible Learning Institute at Charles Sturt University, and prior to that was Head of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Having published widely in the field of flexible learning, and with a background in educational technology, extensive community involvement and strength in design-based research, Professor Keppell has a range of valuable skills and experience in Higher Education.
His research focuses on learning spaces, blended learning, learning oriented assessment, authentic learning and transformative learning using design based research. Mike has edited two books:
Mike is a Life Member of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite). Mike is currently co-leader of the Network of Australasian Tertiary Associations (NATA) which has a vision to facilitate a sustainable collaborative network between established higher education associations (ACODE, ascilite, CADAD, HERDSA and ODLAA) - see the NATA website for more information for more information
Further details, including grants and publications can be found on Mike's website
