J. Michael Spector: January 2012 Routledge Education Author of the Month

Congratulations to J. Michael Spector, our Author of the Month!

Dr. Spector’s research is in the areas of intelligent support for instructional design, system dynamics based learning environments, assessing learning in complex domains, distance learning, and technology integration in education. He is the author of Foundations of Educational Technology and co-editor of the third and fourth editions of the Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology. He is the editor of the Development Section of Educational Technology Research & Development, and serves on numerous other editorial boards and has more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and books to his credit. Dr. Spector is active in international educational technology developments and was the Conference Co-Chair and Local Organizer for the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT).

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Currently, Dr. Spector is Professor and Chair of Learning Technologies in the College of Information at the University of North Texas. Previously, he was Professor of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, Doctoral Program Coordinator for the Learning, Design, and Technology Program, and a Research Scientist at the Learning and Performance Support Laboratory at the University of Georgia (2009-2011). He has also served as Associate Director of the Learning Systems Institute, Professor of Instructional Systems, and Principal Investigator for the International Center for Learning, Education and Performance Systems at Florida State University (2004-2008). From 2000-2004, Dr. Spector was the Chair of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation at Syracuse University and Director of the Educational Information Science and Technology Research Program at the University of Bergen from 1996 to 1999.

Dr. Spector is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin (1978). Dr. Spector served on the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (ibstpi) as Executive Vice President, the Executive Committee of the IEEE Learning Technology Technical Committee, and is a past president of the Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT).

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