About the Speaker

Mark Pegrum is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Australia, where he teaches mainly in the area of e-learning. His teaching has been recognised through Faculty and University Excellence in Teaching Awards, as well as a 2010 national Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) Excellence in Teaching Award. His research focuses on the increasing integration of web 2.0 and mobile technologies into everyday life. His current work concentrates on the growing field of digital literacies, especially network literacy (including personal learning environments, personal learning networks and e-portfolios), and m-learning (including the use of smartphones, tablets and apps with educational benefits). In 2007, his book Brave New Classrooms: Democratic Education and the Internet, co-edited with Joe Lockard, was published by Peter Lang, New York. In 2009, his new book, entitled From Blogs to Bombs: The Future of Digital Technologies in Education, was published by UWA Publishing, Perth. He is now working on a book on digital literacies. He currently teaches in Perth, Hong Kong and Singapore and has given presentations on e-learning in Australia and New Zealand, East and Southeast Asia, and the UK and Europe.