Michael Carmichael is the Head of Visual Media at SAGE Publishing. He has over 20 years of commissioning and editorial experience developing print and digital products for the higher education and academic market. Michael joined SAGE in 1998 where he first spent many years developing textbook, journal and reference titles across the social sciences, print and digital. Since 2014, he has been overseeing the Editorial team on SAGE's streaming video collection portfolio (www.sagepub.com/video). More recently, he has moved into a role where he is leading on the strategic direction of SAGE's visual media program including streaming video but also other initiatives such as the development of a new VR prototype designed to support teaching and learning in higher education.