Background
Keppell, Michael James was born on July 19, 1961 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Son of Frederick John and Peggy Eileen Keppell.
Keppell, Michael James was born on July 19, 1961 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Son of Frederick John and Peggy Eileen Keppell.
Bachelor in Human Movement Studies, University Queensland, Brisbane, 1982. Bachelor of Education, University Queensland, Brisbane, 1985. Master of Education, University Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1989.
Doctor of Philosophy in Instructional Design, University Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1997.
Elementary physical education teacher Queensland Education Department, Brisbane, 1983—1985, secondary health and physical education/science teacher Cairns, Australia, 1986—1987. Senior instructional designer Nitrogen Oil Well Service Company, Calgary, 1993—1994. Instructional designer interactive multimedia unit Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia, 1994—1995, head interactive multimedia unit Australia, 1995—1998.
Head biomedical multimedia unit University Melbourne, Australia, 1998—2002. Head Center for Integrating Technology in Education Hong Kong Institute Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong, 2003—2005, head Center for Learning, Teaching and Technology Hong Kong, 2005—2007. Professor higher education, director Institute Innovation in Flexible Learning and Teaching, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia, since 2007.
Consultant Swedish National Portal for Higher Education, Sweden, 2002—2002, Hong Kong Police Force, 2004—2005. Program committee Ed-Media: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, since 2003. Presenter in field.
Member of Association for Learning Technologies, American Educational Research Association, International Society Learning Sciences, Open and Distance Learning Association Australia, Inc., Association for Qualitative Research, Association for the Advancement Computing in Education, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (executive member since 2000, convenor International Educational technology Conference 2001).
Married Koren Elaine Mitchell, March 26, 2003.