Experts in IT field
Robert Reiser is currently a professor in the Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies program and past program leader. In April 2000, he received the University Distinguished Teacher Award- the highest teaching award at Florida State. Each year this award is given to one faculty member at Florida State who has, over his or her career, demonstrated a record of sustained teaching excellence. Dr. Reiser is the first and only member of the College of Education to have received this award.
https://education.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/dr-robert-reiser
Michael Molenda has been retired from teaching since 2005, but he continues to carry out some writing projects in the field of educational technology. During 2004-2007 he was deeply involved in the writing and editing of the book published in October 2007, Educational Technology: A Definition with Commentary. More recently he served as a member of AECT's committee on definition and terminology, contributing ten definitions to the 2013 Encyclopedia of Terminology for Educational Communications and Technology.
http://education.indiana.edu/dotnetforms/Profile.aspx?u=molenda
Charles M. Reigeluth is an educational theorist and researcher who focuses on instructional design theories and systemic transformation of educational systems, transforming from the teacher-centered paradigm founded in time-based student progress to the learner-centered paradigm founded in competency-based student progress. He has a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology from Brigham Young University.
David Merrill is an instructional effectiveness consultant and professor emeritus at Utah State University. Among his principle contributions: TICCIT Authoring System 1970's, Component Display Theory and Elaboration Theory 1980's, Instructional Transaction Theory, automated instructional design and ID based on Knowledge Objects 1990's, and recently First Principles of Instruction. He was honored to receive the AECT Life Time Achievement Award.
Michael Spector is a Professor and Former Chair of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin. He served on the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (ibstpi) as Executive Vice President.he is also an active member of AERA’s Instructional Technology and Learning and Technology SIGs. He has more than 150 publications to his credit.
Mendel Sherman, a faculty member from 1955 to 1975, designated that $800,000 from his estate go to the School of Education. Sherman, who was noted for helping establish and disseminate best teaching methods for audiovisual tools in classrooms, passed away in October 2012.
http://archive.news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2014/03/teaching-with-tech-gift-database.shtml
Marcy P. Driscoll is Dean of the Florida State University College of Education. Dean Driscoll’s research centers on learning, instructional theory, and educational semiotics. She is the author or co-author of eight textbooks and an edited research handbook in learning and instruction, and has published numerous articles in professional journals on learning and instruction theory.
https://education.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/dean-marcy-driscoll
Robert Gagne was an American educational psychologist best known for his Conditions of Learning. He pioneered the science of instruction during World War II when he worked with the Army Air Corps training pilots. He went on to develop a series of studies and works that simplified and explained what he and others believed to be "good instruction." Gagné was also involved in applying concepts of instructional theory to the design of computer-based training and multimedia-based learning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Gagn%C3%A9
Rita C. Richey is Professor Emeritus of Instructional Technology at Wayne State University. She has two Outstanding Book Awards from the Association of Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) Division of Design and Development and also two AECT Brown Publication Awards. In recognition of her career’s work, in 2000 she received the AECT Distinguished Service Award
Phil Harrison, is the executive director of AECT. The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is a professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed towards improving instruction through technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDS4FSd7EJQ
Richard E. Mayer has been a Professor of Psychology at UCSB since 1975. Dr. Mayer’s current research involves the intersection of cognition, instruction, and technology with a special focus on multimedia learning and computer-supported learning. He is the winner of the Thorndike Award for career achievement in educational psychology, the Scribner Award for outstanding research in learning and instruction, and the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Contribution of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award.
