"Teach with Tech" Podcast in the News UPDATED
Instructional Consulting Hosts International Scholars and Visitors UPDATED
IC Staff Present at International Educational Technology Conferences UPDATED
Recent Publications by IC Staff
IC Director Presents in Macedonia
IC Director Presents in UK and China

"Teach with Tech" Podcast in the News UPDATED

The "Teach with Tech" podcast series, developed and hosted by Chris Essex, has been in the news lately. The popular podcast series will be featured in Educators' Podcast Guide 2007, a publication of the International Society of Performance Improvement. Essex was interviewed about the popular podcast series by WFIU, IU's NPR station, and the profile was broadcast at noon on Tuesday, September 12. He was also featured in a news release by Indiana University's Media Relations, part of a series called "Learning Matters." This was sent out to newspapers and TV stations throughout Indiana and it can be viewed in full online. Finally, he was photographed while recording Episode 13 of the podcast series with Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, for an article on the IU Home Pages.

What is a podcast? A podcast is a kind of Internet-delivered "radio show" that can be listened to either on a computer or on a portable digital audio player such as an iPod. Along with this podcast is a companion weblog, or blog, which provides direct links to resources mentioned on the podcast and provides other resources. We welcome faculty members, associate instructors, and any other interested parties to listen to the Podcast and visit the blog. New episodes will be uploaded on a monlhly basis. "Teach with Tech" can be subscribed to for free through Apple's iTunes podcast directory.

IC Hosts International Scholars and Visitors UPDATED

IC Staff Present at International Educational Technology Conferences
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In January, 2007, Chris Essex presented at the Indiana Computer Educators' conference in Indianapolis on the topic of "Integrating Podcasting into Your Teaching."

This October, if accepted, Chris Essex will be presenting on the following topics at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology conference in Anaheim, California:

• "Learning through Podcasting: Student-Created Podcasts"
• "We (and Our Students) are the Web:  Web 2.0 Technologies for Social, Collaborative, and Active Teaching and Learning" (with Mark Millard)

In June 2006, Karen Hallett presented on the topic of "Bridging the Digital Divide: Using Cultural
Anthropology as a Guideline for Instructional and Technology Consulting" at the EdMedia Conference in Orlando, Florida.

In October, 2006, members of the IC staff, past and present presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention in Dallas, Texas on the following topics.

• 'Podcasting: A New Medium for Distance Learning' (Chris Essex)
• 'Faculty Mobile Computing Program and Effects on Teaching and Research Practices of College Faculty' (JIngli Cheng, Chris Essex, Jung Won Hur)
• 'Supporting Instructors in the Transition between Learning Management Systems' (Mark Millard, Chris Essex)

Past Conference Presentations

In April, 2006, Jung Won Hur (along with Dr. Noriko Hara) presented on the topic of "Fostering Online Communities for K-12 Teacher Professional Development" at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

October 2005, members of the IC staff presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention in Orlando, Florida on the following topics.

• 'The Use of International Two-way Interactive Videoconferencing in a Mentoring Program for "At Risk" Middle School Students' (Chris Essex)
• 'Digital Video Production at the Postsecondary Level: Supporting College Faculty Initiatives' (Chris Essex, Jung Won Hur, Mark Millard)
• Building an Online Virtual Community of K-12 Educators in Korea' (Chris Essex, Jung Won Hur)
• 'Current Status, Future Trends and Issues in Human Performance Technology – What the Experts Say' (Jingli Cheng)
• 'The Professional Profile of Human Performance Technology Professionals: Employment, Compensation, and Job Satisfaction' (Jingli Cheng)

In October, 2004, IC Coordinator of Design and Development, Chris Essex, presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 International Convention in Chicago, Illinois. He spoke on the topic of "Faculty Development through Streaming Video: A New Delivery Medium for Training."

In June 2004, Karen Hallett presented at the EdMedia 2004 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications in Lugano, Switzerland, on the topic of "Navigating the Digital Divide: A Consulting Model for Programs Involving Adoption and Diffusion of Instructional Technologies in Developing Nations."

In June 2003, she gave a poster session at the EdMedia 2003 -World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. The poster session focused on the topic of "Supporting Distance Instructors at a Distance." Tom Watson, one of the School of Education's online educators, presented with her. IC staff member Chris Essex helped to develop the presentation and proceedings article but was not able to attend. The poster session was well-attended and Karen and Tom were able to talk to a large number of their international colleagues.

In June 2002, Karen Hallett and Chris Essex gave two presentations at the EdMedia 2002 -World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications conference in Denver, Colorado. The first presentation was entitled: "Evaluating Online Instruction: Adapting a Training Model to E-Learning in Higher Education" and the second was called: "EvalOnline: A Formative and Summative Evaluation System for Online and Technology-Enhanced Courses."

