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Harrison Hao Yang (Ed.D., Florida International University, 1996) is a Profes- sor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at State University of New York at Oswego, USA. He also holds a Distinguished Adjunct Professor position in the National Engineering and Research Center for E-Learning at Central China Normal University, China. Dr. Yang’s research specialties include assessment and e-folios, distance/flexible education, information literacy, information technology diffusion/integration, learning theories, issues and trends on vocational-technical education, and Web/learning communities. Dr. Yang is the recipient of State Uni- versity of New York (system-wide) Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009 and SUNY Oswego President’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2006.

Shuyan Wang (Ph.D., Ohio University, 2004) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at The University of Southern Mississippi, USA. Her research interests include technology integration into teaching and learning, technology integration into EFL classroom, distance learning, e-learning, assessment, and electronic portfolios. Dr. Wang has many publications in the format of books, book chapters, and journal articles. She has conducted a large number of presentations at local, national, and international conferences.

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Jessica L. Barron is currently pursuing her doctorate in Instructional Technology at Duquesne University and hopes to expand her studies in Instructional Gaming. She is also a Graduate Research Assistant at Duquesne University. She earned her M.A. in the Adult Education and Communications Technology program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Jessica teaches technology courses at Keystone Tech- nical Institute. About the Contributors

Kenneth Berry, M.Sc., is an Instructional and Learning Technology Specialist in the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, providing support to faculty in using technology in teaching, focusing on both technical and pedagogical issues. He has a MSc in Information Systems, over 10 years experience in systems administration and supporting Learning Management Systems, and is currently pursuing certification in E-Learning at the University of Toronto. He was a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, where he also was the IT Administrator in the Faculty of Humanities and Education. His research areas include the use of educational technologies in university contexts and the design of online learning environments.

Dana Bruhn holds an M.A. in English Studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and currently teaches Composition at Century College in St. Paul, MN. Her focus is on the exploration of developing technologies that have the potential of creating engaging online-learning environments for traditional and nontraditional students.

Prince Hycy Bull is an Associate Professor, Program Coordinator of the Edu- cational Technology program and Interim Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Education. Bull was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College, a Master of Arts (Honors) in Educational Leadership and a Master of Education (Honors) in Special Education from NCCU. Bull earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with specialty in Instructional Technology from North Carolina State University. He has authored and co-authored four books, over 15 articles and edited proceedings, and made over 45 presentations at international, national, state, and local conferences. Bull is a recognized leader in the field of educational technology. His research mainly focuses on how technology could enhance teaching and learning in k-20 traditional and virtual settings.

Xiaojun Chen is a Ph.D. Candidate in Learning Design and Technology at Pur- due University. After Xiaojun obtained her Master of Education in Communication, Education, and Technology from the University of Manchester, she worked in K-12 and higher education institutions in the U.K. and in China. Xiaojun’s research is centered around the following themes: 1) interdisciplinary team learning, 2) technology integration in formal and informal learning, 3) international development of instructional technology. She has worked in various research projects including National Science Foundation funded project in undergraduate design teams in service learning, instructional design for K-12 subjects, international online col-

489 About the Contributors laboration for teacher preparation, and virtual universities in global context. She has presented in many national and international conferences. She has also published in the Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Distance Education, Journal of Computing in Higher Education, and Journal of Educational Technology Develop- ment and Exchange.

Jim Ellis spent many years in the Royal Air Force as an Electronics Technician and latterly as an Education and Training Officer, where his roles included training analysis, design, and face-to-face delivery. His final position was in a fledgling department of computer based learning, advising early CBL adopters and managing in-house CBL production. He left the RAF in 1995 and moved into the commercial computer-based learning sector in various capacities that included learning analyst, learning designer, Authorware developer, project manager, and quality manager. He joined the UK Open University in 2003 as Head of Interactive Media and currently runs a production team and advises on e-learning design in the university’s central media production unit, which provides materials and online services for the OU’s 200,000 distance learners. Jim completed a Doctorate in Education in 2011, researching into the Design, Use, and Effectiveness of Different Forms of Content in e-Learning Tutorials.

