Biography

Michael Porterfield, Ph.D., is currently the educational technology manager at McKendree University. In this current role he provides professional development opportunities to faculty, assists in the management of the LMS, collaborates to set university technology policy and direction, and ensures compliance with ADA accessibility requirements for online learning.  

Previously, he was an instructional designer at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). At the University of Missouri-St Louis, he was on the Accreditation team preparing for the HLC site visit in 2018 in which he served as the co-chairperson for Criterion 4 which included facilitating this committee to gather evidence; he also consulted in writing the final report for submission to the HLC accreditation team in 2018. He also partnered with faculty making content accessible to all, especially for student accommodations.  

While working on his graduate degree, he also began teaching part-time in the UMSL College of Education preparing and enhancing current practitioners how to use technology in the classroom to meet their objectives and be student centered. In 2010, he was awarded by the UMSL College of Education as being an innovator in using technology in the classroom. In 2019, he also received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence to a Part-time Faculty Member. Finally, he is a member of Phi Kappa Phi.