|
|
GLOBALEDUCATOR AUTHORS
See below for a listing by lastname, of published
authors. |
|
| |
|
| |
| Previously Published
GlobalEducator Authors |
A | B
| C | D | E | F | G
| H | I | J | K
| L | M
| N | O | P
| Q | R | S
| T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
|
|
| |
Zane Berge
UMBC (Baltimore), USA
Zane Berge is
Associate Professor, and former Director, of Training Systems
graduate programs at the University of Maryland (UMBC campus),
USA. He teaches graduate courses involving training in the
workplace and distance education. Prior to UMBC, Dr. Berge
was founder and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning,
Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington
DC, USA. It was there that he first combined his background
in educational technology and knowledge of scholarship to
work in electronic scholarship, online journals, and moderated
discussion lists. He also was involved in faculty development
and technology-enhanced learning. Berge's publications include
work as a primary author, editor, or presenter of 9 books,
90 chapters and articles and 60 conferences and invited speeches;
he is currently co-editing a book on virtual high schools.
Berge consults nationally and can be reached at berge@umbc.edu.
|
|
| Kristen
S. Betts
The George Washington University Washington, DC, USA
Kris Betts is President of Research Strategies
International, a company assisting higher education institutions,
public and private corporations and the US government to maximize
opportunities and improve efficiency through customized research,
training and strategic planning. Her work includes survey
design, quantitative and qualitative research, curricula development,
corporate training and environmental scans. Dr. Betts has
served on several boards, including The George Washington
University Board of Trustees and is Senior Vice President
for Higher Education for Equation Research.
|
|
| Mauri
Collins
Old Dominion University, USA
Mauri Collins is an Instructional Designer with the Center
for Learning Technologies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk,
Virginia. Her duties include mentoring and coaching faculty
as they become familiar with the tools available in online
learning environments. She assists faculty in Business and
Professional Communication to web-stream their courses. She
maintains The Moderator's homepage at http://www.emoderators.com
|
|
| Patricia
Cravener
University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Patricia Cravener is Assistant Professor and Director of Distance
Education for the School of Nursing at the University of Texas
at Arlington. She holds a doctoral degree in Higher and Post-Secondary
Education, distance education cognate, from the University
of Southern California, and has had students online since
1994. Her current university faculty development practice
and consultative services focus on providing Web course design
assistance to faculty and creating faculty development programs
to extend instructors' knowledge base and technical skills
to support excellent Web-based teaching. Research reports
and publications are listed at http://www.cravener.net/.
|
|
| Paul
Cross
St Michael's Grammar School, Australia
Paul Cross is Dean of Co-curricular Activities and a teacher
of Science and Geography at St Michael's Grammar School. He
has taken a close interest in the effective educational use
of notebook computers. His particular interests are in the
richer uses of the new technologies for extending the range
of research, thinking and presentation skills. (Co-author
with David Nettlebeck)
|
|
| Marlene
French
RMIT University, Australia
Marlene French iis senior liaison
librarian working with the RMIT University Faculty of Business,
the Chancellery and the University Library, offering extensive
information literacy and skills education to both undergraduate
and postgraduate students and to academics. Marlene also lectured
in business information in the School of Business Information
Technology and is Learning Technology Mentor for the Faculty;
a new role aimed at assisting University staff with course
review and renewal, particularly in an online environment.
In 2002 she took her information literacy modules online by
incorporating an online legal research module into the program
being developed by the RMIT Faculty of Business as part of
their online Bachelor of Commerce degree. Marlene's professional
involvement in teaching and learning has also extended offshore,
training staff from the Hue Learning Centre Vietnam, reporting
on information services and resource provision and championing
the information needs of international students.
|
|
| Carol
Fripp
AEShareNET, Australia
Carol Fripp is General Manager of AEShareNET and has over
25 years involvement in the Australian VET sector, from TAFE
teacher through various organizational consultant and change
agent roles into managing electronic service delivery options
and e-commerce solutions in a rapidly changing environment.
