Instructor Experience

• Dr. Curtis J. Bonk is a former CPA and corporate controller who is now an associate professor in the Departments of Counseling and Educational Psychology as well as Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University (IU). He also is a core member of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology. He received the Burton Gorman teaching award in 1999 and was the first recipient of the Wilbert Hites Mentoring Award in 2000. During the past few years, he has been a visiting scholar in Finland, Canada, and Australia. Curt is currently a Senior Consortium Research Fellow with the Army Research Institute. He has also developed unique international conferencing exchanges and mentoring programs, including "The Intraplanetary Teacher Learning Exchange" (TITLE) and the "Teacher Institute for Curriculum Knowledge about the Integration of Technology" (TICKIT). His 1998 book with Lawrence Erlbaum, "Electronic Collaborators Learner-Centered Technologies for Literacy, Apprenticeship, and Discourse" has received many positive reviews. Dr. Bonk has presented his ideas at hundreds of state, national, and international conferences and seminars as well as in dozens of book chapter and journal publications. He is in demand as a conference keynote speaker for both corporate and higher education audiences on such topics as instructional strategies, motivation, technology integration, collaborative learning technologies, Web-based teaching, and e-learning research. He is President of CourseShare.com, which he founded in 1999. CourseShare.com is developing ways for instructors to collaborate and share information online as well as Web-based survey tools and instructor training resources. He can be reached via e-mail at cjbonk@indiana.edu and his homepage is http://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk.
  
  
• Eun-Ok Baek (translator and instructor) is a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University. As an instructional design intern, she has been involved in the "Information Technology for Theological Teaching and Learning Project" in Saint Meinrad School of Theology since 1998. She has worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication Arts and Science at DePauw University since 2000. Her research interests include Community of Practice, Learning Organization (team learning), Web-based Professional Development Approaches, and Technology Integration in Education. She can be reached via e-mail at ebaek@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Carlos Colón has been a graduate student in Instructional Systems Technology since 1993. He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation on the subject of decision support systems for teaching and course related decision-making. During the last seven years, Carlos has worked as a web designer and usability consultant for the Indiana University Financial Management Services and the Indiana University Foundation. In June 2000, Carlos joined the IU Bureau of Evaluative Studies and Testing where he is currently serving as a technology specialist and a learning assessment consultant. He can be reached via e-mail at ccolon@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Dr. Donald Cunningham is the Barbara Jacobs Chair of Education and Technology and the Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology. He is also a professor in the Learning, Cognition, and Instruction Program within the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University. Don was the founder of the Centre for Research into Educational Application of Multimedia at the University of New England at Armidale in Australia. He is also a member of the interdisciplinary cognitive science program at IU. He has an active program of research and development in computer-mediated instruction and is a leading contributor to the development of semiotic/constructivist theories of learning and instruction. He can be reached via the Internet at cunningh@indiana.edu, while his Web homepage can be found at http://php.indiana.edu/~cunningh.
  
  
• Dr. Vanessa Paz Dennen received her Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University in May, 2001. She also holds an MS in Educational Psychology from Indiana University and an MS in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation from Syracuse University. She is currently an assistant professor at San Diego State University. She teaches both traditional and distance education courses, with extensive use of Web?based conferencing in both formats. She has been researching online instruction and teaching online since 1997, and works with other faculty in designing learning activities and promoting online collaboration among learners in their Web-based courses. Her research interests include computer?mediated communication patterns, online communities, project management, and the design of Web?based learning environments. Vanessa is the Director of the Radio?Television?Film Division of the National High School Institute at Northwestern University. She works as an online instructional design consultant for CourseShare.com. Vanessa has presented at many conferences during the past few years including the American Educational Research Association Conference, Wisconsin Distance Teaching and Learning Conference, and Online Learning. She can be reached via the Internet at vdennen@mail.sdsu.edu or vdennen@earthlink.com and her personal homepage is located at http://php.indiana.edu/~vdennen.
  
