Associate Professor of Educational Technology

Educational Technology Department
Boise State University
1910 University Drive, MS 1747
Boise, ID, USA 83725
1.208.426.2952
csnelson{at}boisestate.edu

Education

Boise State University, Boise, ID 2003
Ed.D. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Dissertation: The Use of Representation in Content Designed for Online Mathematics Instruction

Boise State University, Boise, ID 2000
M.A. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Project: Extended Project Based Science Education

University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1994
BS.Ed.in Secondary Education
Areas of Concentration: Physical Science, Mathematics

Professional Experience

Academic and Teaching Positions in Higher Education

  • Associate Department Chair 2011-2012: Boise State University
  • Associate Professor 2011 to Present: Boise State University
  • Assistant Professor 2006 - 2011: Boise State University
  • Visiting Assistant Professor 2005-2006: Boise State University
  • Adjunct Professor 2003-2004: Boise State University
  • Adjunct Instructor 1999: Boise State University

K-12 Instruction

  • Science/Mathematics Teacher 1994-1999 – Gooding Middle School

Scholarly Activity

Peer Reviewed Articles

Snelson, C., Rice, K., & Wyzard, C. (2012). Research priorities for YouTube and video-sharing technologies: a Delphi study. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(1), 119-129. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01168.x

Snelson, C. (2011). YouTube across the disciplines: A review of the literature. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 7(1), 159-169. Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no1/snelson_0311.pdf or http://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no1/snelson_0311.htm

Morgan, E., Snelson, C., & Elison-Bowers, P. (2010). Image and video disclosure of substance use on social media websites. Computers in Human Behavior, 26(6), 1405-1411. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.04.017

Snelson, C., & Perkins, R.A. (2009). From silent film to YouTube: Tracing the historical roots of motion picture technologies in education. Journal of Visual Literacy, 28(1), 1-27. Retrieved from http://www.ohio.edu/visualliteracy/JVL_
ISSUE_ARCHIVES/JVL28(1)/28_1_SnelsonPerkins.pdf

Elison-Bowers, P., Snelson, C., Casa de Calvo, M., & Thompson, H. (2008). Health science students and their learning environment: A comparison of perceptions of on-site, remote-site, and traditional classroom students. Perspectives in Health Information Management (5)2, 1 - 17. Retrieved from http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/
ahima/bok1_036648.html

Ransdell, L.B., Rice, K., Snelson, C., & DeCola, J. (2008). Online health-related fitness courses: A wolf in sheep's clothing or a solution to some common problems. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (JOPERD) 79(1), 45 - 52.

Snelson, C., & Elison-Bowers, P. (2007). Micro-level design for multimedia-enhanced online courses. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 3(4), 1 - 12. Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/documents/snelson.pdf or http://jolt.merlot.org/vol3no4/snelson.htm

Snelson, C. (2006). Virtual design based research. Academic Exchange Quarterly 10(4), 106-110.

Snelson, C. (2006) Sampling the Web: The development of a custom search tool for research , LIBRES, 16(1) Retrieved fromhttp://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres16n1/index.htm

Snelson, C. (2006). Designing dynamic online lessons with multimedia representations. The ICFAI Journal of Higher Education, 1(2), 31-38. (Reprinted from The Journal of Educators Online, 2(1), Retrieved from http://www.thejeo.com/Archives/Volume2Number1/V2N1.htm

Snelson, C. (2005). Designing dynamic online lessons with multimedia representations. The Journal of Educators Online, 2(1), Retrieved from http://www.thejeo.com/Archives/Volume2Number1/SnelsonFinal.pdf

Editor Reviewed Articles

Elison-Bowers, P., & Snelson, C. (2007, Spring). Getting started with online paralegal instruction. The Paralegal Educator 21(1), 24-25. Publication of the American Association for Paralegal Education. Editor reviewed.

Snelson, C. (2006, August). Online professional development for teachers: Emerging models and methods [Review of the book Online professional development for teachers: Emerging models and methods]. Teachers College Record, Retrieved from http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 12651. Editor reviewed.