In November 2001, Chris Essex made two presentations at the AECT national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. One of the presentations was written with Karen Hallett, and focuses on helping faculty create digital video projects. The other presentation, with Charles Graham, focuses on academic rigor in on-campus and online courses. He recently presented, with Curt Bonk and Erin Maher, "Stating the State of E-learning: Surveys in College and Corporate Training Settings," at the 17th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning 2001, in Madison, Wisconsin on August 8th-11th.

In June, 2001, Karen Hallett presented "Linking Teaching Styles and Learning Styles with Compatible Pedagogy: A Guide for Online Instruction" at the EdMedia Conference in Tampere, Finland.

2000 was a busy year for the IC staff in terms of national convention presentations. IC staff members Karen Hallett, Chris Essex, Guoping Ma, and Paul Byun presented on several different topics. Karen Hallett, Chris Essex and Paul Byun presented "Supporting Instructors in the Creation of Online Distance Education Courses" at the February AECT National Convention in Long Beach, California. In June, Chris Essex presented two sessions at EDMEDIA 2000 in Montreal, Canada. His two presentations at this international convention were entitled: "Helping K-12 Teachers Integrate Internet Technology into Their Classrooms" and "A Course Website One Year Later: Lessons Learned."

At the 1999 national AECT convention in Houston, Karen Hallett, Christopher Essex and Paul Byun presented a roundtable session on the topic of "The Role of the Instructional Consulting Office in a Higher Education Institution." The session was well-attended and the participants expressed their appreciation for the session. Chris Essex also presented at the the EDMEDIA 99: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications convention in Seattle.

Recent Publications of IC Staff

• "Podcasting: A New Delivery Method for Faculty Development " by Chris Essex appears in an upcoming issue of Distance Learning magazine (v. 2, n.3).
• "Faculty Development through Streaming Video: A New Medium for Training" by Chris Essex appears in the current issue of Distance Learning magazine, and a translated version will appear in Distance Education in China.
• "Digital Video in the K-12 Classroom" by Chris Essex is a chapter in the book, Handbook of Literacy in Technology at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges, published by Idea Group Publishing.
• "Supporting Instructors in the Creation of Digital Video Projects: Lessons Learned" by Chris Essex and Karen Hallett appeared in the Nov-Dec 2002 issue of Educational Technology magazine.
• "Using the Internet in the K-12 Classroom: Online Course" by Chris Essex. This article is in the May-June 2002 issue of Tech Trends Magazine.
• "Teaching on the Web: Dilemmas faced by Constructivist Online Teacher-Educators" by Seak-zoon Roh et al, appeared in the February 2002 issue of the Journal of Educational Information Broadcasting.
• "The Effects of Menu Design on Information-Seeking Performance and User's Attitude on the World Wide Web." This article appeared in the February, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
• "Evaluating an Online Course:Feedback from 'Distressed' Students" by Chris Essex and Kursat Cagiltay. This article appeared in the Fall 2001 issue of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education.
• "Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Tools in Distance Education" by Rovy Brannon and Chris Essex. This article appeared in Tech Trends Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2001.
• "Supporting Instructors in the Creation of Online Distance Education Courses: Lessons Learned" by Karen Hallett, Chris Essex, and Paul Byun. This article appeared in Educational Technology Magazine, September/October 2000.

IC Director Presents in Macedonia

IC director Karen Hallett and Bob Appelman, an IST faculty member, were recently invited to Tetovo, Macedonia by the South East European University to conduct a week-long workshop for five faculty departments. This workshop focused on transforming teaching practices to encourage active student participation and critical thinking, and to integrate the use of instructional technology.  South East European University was established by the United Nations in 2001 to provide higher education in three languages:  Albanian, Macedonian, and English.  This was done in response to a legacy of ethnic conflict in the area, and particularly to the issue of historically limited possibilities for the ethnic Albanian minority (23% of the population) to obtain education in their native language.  Indiana University, in cooperation with US AID and World Learning, Inc, an NGO, has been instrumental in the establishment of an instructional support center and related resources which will support faculty as the university undergoes curricular and pedagogical transformation.

IC Director Presents in UK and China

Instructional Consulting Director and Adjunct Professor of Education and Telecommunications Karen Hallett was invited to speak to the faculty at the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) at Coventry University, Coventry England on June 1, 2005.  She presented on the topic of "Strategies for Promoting Communication and Active Student Involvement in an Online Environment."  CHED is a home for teaching and learning research at Coventry University, with a focus on online learning, including WebCT support. The Centre provides faculty with a range of professional development opportunities, including courses, workshops, seminars and individual consultancy in areas currently impacting higher education.  CHED also offers a full postgraduate program in learning and teaching in higher education, including a postgraduate certificate in learning and teaching for new lecturers.

In October and November, 2004, Karen and John Rupp (Indiana Geological Survey) visited China as guests of Zhejiang University and PetroChina Research Institute. While there, they presented at a secondary teachers’ professional development conference, to faculty and students in Education and Geology, and toured several secondary and primary schools.

Dr. Hallett presented on the topic of integrating technology into postsecondary education, sharing her experiences working with IU faculty. More photos and information may be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/travel/china_visit2004.htm