  
• Minyoung Doo (translator only) is a Ph. D. student in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. She received here master's and B.A. in Educational Technology from Ewha Woman's Universiry in Seoul, Korea. Her interests are in distance education, corporate training, and knowledge management.
  
  
• Dr. Thomas M. Duffy is a vice president and Provost of Cardean University, an online education institution offering high quality business education. Dr. Duffy came to Cardean from Indiana University where he was the Barbara Jacobs Chair of Education and Technology and the director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology. Prior to Indiana, Duffy directed the Communication Design Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Tom Duffy's career has been dedicated to exploring the design and use of information in education and the workplace. He has published over 100 papers on learning, performance, and technology. Books he has written or edited include: (1) Online Help: Design and Evaluation; (2) Constructivism and The Technology of Instruction: A Conversation; and (3) Designing Constructivist Learning Environments, and most recently, (4) New Learning with R. J. Simons and Jos van der Linden. He earned his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He can be reached at duffy@unext.com.
  
  
• Christopher Essex is an advanced doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. He has previous training in English and K-12 education. Chris has worked as a Distance Education Specialist for the IU School of Education since 1994. He is currently teaching an online graduate course on the subject of using the Internet in K-12 classrooms. He has made numerous conference presentations and published articles on topics related to distance education and using technology in postsecondary and K-12 education. Chris is a member of CourseShare.com's research division, focusing on survey development, design, and implementation. Chris is also involved in Web management and asynchronous discussion forum design and management for CourseShare.com. He can be reached at cessex@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Charles Graham is a doctoral student in Instructional Systems Technology at IU. He received his undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering from BYU and his master's degree in electronical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois. At Illinois, Charles worked on Web courseware development such as the Mallard project at the Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments (SCALE). At Indiana University, Charles has worked as an instructional consultant, helping faculty to develop online course materials, as well as on grant projects intended to help faculty, K-12 teachers, and preservice teachers learn to integrate technology in their teaching. He currently is working on the Learning to Teach with Technology Studio project in the Center for Research on Learning and Technology. Charles also has been a usability tester, instructional designer, and member of the research division of CourseShare.com. He can be reached at crgraham@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Dr. Karen Hallett is the Director of the Office of Instructional Consulting at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Education, and Adjunct Professor with the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University Bloomington. Her work involves the development, assessment, and documentation of pedagogical and technological innovations in internet-based instruction and interactive video instruction as well as traditional on-site instruction. She also developed and pioneered a mentor program for distance teaching that was originally awarded through the Office of Academic Affairs and has now been retained by the School of Education. She has worked on several campus wide projects addressing the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her newest project seeks to identify teaching and learning styles based on psychological and cognitive profiles, and to identify optimal online approaches and activities that are appropriate for those styles. She can be reached at hallett@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Debra Haney is the President of Performance Knowledge, inc. Deb consults in e-learning, knowledge management, competency mapping and training to Fortune 500 corporations, governmental and higher education organizations. She is writing her dissertation on knowledge management through the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University. Deb presents internationally, and is published in the Handbook of Human Performance Technology, 2nd ed., Performance Improvement and other publications. Deb is also a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. Deb may be reached at Performance Knowledge, inc., P. O. Box 674, Bloomington, IN 47402; (812) 334-0185; dhaney@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Kyong-Jee Kim received her M.S. in education from IST, Indiana University, Bloomington in 1996. She is currently a first-year Ph.D. student in IST at Indiana Univesity, Bloomington. Kyong-Jee (KJ) previously worked in the training department in a Korean corporate for three years as an instructional designer. Her research interests include on-line collaboration, problem-based on-line learning, teaching with technology, web-based training, IST process for web-based instruction.
  
