Educational Technology
Educational Technology has been surging through the education
system for a little over two decades now with most of the emphasis placed
in providing new and exciting ways to bring technology into the classroom
both at the K-12 and higher educational levels for improved learning experiences, increased interactivity in the online classroom, and to meet community needs.
The Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) provides
guidelines that should be referred to when using and implementing educational technology
within instructional design projects. View
current AECT guidelines
Education
My education consists of a Doctorate degree (Ph.D.)
in Education with a double major in Distance Education and also Higher Education Research & Institutional
Planning. I also hold a Master's degree in Educational
Technology with a focus on Educational Technologies and Instructional Design, several Technical and Education Certifications including a Teaching Certification in secondary education,
and two Certificates of Advance
Graduate Studies. Please review my
resume/vita for a full listing of
my experience, education, and certifications.
Research
Virtual Environments in Higher Education: An examination
and analysis of the use of virtual environments for learner engagement
and skill building in online distance education programs.
Web 2.0 and other Emerging Technologies in Education: An
examination and analysis of the use of emerging technologies for learner
engagement and skill building in online distance education programs.
Accessibility in Higher Education: Examination of higher
education policies and practices when developing university websites
and online programs for access by individuals with physical disabilities.
ePortfolios in an Online Doctorate Program: An examination
of the use of an ePortfolio component in an online distance education
program in counselor supervision. Using an ePortfolio system built upon
an Apache web server running in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) mode, students
were able access and edit their ePortfolios from anywhere in the world
and faculty are able to provide advice.
Effective Communication and Practices by Chesapeake Virginia’s
Adult Education Continuing Education (AECE) Department: Collection
and analysis of internal, personal, and Web communication, training,
and marketing practices for recommendation of improvements.
Social Learning Theory and Literacy Development in Children
from Economically Disadvantaged Families: Examination of literacy
programs to increase children’s skill development.
Human
Motivation and Learning: Analysis
of Piaget, Freud, and Erikson’s theories in relation to human motivation
to learn.
Adding ePortfolios to a Distance Education Program: This research
specifically addressed adding an ePortfolio component to a doctorate program
offered online.
Intergrating
Video in Electronic Portfolios: An evaluatation the effectiveness of an instructional module
teaching users to create and add video to their electronic portfolios.
Electronic Portfolios: Improving the Assessment of
Learning:
An investigation and discussion of the value
of ePortfolios in preparation for designing an instructional module.
The result of the research was an explanation of the need and advantages
for using electronic portfolios in the classroom to increase student
involvement in the learning process and providing a method of documenting
the students' learning process throughout the school year.