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The AECT Project is a consortium of strong partners, that grows stronger every month as new organizations join in to help with our important work. We welcome participation by strong professional associations, corporations, and other agencies that share our commitment to help teachers use technology well. To learn more about how to get your organization involved, contact Dr. Kyle L. Peck. |
Founding Partners of this
project are: The
Association for Educational Communications and
Technology
(AECT)
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Dr. Kyle L. Peck Dr. Kyle L. Peck, is a Professor of
Education and Head of the Department of Adult Education,
Instructional Systems, and Workforce Education and
Development at Penn State University. In addition, Dr. Peck
is cofounder of the innovative "Centre Learning Community
Charter School," and is Past President of the Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), an
international professional association promoting the use of
technologies in education, and is also a Past President of
its Pennsylvania affiliate, PAECT. Dr. Peck served for two years as the
Project Manager of the "Link to Learn Professional
Development Project," a statewide initiative to prepare
educational professionals to use today's global computer
networks effectively. The project produced a website with
outstanding professional development opportunities for
teachers, and over 45,000 copies of a professional
development CD-ROM containing these materials were produced
and distributed. Dr. Peck taught middle school for
seven years, was involved in corporate training for five
years, and has been on the Penn State faculty for thirteen
years. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology /
Educational Technology in 1987 from the University of
Colorado, Boulder. He has received the "Outstanding Book in
Instructional Development" and "Outstanding Practice in
Instructional Development" awards from AECT, the "Pioneer
Award" for leadership in the use of technologies in the
teaching/learning process from PAECT, and the "President's
Award" for "long-standing leadership in reshaping
Pennsylvania's educational vision and future" from the
Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development (PASCD). Dr. Phil
Harris Dr. Phil Harris is currently the
Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief
Operating Officer of Association for Educational
Communications and Technology (AECT) in Bloomington,
Indiana. In this role he provides visionary leadership,
initiates and develops strategic and tactical planning, and
develops and maintains effective relationships with other
professional associations, groups, government agencies, and
corporations. Dr. Harris also coordinates the work of the
association's headquarters staff, board of directors and
Association members in planning and conducting a national
convention, a leadership Institute, and other meetings, as
well as a series of professional publications and important
projects such as this one. Before accepting his current position
with AECT, Dr. Harris served Phi Delta Kappa International,
one of the premier professional associations for educators.
He served PDK for 15 years, most recently in the role of
Director of the Center for Professional Development. In this
role he was responsible for designing and carrying out
marketing and development activities designed to provide
service to the profession and produce a revenue stream for
the association. Prior to his contributions to PDK, Phil
served for 15 years as Research Professor in the Psychology
Department at Indiana University, the institution at which
he earned his Ph.D. Dr. Susan
Land Dr. Susan Land is an Assistant
Professor of Instructional Systems at Penn State University,
University Park. She earned her doctorate in Instructional
Systems from the Florida State University in 1995.
Before coming to Penn State, she
worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of
Georgia's Learning and Performance Support Laboratory and
held a faculty position at the University of Oklahoma,
Department of Educational Psychology. Her research emphasizes how learners
build and evolve understanding with open-ended,
technology-rich environments. In 1996, she received the
Young Scholar Award from AECT for her work in this area. Her
recent work has examined how preservice teachers learned to
integrate the Internet into instruction, using a
project-based learning environment. Her teaching has
included courses on the integration of multimedia and
Internet technology into the curriculum and the development
of web-based instruction and computer-mediated
communications for learning. Previously, she managed and designed
multimedia development projects, evaluated the effects of
technology-based learning at a local K-12 school, and worked
on instructional design projects with organizations such as
the U.S. Air Force Academy, Citibank, and Hewlett
Packard. Dr. Catherine
Augustine Dr. Catherine Augustine received her
Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Design from Penn State
University. Currently she is working as a Senior Research
Associate at Pennsylvania State University working as the
Director of Rubrics and Toolmakers for the AECT Project, a
PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers for Technology) project
funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Catherine has ten years experience
teaching for College's of Education in three different
Universities across Pennsylvania. Her experience as Media
Services Director at Muhlenberg College prepared her for the
five years she spend in public education as the Director of
the nationally recognized "Center for Advanced Technologies"
of the Altoona Area School District in Altoona,
Pennsylvania. During her tenure in public education she was
successful in leading an entrepreneurial team of 13
designers, writers, programmers, and artists in the
development of innovative learning experiences for K-12
students and teachers,. She also became proficient in
acquiring and managing funded projects from the Pennsylvania
State Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education
and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Dr. Augustine's combined ten years in
higher education employed at three different Universities
enhanced her area of expertise in the fields of
Instructional and Educational Systems Design. Training
teachers at both the elementary and secondary levels has
kept her enthusiastic about the changes that schools are
daring to embrace. Currently, the PT3 project is a
professionally culminating project for Dr. Augustine as she
works to prepare tomorrow's teachers to meet the challenges
demanded by teaching and technology innovations combined
within an organized, yet dynamic system. Dr. David Popp Dr. Popp received his Ph.D. in
Instructional Systems Design from Penn State University. His
qualifications for this position include prior experience as
a grant manager and evaluator, technology coordinator, and a
high school physics teacher. He has served as principal
investigator for several grants in the area of teaching and
technology from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and
the U.S. Department of Education. In 1987 he received the Kozak Memorial
Fellowship award from the Penn State Chapter of Phi Delta
Kappa. In 1988 he was selected as one of three Pennsylvania