  
• Jamie Kirkley is a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. She has taught online since 1997 and is completing her dissertation on student collaboration in an online problem based learning, critical thinking, and collaboration. Other research interests focus on K-12 technology integration and workplace literacy. She manages the development of the Learning to Teach with Technology Studio, a Web-based professional development system for K-12 teachers (see http://ltts.org). Previously, Jamie worked at a major pharmaceutical company dealing with technical documentation and FDA regulations. She can be reached at jkirkley@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Sonny Kirkley is Co-Founder, CEO and President of Information in Place, Inc. (IIPI). IIPI is dedicated to helping organizations, enterprises, and individuals create and deliver Internet-based information and services to people at the point of need. IIPI offers comprehensive infrastructure software for mobile and wireless devices and customizable solutions to meet the needs of your partners, employees, and clients (see http://www.informationinplace.com/). He formerly was Assistant Director of Research and Development at the Center for Excellence in Education at Indiana University. He is also a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. Sonny has interests in human-computer interface and interaction design, the use of technology to support social-constructivist learning environments, the design of "fun" in learning, and the application of virtual and augmented reality to learning. Sonny can be reached via the Internet at ekirkley@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Ji-Yeon Lee (translator, coordinator, and presenter) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Instructional Systems Technology (IST), Indiana University. She is a School of Education Chancellor's Fellow and her dissertation is on WBI design expertise. She has a BA (Education) and MA (Instructional Technology) degrees from Seoul National University. Ji-Yeon's areas of interest include heuristic task analysis (HTA), learner support in WBI (especially web accessibility), reusable learning objects (RLOs), and distance and distributed learning environments, in general. She has made presentations at many conferences on these topics including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), and the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. She also works for CourseShare.com as consultant. She has been involved in CourseShare.com research, domain interface design, and content development, and currently, she is coordinating a Cyberlearning workshop for Samsung. Ji-Yeon can be reached via e-mail at leej@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Byung-Ro Lim (translator and instructor) is a Ph.D. candidate in instructional systems technology at Indiana University, Bloomington. For last three years, he has been an assistant to the Web director of the School of Education, Indiana University. He has designed, developed, and managed many major Web sites, including that of the School of Education, Student Academic Center, Indiana Educational Policy Center. His interests are distance education, instructional design, problem-based learning, and professional development for educators and trainers. He can be reached via e-mail at byunlim@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Dr. Mike Molenda is an Associate Professor in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. Mike received his MS and Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from Syracuse University, 1971. He was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Research Fellow, Twente University, Enschede, Netherlands, 1980. He is a coauthor of Instructional Media and Technologies for Learning (6th ed.) (1999 His teaching revolves around distance education, instructional design and development, and instructional technology foundations. His research focuses on the study of trends in instructional technology, case studies of instructional deficiencies in higher education institutions, teacher use of media and technology in K-12 education, barriers to technology use and restructuring in public schools, and instructional design processes in corporations. Mike has lectured and consulted in Spain, the Netherlands, Peru (Senior Fullbright Fellow in 1976), Venezuela, Indonesia, Korea, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. During summers of 1992 to 1997, he taught intensive workshops on Instructional Development for training managers from LG Group (Korea), Sunkyong (Korea), Samsung (Korea), People's Bank of China, and Citibank (USA). He can be reached via e-mail at molenda@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Jeong-Eun Oh (translator and presenter) is an advanced doctoral student in Instructional Systems Technology (IST) at IU. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Sookmyung Women's University and her master's degree in IST from IU. As consultant at CourseShare.com, Jeong-Eun has been involved in research and content development. Her research interests include online teaching and learning, community of practice, problem-based learning, and instructional design and strategies. Jeong-Eun can be reached at jeoh@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Dr. David Perry is manager of the IU Bureau of Evaluative Studies & Testing and is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Education, where he teaches a graduate course in learning theories via the Internet. He holds a doctorate in instructional systems design and development with a minor in instructional psychology. His research and professional interests include assessment technologies, qualitative evaluation, and Web-based learning. Prior to his current position, David's responsibilities at IU have included development of both classroom-based and computer-based courses, and evaluation of courses and curricula. He has also worked as an educational consultant with IBM, Eli Lilly, and Xerox. He can be reached via e-mail at jdperry@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Josh Plaskoff has been involved with the development and deployment of knowledge-based solutions for 15 years. After completing his AB in English/Linguistics at UC Davis and graduate work at the USC School of Education, specializing in Educational Psychology and Technology, Josh worked at Xerox developing intelligent tutoring systems and other learning solutions for the Printing Systems Division. He then became an educational and performance technology consultant for a number of companies including Pfizer, Ciba (now Novartis), Toyota, Hewlett Packard, and Dow Elanco. Currently, he is a knowledge management consultant at Eli Lilly and Company, responsible for development of strategic knowledge management and learning initiatives in the product development area. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. He can be reached via e-mail at PLASKOFF_JOSHUA_A@Lilly.com or jplaskof@indiana.edu.
  