Carol has travelled widely over the last decade to keep current
with new initiatives and innovations in the global marketplace.
She has given several papers at national conferences through
Australia and was Keynote Speaker at New Zealand eFEST2003.
Her involvement with AEShareNet commenced in 1998 and continued
through its evolution until appointed as inaugural Board Member
in 1999 and subsequently moving into the role of General Manager
in January 2002.
|
|
Ian
Gibson
Wichita State University, USA
Ian Gibson is coordinator of the Educational Leadership
programs at Wichita State University in the USA where he teaches
Leadership, Technology and Research methods. He has received
awards, honours and grants for publications and presentations
on global learning, technology use and leadership and was
recently invited to deliver a keynote address at Microsoft's
Innovative Teacher's Forum in London. Ian is an external evaluator
for the International Leadership in Educational Technology
(ILET) project and the first elected president of the Society
for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE), a
position he will assume in 2005.
PREPARING
SCHOOL LEADERS FOR NEW-MILLENIUM GLOBAL LEARNING |
| |
| Tony
Gilding
James Cook University, Australia
Associate Professor Tony Gilding is Director (Teaching and
Learning Development) at James Cook University. He leads the
section within the Academic Support Division responsible for
teaching and learning support, student equity and disability
services and the administration of the University’s evaluation
of teaching service. Before joining James Cook University,
he worked at Monash University and Victoria University developing
academic development programs, especially those in flexible
learning. Prior to his career in academic development, he
was a lecturer in Educational Computing and Information Systems
at the University of Melbourne.
|
|
| Lyn
Gorman
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Lyn Gorman is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Charles
Sturt University. She has been involved with NSW HSC Online
(http://hsc.csu.edu.au/) since 1996, initially as joint coordinator,
with Paul Brown, Camden High School, of Ancient and Modern
History for the project as well as, more recently, a member
of the project's Board of Management, Project Management Group
and Steering Committee.
|
|
Graeme
Hart
Graeme is founding editor of Global Educator. He started his
working life as a Professional Engineer before embarking on
a career as a Mathematics & Science Teacher then as an
academic at The University of Melbourne in Australia. He was
the first person at the University to convert an entire undergraduate
subject (Management Statistics) to web delivery in 1996 and
was instrumental in a number of Virtual Education conferences
helping to lead the way with mainstreaming the digital revolution
at the university. Graeme also published and presented in
his research area of online learning styles which led him
to form the Online-Ed mailing list in the late 1990's, from
which this article is derived and from which Global Educator
evolved. He is a member of the Australian Society for Education
Technology and The Royal Society of Victoria, the oldest Science
Association in Australia.
VALUING
VIRTUAL TIME
|
|
| Monica
Hill
University of Hong Kong
Dr. Monica Hill teaches academic and professional English
courses at the University of Hong Kong. Her PhD research was
on English vocabulary acquisition by Chinese learners and
her other professional interests focus on the integration
of IT in learning and the teaching of English for professional
purposes. She has created several online courses at the University
of Hong Kong, including Words on the Web and, with Anne Storey,
SpeakEasy Oral Presentation Skills.
|
|
Paula
Hodgson
Paula has worked on a range of e-learning projects funded
by Hong Kong's University Grants Committee since 1997. She
is currently managing the e3Learning project, which operates
across three universities; the Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
the City University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University
of Hong Kong. Paula consults with clients to identify their
needs and assist them in the design of action plans for integrating
technology into their learning and teaching programs.
QUALITY
MANAGEMENT OF A JOINT-UNIVERSITY E-LEARNING PROJECT (co-author
with Paul Lam) |
|
|
Peter Hosie
Edith Cowen University, Australia
Peter is an Instructional Designer with the Learning Development
Services Centre at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western
Australia. Peter has published over 50 articles and reports
on Technologically-Mediated Learning and Human Resource Development
and is involved in the delivery, design and development of
a wide range of innovative learning resources.
|
|
| J.