finalist for Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science
Education, and he was honored as the Pennsylvania
Association for Gifted Education's "Teacher of the Year" in
1989. Dr. Popp has taught courses on the
effectiveness of technology in education, instructional
systems design, and educational psychology for Penn State
University, and has given several presentations at
international conferences on these and related topics. He is
an expert in modern approaches to using technology in
education, specifically on the topics of computer-supported
intentional learning environments (CSILE), computer-based
modeling, and the assessment of technology's impact on
learning. Dr. Janette Hill received her M.S. in
Library Science in 1990 and, in 1995, a Ph.D. in
Instructional Systems Design from The Florida State
University. Returning to UGA where she was a postdoctoral
fellow in the Learning and Performance Support Lab
(1995-96), she was on the faculty of the University of
Northern Colorado and Georgia State University. She has
participated in diverse design projects, including a
training project as a faculty fellow at NASA, Johnson Space
Center. Her current research focuses on
Web-based learning environments, information retrieval in
open-ended systems, and community building in virtual
environments. Her teaching interests include technology
integration, distance education, instructional design, and
Research in Instructional Technology. David L. Passmore is the Penn State
University Lesson Design Manager for this project. He is
Professor of Education, Operations Research, and Mineral
Engineering Management at Penn State. He also is
Professor-In-Charge of Workforce Education and Development
in Penn State's College of Education and Senior Scientist in
Penn State's intercollege Institute for Policy Research and
Evaluation. Dr. Passmore recently was appointed as Faculty
Fellow of the Center for Academic Computing at Penn State,
where he will serve as Director of Multimedia Technology
Classrooms to manage approximately $1.5 million of classroom
construction, renovation, and operation to provide support
for applications of technology to university teaching. He
earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and has held
academic and research appointments at the University of
Massachusetts, National Technical Institute for the Deaf,
University of Northern Iowa, and Harvard School of Public
Health. See: http://train.ed.psu.edu Dr. Passmore is the author of over 300
monographs and chapters in books, articles in refereed
publications, book reviews, articles in the popular press,
technical reports, and research papers presented at
international, national, and regional professional
conferences. Dr. Marcy P. Driscoll is Professor and
Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology and
Learning Systems at Florida State University. She is also
Past-President of the Association for Educational
Communications and Technology (AECT). She is the author or
co-author of six textbooks in learning and instruction,
including Psychology of Learning for Instruction, which won
the 1995 Outstanding Book Award in Instructional Development
from AECT, and, with Robert M. Gagné, Essentials of
Learning for Instruction. She has also published numerous
articles in professional journals on learning, instructional
theory, and educational semiotics. In teaching, Professor
Driscoll has won the Outstanding Instructor Award from the
students in Instructional Systems and Educational Psychology
in 1990-91, 1991-92, and 1994-95; a College of Education
Teaching Award in 1989-90 for recognition of excellence in
teaching undergraduate students; and a university Teaching
Incentive Program award in 1995-96 for excellence in
undergraduate and graduate teaching. Dr. Walter Wager is Professor of
Instructional Systems at The Florida State University. His
teaching and research interests include electronic
performance support systems design, web-based instruction,
and technology in teaching. Recently, his research has
focused on the development of a product for web-based course
development and distance delivery called
"Construe". Courses topics he has taught include
educational technology, instructional development, and
electronic performance support systems design. In addition
to numerous articles in refereed journals, he is also the
co-author (with Robert Gagne) of Principles of Instructional
Design. Dr. J. Mark Hunter is an Associate
Professor of Education at Austin Peay State University in
Clarksville, TN. He holds an Ed.D. in Instructional Systems
Design from Virginia Tech. At Austin Peay, Dr. Hunter
teaches preservice teachers as well as in the instructional
technology graduate masters program in the College of
Education. In addition to his instructional duties, Dr.
Hunter is the Director of the 21st Century Project, the
College's grant-funded instructional technology integration
initiative. He is president of the Association for
Educational Communications and Technology's new division of
Teacher Education, and Publications Chair of the
International Visual Literacy Association. Dr. Hunter was
also a member of the writing team that developed the latest
version of the ISTE Technology Standards for teacher
preparation. Dr. Don Luck is a Professor of Education in the
Instructional Technology program at Austin Peay State
University. He teaches courses in Instructional Technology,
as well as general education courses, and he occasionally
supervises student teachers. He also focuses on teaching
technical courses, specifically those dealing with creation
of multimedia instructional materials, Internet use, and
scripting or programming knowledge. Training and Consulting a new area of interest for Dr.
Luck. In 1999 he spent a one year leave of absence working
with the training division of the local Trane plant, where
he headed their project to move from satellite to web based
training, which involved training their people on the basic
principles of instructional design, the selection of a
web-based course administrative and creation package, and
the creation of training materials. Dr. Luck is currently active in the National
Social Science Association, serving on their national
board and as the association webmaster, and is also working
with the local Kiawanis club and his Instructional Video
Design class in producing a video to gain support for the
"Memories of Service and Sacrifice" project sponsored by the
Kiawanis. This project will record oral histories of
veterans in the area and eventually serve as an educational
resource. Dr. Luck is the recipient of the "Socrates Award", given
by Austin Peay University for outstanding teaching by a
tenure track professor.
Project Director
(kpeck@psu.edu)
Director of Competency Definition and Certification
(pharris@ait.net)
Director of Model Lesson Development
(sml11@psu.edu)
Director of Tool and Assessment Development
(augustine@psu.edu)
Project Evaluator
(davepopp@psu.edu)
University of Georgia
Lesson Development Manager
(janette@coe.uga.edu)
Penn State University
Lesson Development Manager
(dlp@email.psu.edu)
Florida State University
Lesson Development Manager
(mdriscol@mailer.fsu.edu)
Florida State University
Lesson Development Manager
(wagerw@lsi.fsu.edu)
Austin Peay Assessment Development Manager
(HunterM@apsu.edu)
Austin Peay University Rubric Development Team Leader
(luckd@apsu.edu)