  
• Steven Schatz specializes in information design for electronic communications. He has worked with Xerox PARC to develop educational applications for fledgling white board technologies, consulted with Fortune 500 companies on advanced electronic presentations, provided ground breaking models for use of web conferencing, and is currently providing direction in consideration and guidance of performance support portals and meta tagged knowledge objects with the Navy. Mr. Schatz works in both the corporate and educational arenas, teaching effective use of the Web and electronic presentations to communicate ideas. His company, Steven Schatz Information Design, has designed and built presentations for clients that include Acer, Coca Cola, Visa, AMD and Intuit. He has designed and developed Web-based training and support tools responsible for training thousands of people. He has consulted with clients world wide on effect uses of new technologies. His Show/Do/Cue technique for training design combines multiple media, project orientation and cognitive chunking for a uniquely effective training. He has been on the Master's faculty of San Francisco State's prestigious Department of Instructional Technologies. He is currently working with Indiana University's Instructional Systems Technology department and work toward a Ph.D. Steve can be contacted via e-mail at schatz@powerstart.com.
  
  
• Dr. Marty Siegel is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Technical Officer for a new company called "WisdomTools, Inc." This is IU's first official spin-out and start-up company. It focuses on the design of new learning tools for the Web, mainly for corporate training environments. The main tool is called "Time-Revealed Scenarios" (for more on WisdomTools see: http://www.wisdomtools.com). Marty is also a professor in the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University. He is an innovator in the instructional design of computer-based education and is an international lecturer and consultant in the field. He is the former Director of the Laboratory for Research and Development in Teaching and Learning at the Center for Excellence in Education at IU. Also of note, Marty was the first Faculty Fellow at Microsoft Corporation. His interests are in human-computer interface design, the design of digital environments, and the design of Internet-based interactive instructional tools. Recent projects include a collaboration with IU Professor Jeanne Sept to create a tool for anthropology called the "Timeweb" as well as work with Jim Spohrer at Apple Computer in the creation of the WorldBoard, a planetary augmented reality system, creating "just in place" learning. He can be reached via the Internet at msiegel@indiana.edu, while his Web homepage can be found at http://www.wisdomtools.com under the staff listings.
  
  
• Dr. Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan is an international figure in instructional design, gaming, innovative instructional techniques, and performance improvement. Thiagi made his first presentation on instructional design at the 1968 National Society of Performance Improvement (NSPI) conference in Washington, DC. Since then, he has been making presentations on different aspects of instructional design and performance technology every year at the annual NSPI/ISPI conferences and has presented at ASTD, Online Learning, and E-learning. He is a former ISPI president and editor of ISPI's Performance & Instruction. Thiagi has produced many books and activities on interactive gaming, collaboration, motivation, creativity, and instructor facilitation. He is a conference and workshop favorite who has presented his ideas worldwide. He is President and Founder of Workshops by Thiagi. His Web site is http://thiagi.com. He can be contacted via e-mail at thiagi@thiagi.com.
  
  

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