Book Chapters

Snelson, C. (in press). Teaching a YouTube course online. In H. Yang and S. Wang (Eds.), Cases on Formal, Non-Formal, and Informal Online Learning: Opportunities and Practices. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Elison-Bowers, P. & Snelson, C. (2012). Ethical challenges of online teaching.  In  R. E. Landrum and M. A. McCarthy (Eds.), Teaching Ethically: Addressing the Ethical Challenges Facing Undergraduate Teachers of Psychology.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Snelson, C. (2009). Web-based video for e-Learning: Tapping into the YouTube phenomenon. In H. Yang and S. Yuen (Eds.), Collective Intelligence and E‐Learning 2.0: Implications of Web‐Based Communities and Networking (pp.147-166). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Snelson, C. (2009). Virtual design based research. In M. Pierson, K. Stang, and B. Varner (Eds.), Sound instruction: Ready to use classroom practice (Vol. 2 , pp. 155-159). New York: Academic Exchange Books. (Original work published 2006) **This chapter is a reprint of Snelson, C. (2006). Virtual design based research. Academic Exchange Quarterly 10(4), 106-110. Retreived from http://www.rapidintellect.com/AE/SOUNDINSTRUCTIONvolumeTWO.pdf

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers Published

Wyzard, C., Rice, K. & Snelson, C. (2011). The future in educational technology research. In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011 (pp. 3240-3243). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/38320

Snelson, C. (2011). Teacher video production: Techniques for educational YouTube movies. In M. Koehler & P. Mishra (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (pp. 1218-1223). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/36454

Fuller, M., Wyzard, C., Snelson, C. & Rice, K. (2011). Learning from the past: An educational technology content analysis. In M. Koehler & P. Mishra (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (pp. 2445-2450). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/36676

Wyzard, C., Snelson, C. & Rice, K. (2010). Looking ahead at YouTube research. Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010 (pp. 3797-3802). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/35191

Snelson, C. (2010). Virtual movie sets and branching video: Developing interactive educational machinima with Second Life and YouTube. Proceedings of the Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference. Retrieved from http://etec.hawaii.edu/proceedings/2010/Snelson.pdf

Snelson, C. (2010). Mapping YouTube "video playlist lessons" to the learning domains: Planning for cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 1193-1198). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/33518

Snelson, C., & Elison-Bowers, P. (2009). Using YouTube videos to engage the affective domain in e-learning. In A. Méndez-Vilas, A. S. Martín, J. A. Mesa González & J. Mesa González (Eds.), Research, reflections and innovations in integrating ICT in education (Vol. 3, pp. 1481-1485). Badajoz, Spain FORMATEX. Retrieved from http://www.formatex.org/micte2009/book/1481-1485.pdf

Snelson, C. & Sheffield, A. (2009). Digital storytelling in a Web 2.0 world. Proceedings of the Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference (pp. 159-167). Retrieved fromhttp://etec.hawaii.edu/proceedings/2009/snelson.pdf

Snelson, C. (2008). Web-based video in education: Possibilities and Pitfalls. Proceedings of the Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference (pp. 214 - 221). Retrieved from http://etec.hawaii.edu/proceedings/2008/Snelson2008.pdf

Snelson, C. (2008). YouTube and beyond: Integrating web-based video into online education. In K. McFerrin, R. Weber, R. Carlsen & D. A. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 732-737). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/27254

Hung, J.-L., & Snelson, C. (2008). Mining longitudinal e-learning research: Trends and patterns. In K. McFerrin, R. Weber, R. Carlsen & D. A. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 1106-1108). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/27333

Snelson, C. (2007). Virtual design based research for multimedia integration studies. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 621-632). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/25446

Snelson, C. (2005). Integrating multimedia representations in online educational technology courses. Proceedings of the Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference. Retrieved from http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/previous/TCC%202005/snelson.pdf

Ravitz, J., Mergendollar, J., Markham, T., Thorsen, C., Rice, K., Snelson, C., Reberry, S. (2004) Online professional development for project based learning: Pathways to systematic improvement. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/BIE_AECT_2004 Also available from Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Accession No. ED486531. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED486531.pdf

Snelson, C. (2002). Web-based mathematics instruction: An analysis of content. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Accession No. ED470536. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED470536.pdf

Peer Reviewed Paper Presentations

Wyzard, C., Rice, K. & Snelson, C. (2011, June). The future in educational technology research. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Toronto, Candada.

Snelson, C. (2011, March). Teacher video production: Techniques for educational YouTube movies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International, Nashville, Tennessee.

Fuller, M., Wyzard, C., Snelson, C. & Rice, K. (2011, March). Learning from the past: An educational technology content analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International, Nashville, Tennessee.

Wyzard, C., Snelson, C. & Rice, K. (2010, June). Looking Ahead at YouTube Research. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Toronto, Canada.

