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Advisory Board

The Virtual Design Center advisory board brings together professional organizations and science and learning technologies experts. The board’s diverse perspectives, practices, and methodology help it manage the Virtual Design Center’s design steps and principles.

Chair: Daniel T. Hickey
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences Program
Indiana University

Association for Educational Communications and Technology
 David Jonassen
Director, Learning Science Institute; Director, Center for the Study of Problem Solving, University of Missouri

International Society of the Learning Sciences
Yael Kali
Senior Lecturer, Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

National Consortium of Instruction and Cognition
Neil Schwartz
Professor, Department of Psychology, California State University at Chico

Scientific Community
Ali Whitmer
Director of Education and Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

Learning Technologies
John (Jack) M. Carroll
School of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University

Undergraduate Faculty
Paul Spear
Professor, Department of Psychology, California State University at Chico

Ex-Officio
Shelley Canright
Program Executive, Technology & Products Program Office, NASA Education

Tammy B. Rowan
Lead Educational Technology, Technology & Products Program Office, NASA Education

Charles A. Wood
Director, Center for Educational Technologies®, Wheeling Jesuit University

Debbie Denise Reese
Senior Educational Researcher, Center for Educational Technologies, Wheeling Jesuit University

Overview & Registration | Introductory Activities

Step 1: Project Rationale | Step 2: Standards Alignment | Step 3: Investigation Question | Step 4: Assessment | Step 5: Best Practices | Step 6: Learning Technologies

Design Principles | Wrap-up Activities | About the VDC

 

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