Lynley Hutton
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Lynley Hutton is a manager and lecturer in Information Systems
in the School of Accounting, Finance and Law at The Open Polytechnic
of New Zealand, where she has also been a trainer and instructional
designer. Prior to this she worked in finance and commerce.
She has also worked extensively in the area of adult literacy,
creating and coordinating community programmes to foster the
development of literacy skills. Lynley's research interests
include open and distance learning, individual differences
and the use of technology, and knowledge management.
|
|
| Kinshuk
Massey University, New Zealand
Kinshuk is Associate Professor of Information Systems at Massey
University in New Zealand where he directs the Advanced Learning
Technology Research Centre. His research interests and involvements
include adaptivity in e-learning and mobile learning. He has
published over 100 research papers in international refereed
journals, conferences and book chapters. He is currently chair
of the IEEE Learning Technology Task Force, New Zealand chapter
of ACM SIGCHI, and the International Forum of Educational
Technology & Society. He is also editor of 'Educational Technology
& Society' journal and the Learning Technology Newsletter.
|
|
| Alex
Kuskis
University of Guelph, Canada
Alex Kuskis is Manager of Distance Education & Distance Education
Learning Technologies at the University of Guelph in Ontario,
Canada. He is also an Associate Faculty member in the Masters
Program in Distributed Learning at Royal
Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia. He recently
worked as an e-Learning Consultant with Innovative Training
Solutions and is completing his PhD in Online Learning at
the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University
of Toronto. His research interests include community in asynchronous
online courses, facilitation techniques, collaborative learning,
the "grammar" of online learning, and new knowledge media
technologies.
|
|
Paul
Lam
Paul is a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Learning Enhancement
And Research (CLEAR) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He has extensive experience in web-assisted teaching and learning
and English language teaching. In his previous position at
the City University of Hong Kong, Paul assisted teaching staff
with student learning strategies and the use of the Web in
their teaching and learning.
QUALITY
MANAGEMENT OF A JOINT-UNIVERSITY E-LEARNING PROJECT (co-author
with Paula Hodgson) |
| |
| Judith
Law
Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
With the Commonwealth of Learning, Judith acts as an institutional
guide for a Word Bank portal initiative and a researcher/editor
for the core site of the Global Distance Education Network.
She has directed and implemented a number of education and
international development programs in Southeast Asia and is
keenly involved in e-learning as an online facilitator, instructional
designer, e-tutor, education researcher and author of over
a dozen e-learning broadcasts.
|
|
| Mal
Lee
Ed Direct, Australia
Mal Lee is the Managing Director of EdDirect, a company assisting
schools to move into a networked mode. A writer, presenter,
consultant and businessperson, Mal is centrally involved with
The School Daily (http://www.TheSchoolDaily.com) and a director
of the School Networking Consortium. A former director of
schools, secondary college principal and a member of the Mayer
Committee, Mal is closely associated with the use of information
and communications technology (ICT) in schools and their communities.
Mal has written extensively on school planning for the Information
Age and the movement of schooling to a networked form.
|
|
| Elyssebeth
Leigh
Sydney University of Technology, Australia
Elyssebeth Leigh lectures in the Faculty of Education at the
University of Technology, Sydney. She is Immediate Past President
of the International Simulations and Gaming Association (ISAGA)
and is on the Board of the North American Simulations and
Gaming Association (NASAGA). Elisabeth's research interests
focus on the design and use of simulations, and on action
learning programs for creating productive organisational change.