Snelson, C. (2010, April). Virtual movie sets and branching video: Developing interactive educational machinima with Second Life and YouTube.  Paper presented at the Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference, World Wide Web http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/2010/tcc/welcome.html

Snelson, C. (2010, March). Mapping YouTube "video playlist lessons" to the learning domains: Planning for cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International, San Diego, California.

Snelson C., & Elison-Bowers, P. (2009, April). Using YouTube videos to engage the affective domain in e-learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Lisbon, Portugal, virtual session http://www.formatex.org/micte2009/

Snelson C., & Sheffield, A. (2009, April). Digital storytelling in a Web 2.0 world. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference, World Wide Web http://www.learningtimes.net/tcc/schedule/

Snelson, C. (2008, April). Web-based video in education: Possibilities and Pitfalls. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference, World Wide Web. https://tcc2008.wikispaces.com/schedule

Snelson, C. (2008, March). YouTube and beyond: Integrating Web-based video into online education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AACE Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hung, J-L, & Snelson, C. (2008, March). Mining longitudinal e-learning research: Trends and patterns. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AACE Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Snelson, C. (2007, June). Virtual design based research for multimedia integration studies. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (Ed-Media), Vancouver, Canada.

Snelson, C. (2006, October). Micro games in e-learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association, Sun Valley, ID.

Snelson, C. (2005, April). Integrating multimedia representations in online educational technology courses. Paper presented at the online meeting of the Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference.

Ravitz, J., Mergendollar, J., Markham, T., Thorsen, C., Rice, K., Snelson, C., Reberry, S. (2004, October) Online professional development for project based learning: Pathways to systematic improvement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Chicago, IL.

Snelson, C. (2003, April). Web-based mathematics instruction: An analysis of content. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Distinguished Paper Award Session, Chicago, IL.

Snelson, C. (2002, October). Web-based mathematics instruction: An analysis of content. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association, Estes Park, CO. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Accession No. ED470536.

Lyons, L., Dean, F., McGuire, M., Rose, J., Snelson, C. (2002, October). Narrative inquiry: A romantic critique of the standards and testing movement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association, Estes Park, CO.

Invited Presentations

Snelson, C. & Perkins, R. (2011, September). Educational film in the YouTube era. Presentation for the Ohio University visual literacy webinar: Have You Read a Good Picture Lately? Visual Literacy Ideas and Techniques in Education, http://www.ohio.edu/visualliteracy/Webinar_to_press.pdf

Snelson, C. (2011, June) Online video in education. Presentation for the Virtual Seminar of the Brazillian Association of Distance Education. Recording http://edtech.adobeconnect.com/p80xgq2k9u6/

Snelson, C. (2010, March). Instructional design and machinima. Presentation for the Education and Machinima panel at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE), held in Second Life.

Additional Presentations

Viscupic, K., Schmitz, M., Snelson, C., Perkins, R., & Cossette, G. (2011, October). Online activities for teaching the science of geochronology. Presentation for the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota. [Abstract]

Snelson, C. (2009, March). Video as an information source. Panel presentation at the Idaho Commission for Libraries, Critical Learning Skills for the 21st Century: Collaborating for Student Success, in-service conferences for teacher-librarians, science teachers, and their VIPs. Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Snelson, C. (2007, February). Media technologies from zero to sixty: Instructional potential and practical reality. Presentation for the annual meeting of the Idaho School Superintendents' Association and the Idaho Education Technology Association, Boise, Idaho.

Snelson, C. (2006, November). Games simulations, and multimedia in e-learning: Field of dreams or nightmare on Elm street? Round table discussion held at the annual meeting of the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET), Portland, Oregon.

Snelson, C. & Evans III, R. (2006, June). Project based learning co-laboratory demonstration webcast. Online presentation for the Buck Institute for Education and invited guests from institutions in the United States and China.

Rice, K. & Snelson, C. (2004, October). Technology supported lessons for project based learning. Presentation conducted at the Independent School District of Boise City Tech Expo, Boise, Idaho.

Scholarship with Students

Virtual Conference Presentation

Snelson C., & Sheffield, A. (2009, April). Digital storytelling in a Web 2.0 world. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference, World Wide Web. http://www.learningtimes.net/tcc/schedule/

Faculty Advisor for Undergraduate Research

Hiatt, K., Morris, K, & McCoy, T. (2009, April). Self-Disclosure of illicit activities on MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube: What gets posted and why. Presentation at the 6th Annual Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Conference, Boise, ID. (Faculty Advisors: Dr. E. Morgan, Dr. P. Elison-Bowers, and Dr. C. Snelson)

Teaching: Courses Designed and Taught

Undergraduate Courses

Educational Applications of Technology, spring 2005, fall 2005. Face to face undergraduate course in educational technology applications and classroom integration.