James A. Elwood, Ed.D., has taught English at the university level in both the US and Japan, and he currently is at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. He serves on several editorial review boards and is co-editor of the Outside the Box: A Multi- lingual Forum. His research interests and publications focus on affective variables in SLA, CALL, and psychometrics in SLA research.

Solen Feyissa is a Ph.D. student in Learning Technologies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His research interests include the design, implementation, and evaluation of online and distance learning environments.

Paul Fritz acquired his Ph.D. in Communication at Bowling Green State Uni- versity in 1978. After two years as Visiting Professor at Bowling Green, he joined the faculty at the University of Toledo, where he remains. He began teaching distance-learning courses in 1995. He is active in the pedagogical movement “the scholarship of teaching and learning.” He is particularly interested in how ePortfo- lio compositions can document students’ depth of learning in higher education. In 2009, he was presented with “The Outstanding Teaching Award” at the University of Toledo, an award he prizes above all others.

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Francisco Vieira Garonce is Lieutenant Colonel Jet Pilot of the Brazilian Air Force. He graduated in Business Administration from the Brazilian Air Force Academy (1991), graduated in Social Communication / Journalism from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (1997), has a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Brasilia (2003), Doctor Degree in Education and Communication (Ph.D.) from the University of Brasilia (2009), and Post-Doctorate in Education from the Inter-American Defense College, Washington-DC/USA (2011). He has experience in the areas of education and administration, with emphasis on military education, acting on the following topics: research in education, establishment of distance education programs, preparing teachers and tutors to work on distance education digital platforms, public affairs, media advisory, press relations, journalism, and military operations.

Otto Grahl-Nielsen is Professor Emeritus at University of Bergen, Norway. Research area: analytical organic marine chemistry with lipids in fish and marine mammals as a focus. He has taught general, organic, and analytical chemistry, and is currently involved in development of Web- and smart-phone-based teaching programs in general chemistry.

David Gray has a long track record in e-learning development, starting with a doctorate, which involved the design and development of a computer-assisted learning program for hearing-impaired children. Over the last 12 years, David has been involved in a variety of European Union-funded projects aimed at developing e-learning skills and competencies amongst teachers and trainers in vocational education and training and has published widely in this area in academic and practitioner-focused journals.

Dean A. F. Gui is a Language Instructor with the English Language Centre at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Having immigrated to the USA in 1991, after some high school years in Canada, he moved between Chicago, San Francisco, and San Diego, teaching both high school and community college English, before moving back to Hong Kong in 2009. He holds an M.A. in Creative Writing, with research interests in creative literature, hybrid identity, and language learning in virtual worlds.

Shalin Hai-Jew works as an instructional designer at Kansas State University; she teaches for WashingtonOnline (WAOL). She has BAs in English and Psychol- ogy and an MA in English from the University of Washington, and an Ed.D. from Seattle University (2006). She taught in the People’s Republic of China from 1988 – 1990 and 1992 – 1994, the latter two years with the United Nations Development

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Programme. She reviews for both Educause Quarterly and JOLT (of MERLOT). She has a book forthcoming from IGI-Global titled Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation, Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information.

Robert Haworth is a Graduate Student in the Department of Computer Science at Western University of Canada. His current focus of research is in the design of digital games. Specifically, he is investigating various aspects of design that relate to the cognitive influence resulting from playing games.

Kim J. Hyatt is an Associate Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. She teaches Strategic Writing for the School of Information Systems and Management and Strategic Presentation Skills for the School of Public Policy and Management. Professor Hyatt’s professional activities include speaking engage- ments at national and international venues, as well as participation and service in professional organizations. She is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education. She participates as an International Review Board (IRB) member for the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) Association. She is also a member of ChinaLinks, an international consulting firm that specializes in creating and implementing professional development workshops in China. Previously, Dr. Hyatt taught doctoral courses for the Instructional Technology program at Duquesne University.

Morris S. Y. Jong read his BEng (Hons) degree, MSc degree, and PhD degree, respectively, from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The University of Hong Kong, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on digital game-based learning, computer-supported collaborative learning, and teacher professional development. Dr. Jong is currently the Associate Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Information Technology in Education under the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published over 30 international and global Chinese conference papers, as well as given presentations and invited talks in seminars and scholarly visits.