Her first book presented Australian designs for experiential
learning ("Learning through Fun and Games" Leigh and Kinder,
McGraw Hill 1999).
|
|
| Karelena
MacKinlay
Glenrothes College of Further Education, Scotland
Karelena MacKinlay is a senior lecturer at the Glenrothes
College of Further Education in Fife, Scotland. Last year
she examined 'email as a tool to support the learning process',
a research project co-sponsored by the Scottish Further Education
Unit (http://www.sfeu.ac.uk) and the University of the Highlands
and Islands (http://www.uhi.ac.uk). In her cross-college role
she has more recently been supporting tutors who are undertaking
a new course - ' An Introduction to Providing Online Support
to Learners', which is part of a European funded project (http://www.sln.co.uk).
|
|
| Mary
Anne Mather
Brown University, USA
Mary Anne Mather leads The Knowledge Loom (http://knowledgeloom.org),
a searchable database of research-based best practices resources
for K-12 educators, along with interactive tools for collegial
sharing. Prior to this, she served as National Programs and
Special Projects Coordinator for Co-nect Schools, an assistance
organization for comprehensive school reform recognized by
the New American Schools Corporation. At Co-nect, she coordinated
and lead a nationwide 'Critical Friends Program', developed
online professional development materials, and delivered workshops
and training to K-12 educators focused on project-based learning.
Prior to Co-nect, Mary Anne conceptualized, developed and
managed The EducatorConnection, an interactive learning community
within Apple Computer's online service-eWorld.
|
|
| Carmel
McNaught
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Carmel McNaught is Professor of Learning Enhancement at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her previous appointment
was as Head of Professional Development in Learning Technology
Services at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Carmel
has 30 years experience in teaching and research in higher
education, and has worked in eight universities in Australasia
and southern Africa in the discipline areas of chemistry,
science education, second language learning and higher education.
Her current research interests include evaluation of innovation
in higher education and understanding the broader implementation
of the use of technology in higher education. She has over
180 academic publications.
|
|
| Gavin
Moodie
Griffith University, Australia
Gavin began his career in tertiary education administration
in 1975 in the University of Melbourne's engineering faculty
office. More recently, he worked at Monash University where
he helped establish Open Learning Australia. Gavin is currently
policy advisor to Griffith University in Australia. Gavin
was joint editor, with Vin Massaro, of the Journal of Higher
Education Policy and Management (http://www.carfax.co.uk/jhe-ad.htm)
and has a regular column in the Australian newspaper Higher
Education Supplement.
|
|
| David
Nettelbeck
Whitefriars College, Australia
David Nettelbeck conducts workshops in schools across Australia
for primary and secondary teachers interested in using computers
as a rich teaching, learning and thinking tool. He teaches
English part time at Whitefriars College and was formerly
Director of Staff Professional Development and Head of English
at St Michael's Grammar School in Melbourne. Prior to this,
David was involved in teacher training in Tanzania as well
as being Headmaster of two International Schools there. He
has a particular interest in the implications of new technologies
for teaching and learning processes across the curriculum.
He believes that all subjects are being transformed by digital
literacies with access to vastly increased and up-to-date
resources, mixed media and the opportunity to work in a paperless
environment. This inevitably brings new challenges for classroom
discipline and organisation and a new paradigm for teaching
and learning.
|
|
| Veronica
Pantelidis
East Carolina University, USA
Dr. Veronica Pantelidis is School of Education Distinguished
Professor at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
USA. She teaches graduate courses on virtual reality, virtual
reality and education, computers in education, instructional
technology, and World Wide Web use, among other courses, all
online (http//www.soe.ecu.edu/vr/vrel.htm) She has taught
fulltime online since January 1998. She is co-director of
the Virtual Reality and Education Laboratory and co-editor
of the journal, 'VR in the Schools' and was moderator of the
Virtual Reality and Secondary Education section of the first
Virtual Reality and Education Conference held in England in
June 1997. Her current research interests are on the use of
collaborative virtual environments in online courses, and
on how to effectively teach graphics-intensive courses, like
those on virtual reality,online.
|
|
| Anita
Pincas
Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Anita Pincas is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University
of London;
Visiting Fellow at the University of Westminster and former
Director of
Pedagogy for the Virtual Learning Development Trust (UK).
