| In many ways, my life revolves around the students I teach. My courses come in many formats (i.e., lecture, seminar, workshop, lab), while addressing the gamut of college student levels including undergraduate preservice teachers, practitioners in the field, instructional designers and corporate trainers, and fulltime master's and doctoral level students. With technology-rich classrooms to assist in learning here at Indiana University (IU), teaching is both fun and challenging. Using these resources, I continue to create and refine courses that push both students and myself to the edge of our competencies. When I am not teaching, I am often involved in developing or revamping a course, experimenting with educational technology, coordinating a graduate program, involving graduate students in my research, supervising undergraduate instructors, mentoring visiting scholars, or designing a new Web site. Across my teaching, research, and service activities, I have attempted to inspire students, college instructors, practicing teachers, trainers, and administrators by promoting innovative practices with emerging educational technologies. I am deeply committed to expanding access to education through nontraditional means such as Web-based instruction, computer conferencing, videoconferencing, and courses and workshops taught directly in schools and workplaces. I feel fortunate that some of my pedagogical experimentations with technology now serve as models for teachers both in Indiana and around the globe. I often advise my graduate students to try to "make a dent" when they leave IU. I have tried to do the same back here at IU and beyond. |