Ahmed Kharrufa is the Chief Technical Officer of Reflective Thinking Ltd., a new company specialized in collaborative learning technologies. Previously, he was the Development Manager of Diwan Software Ltd., a company specialized in educational and desktop publishing applications. After completing his Ph.D. research in 2010, which was focused on investigating the support of interactive tabletops for collaborative learning, Ahmed Kharrufa became a visiting member of staff at Culture Lab, Newcastle University, where he is still actively involved in research in addition to working in the educational software industry. His research interests

492 About the Contributors are on face-to-face collaborative learning, promoting higher level thinking skills such as reflection and metacognition, and the utilization of tabletop technology for promoting such skills.

Lena Paulo Kushnir, Ph.D., was appointed to the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto in 2007, in Instructional Design and Learning Technology Development, to direct the Teaching Technology Support Office. Previously, Dr. Kushnir taught in the Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, for 16 years and has held cross-appointments at other local institutions (Ryerson University and OCAD University). Her areas of research include instructional design, online assessment, and the use of educational technologies in university contexts. More specifically, her research examines the characteristics of online learning environments and the use of educational technologies in undergraduate courses (e.g., podcasts, clickers), and examines the effects of such environments and technologies, on perception, cognition, information processing, and learning, focusing primarily on work efficacy, stimulus overload, and individuals’ perceptions (and misconceptions) of information overload.

David Leat is the Executive Director of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLaT) at Newcastle University and Professor of Curriculum Innovation. His research interests started with teaching thinking skills and this work led to the development of paper-based mysteries and research into their use for formative and diagnostic assessment. In subsequent projects, where possible with practitioner partners, he has researched Learning2Learn, metacognition, teacher coaching and enquiry-based curriculum. Between 2001 and 2004, on leave of absence, David Leat worked in a government initiative for secondary schools aimed at building change capacity in schools, where he wrote many training modules, including Explaining (Skills), Big Concepts, Thinking Skills, and Coaching. The development of digital tabletops and collaboration with Culture Lab at Newcastle University has enabled him to return to researching mysteries on a new platform.

Fong-lok Lee has twenty-one years of working experience in his specialist field, twenty-two years of teaching experience in local secondary schools, and more than sixteen years in conducting teacher training courses for local secondary school teachers. He served as the master of extracurricular activities and mathematics panel chairman. Professor Lee was a member of the executive committee of the Global Chinese Association on Computers in Education and the Co-Chief Editor of Global Chinese Journal of Computers. He is the past President of Asia-Pacific Society for

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Computers in Education. His research interests include educational technology, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence in education, mathematics learning, and application of information technologies in education.

Jimmy H. M. Lee read both his BMath (Hons) degree and MMath degree from the University of Waterloo in 1987 and 1988, respectively, and his PhD from the University of Victoria in 1992. Immediately upon graduation, he joined The Chi- nese University of Hong Kong. In recent years, Professor Lee has been conducting research on novel Web-based learning platforms and the accompanying pedagogies, particularly in the development of educational games. Professor Lee has over 100 refereed technical publications in international journals and conferences, and has obtained over $11 million in competitive research funding. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Discrete Algorithms, the CONTRAINTS Journal, and the Constraint Pro-Gramming Newsletter.

Lan Li is an Associate Professor of the Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL), UK. She holds M.Phil. and Ph.D degrees in Applied Linguistics from the University of Exeter, UK. She has been teaching English and Linguistics at university level for over 20 years, and has engaged in a number of research projects relating to language corpora, lexicology, and professional communication. Her publications cover metaphor and semantic studies, computer-mediated professional communication and corpus linguistics.

Karen Lybeck is an Associate Professor of English, specializing in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She focuses mainly on topics within second-language acquisition and second- language teacher education, including the uses of technology for the enhancement of language-teacher development.

George R. MacLean is a Professor of EFL at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan. He has held positions in the international school system and the Japanese education system as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT), a primary- junior high-school teacher, and a deputy-principal. He has published and presented frequently at an international level in the areas of ICT applications, mobile learning, and materials development. Other interests include content-based instruction, peer-based feedback, and intercultural communications. He is a reviewer for several international journals and co-editor of Outside the Box: A Multilingual Forum (www.otbforum.net).

