Michael Sankey

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About Michael Sankey

Professor Michael is the Director of Learning Futures and Lead Education Architect at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Australia. He specialises in technology enhanced learning, staff and leadership development, curriculum renewal, online pedagogies, multimodal design, digital, visual and multiliteracies. He has worked in Higher Education for 30+ years and is particularly interested in how constructively aligned and aesthetically enhanced learning environments can better transmit concepts to students, particularly those from diverse backgrounds. In addition to this role, Michael is an Executive Member of the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE) and is the Director of the ACODE Learning Technologies Leadership Institute. This is a major initiative of ACODE that is run bi-yearly for those aspiring to become leaders in the area of technology enhanced learning. For more information please see my ePortfolio at: https://michaelsankey.com/about/ Specialties: Technology enhanced learning, professional and leadership development, learning technologies, multimodal design, educational social media, visual and multiliteracies, instructional design, benchmarking, e-learning pedagogies, Web 2.0 technologies and leaning styles. Short Career Profile I am a highly experienced leader, coach and mentor in the field of technology enhanced learning in higher education, with a particular expertise in people management and leadership development. My strength areas include: transforming and innovating learning and teaching experiences for both staff and students; facilitating sector-wide engagement; strategic project management; higher education research and consultancy. Over my time in higher education, working initially as a professional staff member, then transitioning to an academic position, I have gained a significant appreciation for the breadth of experience required to meet the challenges of contemporary university life. With a strong background in Instructional Design and Academic Development, I have trained hundreds of staff in how best to design and deliver quality education and discipline-based courses. I have lead sector-wide training events in the areas of leadership development and quality assurance through benchmarking for close to a decade, and have a strong focus and passion on raising-up new leaders in how best to harness technology to enhance learning and teaching, both here in Australia and in the developing world.