She has been a
specialist in pedagogy at the University of London for 30
years with a
long-term focus on online learning and English language teaching,
and was
one of the earliest users of the Internet for educational
purposes. At
London University, she started the world's first online MA
TESOL in 1993,
and her international multi-lingual and multi-cultural Online
Education &
Training course has pioneered innovative e-learning approaches
since 1992.
She is currently also engaged in various educational research
projects,
covering blended e-learning, the use of CHAT and mobile devices.
Her most recent publication is Teaching on line on campus
(2003, Learning Partners, UK; with Gunter Saunders.)
|
|
| Gerard
A. Prendergast
Abacus Learning Systems, UK
Gerard Prendergast is Training Director
of Abacus Learning Systems based in the UK. He has over ten
years experience of introducing Computer Mediated Learning
in national and international organizations and has successfully
designed, planned and delivered many online training programmes.
He has led workshops and delivered papers on the subject for
universities, government bodies and non-academic institutions
in and outside Great Britain. Gerard has been visiting lecturer
at the Open University and the Institute of Education, University
of London, and advisor to the Management Institute at Ulster
University and held various workshops on e-Learning, the most
Recent at The Croatian Academic and Research Network and with
the John M. Campbell & Company, a training company specialising
in the global oil and Gas Industry.
|
|
Paul
Quinnett
Paul is a clinical psychologist and President of the QPR Institute,
an educational organization dedicated to preventing suicide.
Author of seven books and an award-winning journalist, he
is also Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioural Science at the University of Washington
School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington and the current
Editor-in-Chief of the USA Journal, 'Preventing Suicide'.
In addition to directing a large, public sector mental health
program for 30 years, he maintained a limited private practice
in psychotherapy, law enforcement and corporate consulting.
Paul has donated the electronic version of his best-selling
book, 'Suicide: the Forever Decision', in both English and
French versions. Translators are being sought for free e-versions
in other languages.
GLOBAL
SUICIDE-PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS |
|
| Alison
Reynolds
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology,
New Zealand
Alison Reynolds is the Programme Leader for the School of
Communication at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of
Technology, New Zealand. She has established an online Graduate
Diploma of Technical Communication that has been running successfully
for five years. Recently she has visited online campuses in
the United States and China and has undertaken research into
online communities. Alison has completed the 'Online Education
and Training' Course through the Institute of Education, London
University.
|
|
| David
Rich, Peter Love and Maree Gosper
Macquarie University, Australia
David Rich is Director of the Centre and a Geographer by background.
He has been developing and experimenting with computer-assisted
methods of teaching and learning since the early 1990s. He
is Chair of NCODE-Flexible Learning Australia. Peter Love
is Director of New Learning Technologies in the Centre and
has been developing Web-based teaching materials since 1994.
He has been using WebCT since 1996 and more recently established
the central online teaching facility for Macquarie University
incorporating WebCT. Maree Gosper is Head of Educational Services
in the Centre and her main role is in the design and evaluation
of teaching programs for the online environment, as well as
the provision of staff and student support necessary for the
successful implementation of online teaching.
|
|
| Glyn
Rimmington
Wichita State University in Kansas, USA
Glyn Rimmington is the Boeing Distinguished Professor of Global
learning at Wichita State University in Kansas. He is leading
a program to integrate Global Learning into all areas of the
curriculum.. Before taking up this appointment, he was a senior
member of faculty at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
A central theme of his research has been systems modelling
and he also applied this to many topics including education.