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Oyvind Mikalsen, Ph.D., is an Inorganic Chemist, and the first part of his research revolved around the bounding in divalent complex Tellurium compounds. His present research comprises pupils in Norwegian and African schools, and the focus has been on the understanding of various concepts. Through questionnaires, the understanding of specific concepts have been analyzed and compared between pupils in different countries south of Sahara and Norway. Recently, a major Ph.D. project, which included 28 students from ten African countries ended. 27 of the students have achieved doctoral degrees. Most of the students chose the topic of their theses to be from their home countries.

Joseph Mintz is Principal Lecturer in Education at London South Bank Univer- sity. He taught for a number of years in North London Schools, before moving into higher education, teaching in pre-service teacher training, Masters, and Doctoral programmes. His research interests focus on educational technology and special educational needs. His doctoral dissertation focuses on teachers’ emotional position- ing towards working with children with special educational needs in the context of the introduction of technology innovation in to the classroom. He was the UK Principal Investigator on the EC-funded HANDS project from 2008 to 2011 and has particular expertise in the use of mobile technology and persuasive design in educational and care related settings.

Fariel Mohan is a Senior Instructor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) at the Point Lisas campus. Fariel has a MSc. in Telecommunications and a BSc. in Computer Option, both from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus. At UTT, Fariel teaches Mathematics and Computer Programming. Fariel’s research has been focused on innovative techniques incorporating technology and using 21st century techniques in teaching 1st year Mathematics and 1st year Com- puter Programming. At UTT, Fariel has been teaching using virtual classroom as a blended approach in teaching of 1st year Mathematics. Fariel has also been using an ONSBlue approach in teaching 1st year C++ programming. Fariel also has been investigating for trends in the learning of mathematics from the primary level to the secondary level in Trinidad.

Tim Newby is a Professor in the Learning Design and Technology program area of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue University. He received a Ph.D. degree in Instructional Psychology from Brigham Young University. At Purdue, he conducts research on issues pertaining to motivation, human learning, and the impact of instructional strategies on the learning process. In addition to research, Dr. Newby teaches undergraduate and graduate courses that include Introduction

495 About the Contributors to Educational Technology; Instructional Strategies; Learning Theory, Motivation, and Foundations of Instructional Design Theory. He has recently co-authored two textbooks (Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning and Teaching and Learning with Microsoft Office 2010 and Office 2011 for Mac).

Michaela A. Noakes is a Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant in the Instructional Technology program at Duquesne University. She received her MS- ISM, MBA, and M.A. from Duquesne University. She also serves as a Data Analy- sis Consultant in the School of Education at Duquesne University. Michaela is an adjunct faculty member at Duquesne University, Point Park University, and Butler County Community College. She was recently inducted into Pi Lambda Theta, the International Honor Society for Educators.

Patrick Olivier is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and leads the Digital Interaction research group in Culture Lab at Newcastle University. He is an expert in interaction design and pervasive computing and is interested in both the development of new technologies and the development of new methodologies both to design and evaluate digital technologies in their everyday use

Hyungsung Park is an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Educational Tech- nology, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk, Korea. He received his Ph.D. degree from KNUE 2009. His research interests include Game-Based Learning, Educational Game Design, and Teacher Education. He has recently published several chapters on educational games and simulation: “Design of an Adaptive Mobile Learning Management System based on Student Learning Styles” in Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation For Mobile Technology; “Learn- ing by Doing via Game Making” in Digital Simulations for Improving Education: Learning Through Artificial Teaching Environments by IGI Global, “Virtual Worlds as a Learner Centered Environment for Spatial Reasoning” in Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in Virtual Worlds and Environments.

Linda Peters is an Adjunct Professor for the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her teaching responsibilities include MBA-level courses in Organizational Behavior and Theory, Human Resource Man- agement, Real Estate Investment, and Negotiation and Theory. Dr. Peters’ primary research interest focuses on virtual teamwork both within organizations and in the academic E-Learning environment. She has published several articles and co-authored two book chapters as well as made several presentations at national and international conferences on the topic of virtuality. Dr. Peters currently serves on the Editorial

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Board for the Small Group Research Journal. In addition to her academic interests, Dr. Peters is actively engaged in entrepreneurial programs and companies, serving on the advising committee for the Entrepreneurship Initiatives and as a member of RVI, an angel investment group that focuses primarily on investments in early-stage start-up companies with a patentable product.