Technology in Special Education, 2000-2001. Designed and co-taught online course in assistive technologies for undergraduate special education students.

Technical Mathematics, fall, 1999. Face to face mathematics course for electrical lineman and machinist students at the Selland College of Applied Technology.

Online Graduate Courses Designed and Taught

The following table contains the list of courses designed and taught completely online from 2003 - 2008. These courses are all graduate-level courses taught as part of the online master's program in Educational Technology at Boise State University. Course taught most recently are listed at the top of the table.

The column headings are defined as follows:

  • Times Taught: Number of semesters when the course was taught.
  • New Design: The course was created from scratch.
  • Major Revisions: The course had a major overhaul.
  • Minor Revisions: Regular updates to tutorials, dates, and linked content to keep up with changes in the technologies and resources available during the semester.
Online Graduate-Level Courses: 2003 - Present
Course Title Brief Description Semesters Taught New Design Major Revisions Minor Revisions
Portfolio Culminating activity course for M.E.T. students. An electronic portfolio is created, mapped to standards, and defended. 5 1   4
YouTube for Educators Produce educational video using digital video cameras and editing software. Examine the benefits and controversies associated with YouTube. 6 1 2 3
Internet for Educators Basic HTML, CSS, instructional web site design, and strategies for integrating the Internet into instruction. 12 1 2 9
Integrating Multimedia Multimedia development, learning theory, and integration for e-learning. 10 1 1 8
Instructional Message Design Micro-level design of instructional messages using a variety of principles from the behavioral and cognitive sciences. 3 1   2
Evaluation for Educational Technologists Evaluation methodologies and statistics using Excel spreadsheet software. 1 1    
Integrating Technology into the Classroom Curriculum Integration of database and spreadsheet technologies for instruction. 1 1    
Instructional Courseware Design and Software Development JavaScript-based courseware design. 1      
Fundamentals of Educational Research Overview of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. 2 1   1
Introduction to Educational Technology Overview of the field of educational technology. 1 1    
Teaching Online Online teaching methodology and issues. 1 1    

Other Teaching Experience in Higher Education

  • Teaching Assistant 1999-2000– Boise State University.
  • Educational Applications of Technology, 1999 - 2000. Online Course in word processing applications.
  • Tutor 1999 – Boise State University, Adult Basic Education Program, fall, 1999. Tutored students working toward completion of a GED.

Graduate Culminating Activity Supervision

  • Master's Comprehensive Examinations: Total of 23 questions written and 169 answers scored.
  • Master's Project/Thesis Committee Chair: Chaired 1 project and 1 completed thesis.
  • Master's Project Committee Member: Served on 16 master's projects.
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member: Served on 3 thesis committees.
  • Master's Portfolio Committees: Supervised 93 ePortfolios.
  • Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member: Served on 2 doctoral committees.

Service

University-Level Service

  • Member of the Academic Grievance Committee, 2008 - 2012
  • Member of the Honorary Doctoral Degree Selection Committee, 2008

College-Level Service

  • Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2011-2012
  • Celebration of Teaching Project: Web design/support, 2011-2012
  • Member of the Doctoral Management Committee, 2009-2010
  • Member of the COE Curriculum Committee, 2006-2011
  • Member of the COE Graduate Program Committee, 2007-2008
  • Member of the COE Strategic Planning Committee, 2006-2007

Department-Level Service

  • Associate Department Chair, 2011-2012
  • Chair of the EDTECH Curriculum Committee, 2009-2012
  • Chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2011-2012
  • Doctoral Program Coordinator, 2010
  • M.S. Program Coordinator, 2010
  • Adjunct training site development, 2010
  • Chair of the Portfolio Subcommittee, 2008
  • Chair of the EDTECH Policy Manual Subcommittee 2007-2008
  • Member of the EDTECH Tenure Review Committee, 2007 and 2010
  • Member of the Ed.D. Planning Committee, 2008-2009
  • Member of the EDTECH Faculty Search Committee, 2006-2008
  • Graduate Advising

Service to the Profession

Journal Review Panels (Review Articles)

  • British Journal of Educational Technology
  • Computers & Education

Journal Editorial Panel

  • Feature Editor: Academic Exchange Quarterly special section on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Winter 2007.

