About Micah
Educator, researcher, and futurist
Dr. Micah Shippee helps educators and leaders decide what they want learning to become, then adopt the technology that gets them there.
He works at the intersection of practice and research as an educator, consultant, and professor specializing in planned change and innovation, learning theory, project management, and organizational behavior. His focus is the adoption of innovation through cultures that embrace change, and his Fusion Model, from his doctoral research, guides schools through that change with intention.
Micah is the author of 2059: The Future of Education and WanderlustEDU: An Educator’s Guide to Innovation, Change, and Adventure, and a keynote speaker for districts, conferences, and leadership teams.
The journey so far
- 2000–2022 · Classroom teacher. Social studies teacher at Liverpool Middle School in Liverpool, NY, where he also coordinated the student morning broadcast and served as a technology turnkey trainer.
- 2016 · PhD, Syracuse University. His dissertation, mLearning in the Organizational Innovation Process, became the foundation of the Fusion Model.
- 2015–present · Consultant and trainer. Professional learning and leadership consulting with educators across North America, from emergent technology adoption to building cultures of innovation.
- 2017–2022 · Google education leader. Google Certified Innovator, coach and mentor in the Innovator program, and lead of the Geo Educator Trainer Network.
- 2019 · First book. WanderlustEDU framed the educator’s career as a journey of innovation, change, and adventure.
- 2019–2024 · Founder and CEO, Ready Learner One. An innovative learning solutions provider founded by instructional designers.
- 2020–2022 · Professor. Taught Principles of Instruction and Learning, Planned Change and Innovation, and Project Management at Syracuse University, and Introduction to Organization and Management at Le Moyne College.
- 2022–present · Director of Education Solutions. Leads a national team designing and delivering learning solutions for educators at a global technology company.
- 2025 · 2059: The Future of Education. Four possible futures of learning, and the Fusion Model for leading the change in between.
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Awards and recognition
- EdScoop 50 Industry Leader, 2023
- EdTech Digest State of EdTech: Leading Voice, 2023
- EdTech Digest Trendsetter: Educator Setting a Trend, 2020
- EdTech Awards Leadership Finalist, 2019
- EdTech Digest Top 100 Influencers in EdTech, 2019
Podcasts, interviews, and articles
- 2059 and the Future of Education · My EdTech Life, Episode 321
- From FUD to Fusion: Reframing the future of education · guest post, Ditch That Textbook
- 5 Essential Skills for an AI Future · Digital Learning Podcast with Matt Miller and Holly Clark
- Shipping Ships Shipping Ships · Partial Credit Podcast, discussing WanderlustEDU
- Ready Learner One · My EdTech Life, Episode 59
- Well That Happened Fast · OnEducation Podcast
- Micah Shippee’s Augmented Reality · TLC Ninja, Episode 43
- Augmented Reality in EDU · AR in Action Summit at MIT