Paul Erik Lillholm Rosenbaum received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bergen. Dr. Rosenbaum is the Research Manager in the Hospital Pharmacy West Health Corporation of Norway. He has been organizing and producing e-learning teaching programs for 10 years, now with a special focus on educational design within the subject field of pharmacy teaching. It is his goal to create e-learning projects to contribute more understanding of online learning benefits. Other professional experiences: a) Press photographer from the newspaper industry, b) Instruc- tor on multimedia software used for communication and teaching, c) Graphical designer of Web-based gaming applications, d) Adviser and manager of homepage architectures for lager businesses, and e) Organizer of e-learning programs within health organizations.

Malcolm Ryan is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Greenwich and a Principal Lecturer in Education. He is a qualified and highly experienced teacher and educational technologist and brings these skills to his role as Head of TaLEnT (Teaching and Learning Enhancement Team). Well regarded for working collab- oratively with colleagues across Europe, Malcolm regularly acts as a consultant within/out the university and has been a team member of several JISC and HEA e-learning projects. Malcolm is a co-founder member of ELESIG, on the Editorial Board of IJEL and Programme Committee of AACE’s Ed-Media. He served 6 years as the Higher Education representative on ALT’s Further Education Committee, is a member of the JISC Experts Panel, and an appointed ‘Critical Friend’ to the Cur- riculum Delivery and Developing Digital Literacies Programmes.

Gilberto Lacerda dos Santos graduated in Mathematics from Centro Univer- sitário de Brasília (1986), Master’s degree in Education Technologies from Uni- versite Laval – Quebec, Canada (1991), Ph.D. in Education from Universite Laval – Quebec, Canada (1995), and Ph.D. in Sociology from Universidade de Brasília (2001). He has experience in education, focusing on educational technology, acting on the following subjects: education technologies, education for computing, distance learning, education.

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Kamran Sedig is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Sci- ence and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University of Canada. His research is in the area of the design of digital information interfaces of tools that support knowledge activities, such as visualization tools, decision support tools, learning tools, and digital cognitive games.

Junjie Shang is the Vice-Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Peking University, as well as the Director or Department of Educational Technology. He earned both his BSc Degree and MPhil degree from Peking University in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and his Ph.D. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor. His research focuses on computer game-based learning and virtual reality in education. Dr. Shang has published more than 35 papers in international and global Chinese journals and conferences. Dr. Shang has conducted a number of IT in education research projects funded by the government and received many prizes from international conferences.

Shirley Shmerling is a Senior Lecturer at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her teaching responsibilities include online and face-to-face graduate-level courses in Information Management, Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology, and Information Technology for Accoun- tants as well as a variety of independent studies with MBA students covering topics such as electronic healthcare records, business analytics, technology and innovation in small businesses, and mobile technologies in business. Dr. Shmerling’s current research interest focuses on online learning and utilization of social applications in higher education and in business. She has published several articles and made numerous presentations on these topics at national and international conferences. In addition to her academic interests, Dr. Shmerling consults with businesses in the areas of process improvement, change management, technology assessment and integration, and deployment of online services and social media.

Dora Wong is a Language Instructor of the department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She has keen research interest in online collaborative learning for the ESL language classroom. Her most recent projects include studying of peer assessment of ESL writing via wiki, blogs, and Second Life, teaching technical and business writing through multidisciplinary learning, guiding students on service learning projects, etc. She welcomes opportunities to collaborate with interested parties in cross-organisational and interdisciplinary research projects.

498 About the Contributors Gigi Au Yeung is an Education Technologist specializing in multimedia application. She is the Project Manager of the Virtual Polytechnic University in Second Life. Besides multimedia design for education uses in virtual world, she is also a multimedia programmer. She is interested in design and development of online learning and game-based learning. Currently, she works on a project at the English Language Centre of the University to develop an online interactive platform for Chinese and English reading and writing requirements.

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