Willi’s Voice: The Academic Road—Thorns and Roses

Abstract

What an amazing opportunity I was given by the editor of this volume; I am so grateful for this chance to reflect upon my own journey as an academic, and as a learning designer and educational technologist. I hope that this view of the thorns and roses in my path to becoming an educational technologist enable the reader to examine what has made him or her a better, stronger professional.

Selected Publications

• Bunag, T., and W. Savenye. 2013. Value of Delphi as an educational design research method: Building a model for chemistry laboratory design. In Educational design research: Introduction and illustrative cases, ed. T. Plomp and N. Nieveen, 1061–1078. Enschede, The Netherlands: SLO, Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development (Available for free download at www.slo.nl).

• Cottam, M.E., and W. Savenye. 2014. The effects of visual and textual annotations on Spanish listening comprehension, incidental vocabulary acquisition, and cognitive load. In Educational media and technology yearbook, 2014th ed, ed. M. Orey, J. McClendon, and R.M. Branch. Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited.

• Rasmussen, K., G.V. Davidson-Shivers, and W. Savenye. 2011. The future of educational technology in higher education. In Technology integration in higher education: Social and organizational aspects, ed. D. Surry, J. Stefurak, and R. Gray, 326–342. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

• Savenye, W.C. 2004. Evaluating web-based learning systems and software. In Curriculum, plans, and processes in instructional design: International perspectives, ed. N. Seel and Z. Dijkstra, 309–330. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

• –––Savenye, W.C. 2007. Interaction: The power and promise of active learning. In Finding your online voice: Stories told by experienced online educators, ed. M. Spector, 141–162. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.

• –––Savenye, W.C. 2013. Perspectives on assessment of educational technologies for informal learning: A review of issues, perspectives, strategies and possibilities. In Handbook of research on educational communications and technology, 4th ed, ed. J.M. Spector, M.D. Merrill, J. Elen, and M.J. Bishop, 257–267. New York: Springer.

• –––Savenye, W.C. 2015. Learning in museums. In The SAGE encyclopedia of educational technology, vol. 2, ed. J.M. Spector, 462–464. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Savenye, W., and R. Robinson. 2004. Qualitative research issues and methods: An introduction for instructional technologists. In Handbook of research on educational communications and technology, 2nd ed, ed. D. Jonassen, 1045–1071. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

• –––Savenye, W.C. 2005. Using qualitative research methods in higher education. Journal of Computing in Higher Education 16(2): 65–95.

• Savenye, W., and J.M. Spector. 2010. The future of adaptive tutoring and personalized instruction: Introduction to the special issue. Technology, Instruction, Cognition, & Learning 8(2): 97–101. Retrieved April 27, 2011 from http://www.oldcitypublishing.com/TICL/TICLcontents/TICLv8n2contents.html.