Keynote Speakers

Professor Lloyd Rieber

Department of Instructional Technology,
The University of Georgia

Lloyd is interested in visualization, cognitive psychology and constructivistic orientations to instructional design. His research focuses on using computer animation in the design of interactive learning environments. His most recent research is about the integration of computer-based microworlds, simulations and games using play theory as the theoretical framework. He is now applying this research to online learning environments. He has written two books. The first, Computers, Graphics, and Learning, was the recipient of Association for Educational Communications and Technology's James W. Brown Publication Award. He was also one of the originators of ITFORUM, a professional listserv devoted to instructional technology issues, and was its first moderator. He is chair-elect of the Special Interest Group for Instructional Technology of the American Educational Research Association and is also a past-president of the Association for the Development of Computer-Based Instructional Systems (ADCIS).

WWW: http://it.coe.uga.edu/~lrieber and http://www.NowhereRoad.com

Professor Alex Radloff

Associate Dean (Academic)
Director of Teaching Quality in the Faculty of Life Sciences,
RMIT University

Alex's research interests include self-regulation of learning in university students, the development of student academic writing skills and professional development of academic staff. She has been the recipient of a CAUT and a CUTSD teaching development grant for her work on student writing and is the co-author of three books on student writing and learning. Alex has been a member of the HERDSA National Executive for six years and is a past President of the HERDSA WA Branch. Alex is an experienced presenter and workshop facilitator and in the past five years has conducted more than 40 consultancies, training programs, seminars and evaluation studies for various bodies in the public and private sectors in Australia. She has also designed and presented professional development programs for participants from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Africa.

Associate Professor Tim Koschmann

Department of Medical Education,
Southern Illinois University

Tim undertakes research on interaction in settings of collaboration and learning. Much of his work has concentrated on problem-based learning (PBL) as a form of educational innovation. He has been active in the emerging field of Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL). He was Program Chair for the first international conference on CSCL (CSCL '95) at Indiana University and Conference Co-Chair for CSCL '97 at the University of Toronto. Tim was the editor of CSCL: Theory and Practice of an Emerging Paradigm (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996) and is co-editor (together with Naomi Miyake and Rogers Hall) of a sequel scheduled to appear later this year. He is an associate editor for the Journal of the Learning Sciences and is on the editorial board of several other scholarly journals, including the American Educational Research Journal, Distance Education, and the Journal of Interactive Media in Education.

WWW: http://edaff.siumed.edu/tk/

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