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Welcome to my personal web site. As I get more and more overwhelmed by all potential access to information, media, and so on, this is my place to hopefully organize, retain, reflect, and rethink. I think of this site as a cubbyhole or holding tank for my teaching, research, and personal stuff. It is such an upgrade over the old post-it note method that used to be my main repository.
Professional background
- Professor of Educational Technology (soon to be “Learning Design and Technology”) in the College of Education at Purdue University
- Research interests in human learning, motivation, and the impact of instructional strategies on the learning process. Current interest in Web 2.0 technologies and their potential impact on learning.
- Teaching includes courses in instructional design theory, motivation, instructional strategies — and of course the intro to educational technology.
Personal information
- Husband of a dance director
- Father of 4 (two of which decided to get married this summer within 2 weeks of each other — of course they chose to do their weddings on separate continents)
- Former coach (soccer)
- Bishop of the Purdue University Student Singles Ward for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints