Employment Experience

 Distinguished Professor of Education
School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, Educational Psychology Program, University of Missouri-Columbia, February, 2000 - Present

• Teaching and advising master's and doctoral students
• Coordinated revision of master’s and PhD curricula
• Taught Graduate Courses:
  Seminar on Problem Solving, Task Analysis, Needs Assessment
  Using Technology to Enhance Learning, Research on Learning Technologies,
  Designing Constructivist Learning Environments, Individual Differences, Learning& Instruction, Computers as Cognitive Tools, Seminar on Conceptual Change
• Chair, College of Education Curriculum Committee; Member, University Curriculum Committee
• Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty Development Committee, Assessment and Evaluation Committee
• Director, Center for the Study of Problem Solving
  Conducted grant funded research

Visiting Faculty, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, November -December, 2000; August, 2002.

Visiting Professor, Institut for Informasjonsvitenskap, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, February – May, 2000.

• Taught Hovedfag (Master’s students)
• Collaborated on research with faculty

Visiting Faculty, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, February 1999, December, 2000, November, 2004

Professor of Instructional Systems
College of Education, Penn State, August, 1993 - 2000

• Teaching and advising master's and doctoral students
• Coordinated curriculum revision, including 25 new courses
• Redesigned master's degree programs in Training Design and Development
• Coordinating marketing of degree programs locally, regionally, and nationally
• Developed doctoral internship program
• Designed and taught undergraduate course:
  • Technology as a Thinking Tool
• Taught graduate courses:
  • Instructional Systems Design
  • Research Apprenticeship in Instructional Computing
  • Instructional Systems Analysis
  • Designing Constructivist Learning Environments
  • Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Survey of Research in Instructional Systems
  • Computers as Tools
• Major Committee Assignments: Steering Committee, Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning; Graduate Council Subcommittee on Program Review and Evaluation; Advisory Board, Educational Technology Service, Center for Academic Computing; Teaching and Learning with Technology, Committee on Institutional Cooperation

Visiting Researcher, Multimedia Development Unit, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, August, 1997

Professor and Chair of Instructional Technology
School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver, 1986 - 1993

• Teaching and advising master's and doctoral students
• Program Chair for Instructional Technology, including Library/Media.
• Responsible for developing and coordinating curricula, staffing courses, and arranging facilities for 5.5 full-time and 12 part-time staff
• Designed/developed/implemented Instructional Technology curricula including master's degree programs in Corporate Training/Development, InstructionalComputing, Library/Media, and Instructional Technologist and a Ph.D.program with emphases in Instructional Development, Instructional Computingand Higher Education.
• Designed and wrote 34 courses to support the curricula
• Conducted regional needs assessment to determine Corporate Training/ Development competencies
• Conducted national survey of state certification standards for InstructionalComputing Specialists
• Developed and implemented Apple, IBM, Mac, interactive video, and AV labs Coordinated marketing of degree programs locally, regionally, and nationally
• Developed doctoral internship program
• Major Committee Assignments: Academic Computer Advisory (University); Library Faculty Advisory (University); Library Standards (University);Retention, Tenure, Promotion Task Force, Chair (School); Curriculum, Chair (School); Teacher Certification Program Review (School)
• Taught graduate courses:
  • Instructional Technology for Teachers
  • Computer Applications: Beginning/Advanced BASIC
  • Analyzing Learner Characteristics
  • Instructional Design: Front End Analysis
  • Applications of Computer Based Utility Programs
  • Designing Instructional Text
  • Instructional Design Models, Strategies, and Tactics
  • Developing Interactive Computer Based Instruction
  • Interactive Video
  • Doctoral Seminar: Theoretical Foundations of Instructional Technology
  • Doctoral Seminar: Research in Instructional Technology Seminar
  • Advanced Seminar in Instructional Design: Task Analysis
  • Doctoral Seminar: Cognitive Learning Strategies
  • Mindtools for Teachers
  • Doctoral Seminar: Comparative Instructional Design Model

Visiting Scholar, Institüt fur Informationverarbeitung, Universiteit Graz, Graz, Austria, October, 1992

Visiting Faculty, Instructional Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, May-June, 1991.

Visiting Professor, Institute for Computer Based Learning, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland October - December, 1991.

Adjunct Professor, Instructional Design, Development, & Evaluation Syracuse University, 1988, 1990

• Taught courses:
  • Advanced Instructional Design
  • Instructional Designs for Individual Differences
  • Advised doctoral students

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, U.K. January - June, 1984

Assistant/Associate Professor of Educational Technology
Library Science/Educational Technology Department, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1976 - 1986

• Designed/developed PSI courses in Instructional Media and Educational Psychology
• Taught and advised master's and doctoral students
• Developed and implemented self-instruction laboratory
• Designed, developed, implemented, and managed instructional technology master's degree program
• Designed and developed 16 courses including 13 variable credit microcomputer applications courses
• Designed and had approved the first master's degree program in North Carolina to offer Instructional Computing Specialist certification
• Submitted grant proposals to NSF, NIE, Spencer Foundation to support research
• Major Committee Assignments: Curriculum (University), Curriculum, Chair (School), Research Council, Chair (University), Admissions Policy (University), Improvement of Instruction (School), Faculty Evaluation (School), Human Subjects Review, Chair (School)
• Taught courses:
  • Instructional Design (Graduate)
  • Foundations of the Media Professions (Graduate)
  • Psychological Foundations of Education (Undergraduate)
  • Design and Production of Audiovisual Materials(Graduate)
  • Instructional Television (Graduate)
  • Photography in Education (Graduate)
  • Research in Library/Media (Graduate)
  • Workshop in Multi-Image Production (Graduate)
  • Designing Instructional Text: Programmed Instruction and Beyond (Grad)
  • Microcomputer Applications in Education and Librarianship
    (Undergraduate/Graduate)
  • Selection and Evaluation of Microcomputer Courseware
    (Undergraduate/Graduate)
  • School Library/Media Applications of Microcomputers (Graduate)
  • Logo: Logic and Applications (Undergraduate/Graduate)
  • Sound/Slide Design and Production (Undergraduate/Graduate)
  • Designing Computer Assisted Instruction (Graduate)
  • Educational Applications of BASIC (Undergraduate/Graduate)
  • Using Authoring Systems to Create Courseware (Graduate)
  • Word Processing for Librarians and Educators (Undergraduate/Graduate)
  • Developing Interactive Videodiscs (Graduate)

Teaching Associate, Educational Media, Educational Media Department, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., 1974 - 1976

• Teaching courses:
  • Introduction to Instructional Media (Undergraduate)
  • Educational Applications of Media (Graduate)
  • Instructional Developer on undergraduate teacher preparation project 

Educational Television Consultant, Pilot Five Television Project New Jersey Office of Migrant Education, 1973 - 1974

• Instructional designer and production on television series
• Utilization specialist in schools 

Vice President, Production Services, DPR Associates, Consultants Newfield, New Jersey 1974

• Media production, including print, slide, and video
• Supervised staff of three production personnel

Instructor, Educational Media, Temple University 1972 - 1973

• Teaching master's students

Teacher, Gauger Middle School Newark, Delaware School District 1971- 1972

• Taught Reading/Language Arts, Grades 6,7, and 8
• Developed/implemented self-instructional, mediated reading laboratory
• Prepared media materials for school 

Teacher, Banneker Elementary School Milford, Delaware School District 1970 - 1971

• Taught Reading/Language Arts, Grade 5

Commercial Loan Officer Trainee, Bank of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware 1969 - 1970

• Reviewed loan applications
• Automated financial analysis process