Editorial Advisory Board

Virtual Worlds Best Practice in Education Conference (VWBPE)

  • Planning Committee for Machinima Strand of VWBPE, 2011: Attend planning meetings, assist with development of the call for proposals and other documents pertinent to the conference.
  • Session Moderator VWBPE Conference in Second Life, 2010: Moderator for invited session: Education and Machinima, held at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference held in Second Life, March 2010. This work required preconference planning meetings, preparation of instructions for panelists, distribution of information to panelists, and running the session with the assistance of a co-moderator who helped ask questions and keep the discussion flowing.

SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education)

  • Co-Secretary: Games and Simulations SIG (2010)

AACE Conference Program Committees

  • Program Committee Member and Conference Paper Reviewer: 2011 AACE E-Learn, Worldwide Conference in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education.
    Papers reviewed: 7.
  • Program Committee Member and Conference Paper Reviewer: 2009 AACE E-Learn, Worldwide Conference in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education.
    Papers reviewed: 8.
  • Program Committee Member and Conference Paper Reviewer: 2008 AACE E-Learn, Worldwide Conference in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education.
    Papers reviewed: 10.
  • Program Committee Member and Conference Paper Reviewer: 2008 AACE Ed-Media, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications.
    Papers reviewed: 9.
  • Program Committee Member and Conference Paper Reviewer: 2007, 2011, AACE E-Learn, Worldwide Conference in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education.
    Papers reviewed: 9 (2007), 7 (2011).
  • Session Presider: 2007 AACE World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Vancouver, Canada.

Advisory Committee Member for WatchKnow.org: http://www.watchknow.org/

Book Reviews

  • Textbook Review: An Introduction to Digital Multimedia. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, August 2007.
  • Book Proposal Review for McGraw-Hill Higher Education, June 2006.
    The proposal for a text titled Using Technology to Develop Literacy across Disciplines was reviewed. A reviewer's questionnaire was completed and submitted.

Workshops

  • Snelson, C. (2008, February). Web-based videos for online and hybrid instruction. Center for Teaching and Learning Workshop. Academic Technologies, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
  • Snelson, C. (2007, December). Embedding video into Blackboard discussion threads. Beyond the Blackboard Defaults Workshop. Academic Technologies, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
  • Rice, K., & Snelson, C. (2005, January). HTML and JavaScript workshop. Developed for Idaho Department of Labor staff.

Grants

  • Co-Investigator: 2010—Karen Viskupic (PI), Ross Perkins (Co-PI), Mark D. Schmitz (Co-PI), and Chareen Snelson (Co-PI).  K-12 Virtual Labs for Teaching the Science of Geochronology.  Funded by the National Science Foundation for $149,895.
  • Primary Investigator: YouTube Across the Curriculum. Grant pre-proposal submitted for the Idaho Technology Incentive Grant. The project was designed to train faculty on academic video production and the use of YouTube for education. Not funded.
  • Primary Investigator: Preparing Faculty to Teach in the Metaverse: Idaho Technology Incentive Grant pre-proposal for a teaching simulation in Second Life. One of seven grant pre-proposals selected through a competitive process at BSU. The finished proposal was submitted to the Idaho State Board of Education. Not Funded.
  • Grant Manager: Project Coordinator/Designer PBL Co-Laboratory, Spring-Summer 2006. This work involved supervising a programmer, obtaining resources, writing code, developing graphic icons for the interface, conducting project meetings, managing the budget for a grant funded by the Buck Institute for Education (BIE), and coordinating an online Webcast to demonstrate the Co-Laboratory to invited guests located in the United States and China. Funded for $27,000 as one of a series of grants from BIE.

Awards and Nominations

  • Excellence in Scholarly Research Award, College of Education, 2012
  • Nominated for the University Foundation Scholar in Teaching Award, 2011
  • Distinguished Paper Award, Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association Convention, 2002
  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Gooding Middle School, 1999
  • INEEL Institute Teaming Teachers With Industry Fellowship, 1998

Professional Affiliations

  • AACE, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
  • SITE, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
  • AECT, Association for Educational Communications and Technology
  • AERA, American Educational Research Association
  • EDEN, European Distance and E-Learning Network
  • NACOL, North American Council for Online Learning
  • TAA, Text and Academic Author Association

 

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