Background
Thomas, Michael was born on April 10, 1969 in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, England. Son of John Edward and Margaret Thomas.
Thomas, Michael was born on April 10, 1969 in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, England. Son of John Edward and Margaret Thomas.
He attended Norham High School and Tynemouth Sixth Form College and holds degrees from Newcastle University, the University of Manchester and the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.
He was previously a Lecturer at the University of Heidelberg in Germany (1998), Associate Professor (2002) and then Professor (2009) in English Communication at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan. He has also taught at Stuttgart University and Mannheim University in Germany. He has published 14 books in these fields and is founding and lead editor of two international book series, Digital Education and Learning (Palgrave) and Advances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching (Bloomsbury).
He is currently a Reader and Associate Professor in Digital Education and Learning at the University of Central Lancashire and is active as a researcher within the areas of modern languages and cultures.
He is director of the Language, Literacy and Digital Education Research Group. He is project coordinator and principal investigator of the European Union-funded CAMELOT Project on language learning with machinima, a two-year project consisting of nine European Union partners (EUR 489,000) that runs from December 2013 until November 2015.
And a partner in the Erasums+ VITAL project on learning analytics and online learning. In May 2005 his article in The Times Higher Educational Supplement on the use of iPods and podcasting was published.
In October 2011 he was interviewed by the French language publication Regards Sur Le Numerique on the subject of digital natives.
In November 2012 he was quoted by The Guardian as a contributor in a debate about massive open online courses and the future of higher education. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Royal Society of Arts.
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He was the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments and is now a member of the journal"s International Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Research Unit for Speech and Language.
Married Madoka Mimura, November 20, 2003. 1 child William.