Glyn's courses were among the first to take advantage of the
Web and incorporate student web publishing. In 1996 he began
incorporating global learning into his courses and graduate
seminars with audiographics and video conferencing.
|
|
| Glenn
Russell
Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia
Glenn Russell taught in country and suburban schools in Victoria
Australia for nearly twenty years before becoming foundation
lecturer in Computer Education at Griffith University, where
he developed undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr. Russell
lectures in the Faculty of Education at Monash University
and has an international reputation in virtual schooling,
cyberspace, and educational uses of hypertext. His current
research involves ethical uses of information and communications
technology in school education, educational futures in globalised
environments and responsibilities in online schools.
|
|
| Christel
Schneider
Landesverband der Volkshochschulen, Germany
Christel is head of the language department for the Landesverband
der Volkshochschulen Schleswig-Holsteins, an umbrella organisation
of 170 adult education centres in Schleswig-Holstein. She
has over six years experience of introducing Computer Mediated
Language Learning in national and international organizations
and has successfully designed, planned and delivered many
online training programmes.
|
|
Michelle
Selinger University
of Warwick, UK/Cisco Systems
Dr Michelle Selinger was appointed as an Education Specialist
to Cisco Systems in January 2001 from the University of Warwick,
UK where she directed the Centre for Research in New Technologies
in Education. She currently advises on e-learning initiatives
and e-learning models within ICT environments and has completed
an internal evaluation of the Cisco Networking Academy Program
in eleven countries within Europe Middle East and Africa. She
has published widely in ICT in education and has advised and
supported e-learning programmes at all levels of education both
in the UK and internationally. Her research focuses on the pedagogy
of e-learning and how technology can be successfully integrated
into teaching and support the development of teachers' and trainers'
practice. |
|
| Clifton
Smith
Edith Cowen University, Australia
Clifton is Associate Professor in Security Science at the
School of Engineering and Mathematics, Edith Cowan University.
Clifton conducts research in ballistics imaging, IT security,
biometric imaging and security education. He has received
the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 'Kentucky
Award' for contribution to security education and the Australian
Security Industry Association national award for contribution
to Security education.
|
|
David
Vinciguerra
East Carolina University, USA
David Vinciguerra is coordinator of the Virtual Reality and
Education Laboratory and instructor in virtual reality at
the College of Education at East Carolina University, Greenville,
USA. He teaches all his courses completely online, including
Introduction to Virtual Reality and Virtual Reality in Education.
David also serves as an instructional design consultant for
the Department of Librarianship, Educational Technology and
Distance Instruction. His research interests include the design
and use of collaborative virtual environments and he utilizes
online multimedia communication technologies in the teaching
of graphic-intensive courses online.
THE
DESKTOP VIRTUAL REALITY GALLERY: SHARING STUDENT ENVIRONMENTS
ONLINE |
|
| Leone
Wheeler
RMIT University, Australia
Leone Wheeler is Manager, Regional Learning Networks, Community
Services/Regional Partnerships, Research and Development at
RMIT University. A major part of Leone's work involves the
development of RMIT Learning Partnerships which involved the
establishment of a network of community based access points
in metropolitan Melbourne for the delivery of online training,
supported by local staff. Leone is working to integrate this
learning network model into the University regionality and
internationalisation strategies. She has extensive experience
as a project manager in a number of projects involving learning
technologies at a State and National level.
|
|
| Michael
Zastrocky
GartnerGroup
Dr. Zastrocky has more than 30 years of diverse experience
in higher education. Before joining GartnerGroup, where he
is currently Vice President and Research Director Academic
Strategies, he was a faculty member at several universities,
assistant dean, chief information officer, and served as vice
president of CAUSE, the international association for managing
and using information resources in higher education from 1989-1995.
He has served as a consultant for a number of colleges and
universities and was a vice president of the Kaludis Consulting
Group. He has delivered many keynote addresses around the
globe and has served as a faculty member for numerous institutes
and seminars. He has been widely published on a variety of
technology planning and management topics. He is also a trustee
for several higher education institutions. Bachelor’s degree
from Regis University, master’s degree from the University
of Denver, and a doctor of education degree from the University
of Northern Colorado.
|
|
|
|
 |