The Pennsylvania State University Team 1996
Team Sponsor: David Jonassen
David Jonassen is Professor and Head of Instructional Systems at The
Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Jonassen has previously taught at the
University of Colorado, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Syracuse University and Temple University and consulted with businesses,
universities, and other institutions around the world. He has
authored/edited sixteen books and hundreds of articles, papers, and
technical reports. His current research focuses on designing
constructivist learning environments, cognitive tools for learning,
knowledge representation methods, and individual differences and learning.
jonassen@psu.edu
David Birdwell
David Birdwell is a 43 year old US Navy Commander, currently stationed at
the US Army War College as a member of the teaching faculty. I have
recently been asked to head the Distance Learning Initiative and enjoy the
challenge that it offers. He was raised in Texas, did his undergraduate
work at UT-Arlington, MIS work at the Naval Postgraduate School, and is
currently a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems at Penn State. His
research interests are in instructional strategies and decision making.
His hobbies include amateur radio and water skiing.
birdweld@pa.net
Sonja Heeter
Sonja V. Heeter has ten years of elementary classroom experience in the
Redbank Valley School District, New Bethlehem, PA. Since 1988, Sonja has
held the position of Director of Technology there. She is responsible for
the development and implementation of the technology curriculum for the
district. Her duties include some teaching responsibilities K-12 and the
design and delivery of professional development coursework for the faculty.
Sonja has also presented teacher workshops and seminars for various school
districts and universities in Pennsylvania. Sonja Heeter's credentials
include a master's degree in Science Education from Clarion University of
Pennsylvania. She plans completion of her doctoral work in Instructional
Systems from The Pennsylvania State University in 1997.
sah134@psu.edu
Jill Lane
Jill Lane is a second semester Ph.D. candidate in the Instructional Systems
Department. Before coming to PSU, she taught eighth grade General
Mathematics and Algebra at a suburban Philadelphia middle school, as well
as serving on her district's curriculum study committee. Jill's education
includes a B.S. in Secondary Mathematics Education from Penn State in 1987,
and a M.S. in Computing in Education from Rosemont College in 1991.
jll191@psu.edu
Tiancheng Li
Tiancheng Li graduated with a Master's degree in Educational Psychology
from Peking University, China. He taught psychology classes in a teacher's
university before he started his Ph.D. program in Instructional Systems. He
worked as research assistant and teaching assistant while attending school.
He is now a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems program and a
graduate assistant in Smeal College of Business, Penn State University. His
primary academic interests are designing modeling and scaffolding in
case-based learning environment and designing computer-based tools to
foster distributed cognition.
txl6@psu.edu
Karen Peters
Karen Peters is a doctoral student at Penn State University Park in
Instructional Systems with over 16 years of business experience, both
corporate and self owned. My current position is a faculty development
specialist at the Center for Academic Computing. Her responsibilities
include aiding faculty and staff in developing and implementing emerging
technologies into their classroom design, including multimedia productions.
kmp138@psu.edu
Marina Samouilova
Marina Samouilova isa doctoral student at the Instructional Systems
Department, the Pennsylvania State University in her last semester of
classes. She is Russian and came to America from the academic town 70
miles south-east of Moscow called Pushchino. Pushchino is the Academy of
Biological Sciences of Russia, former U.S.S.R. She has her B.S. in English
and Literature from Kalinin State University in Russia. After graduating,
she worked as an English teacher in St. Petersburg for a year and then as
an interpreter in her native town working for the Academy of Biological
Sciences of the U.S.S.R. She has organized and participated in a number of
Russian-American and -European camps and International Symposia while
working for the Academy of Sciences. She received her MS in Interactive
Technologies from Bloomsburg University and then worked at Aetna Life
& Casualty as a Learning Technologist, designing and developing multimedia
training for Aetna employees. She also worked with the Air Force Academy in
CO as a language and technology consultant. She is interested in situated
learning, constructivism, problem-solving, and metacognition.
mas299@psu.edu
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