Michael R. Simonson is an American academic who is professor of Instructional Technology & Distance Education at

Nova Southeastern University Nova Southeastern University (NSU or, informally, Nova) is a private nonprofit research university with its main campus in Davie, Florida. The university consists of 14 total colleges, centers, and schools offering over 150 programs of stud ...

, Editor of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education and Distance Learning Journal, and author of 4 texts in the area of ITDE.

Biography

Simonson received his doctorate in Education: Instructional Systems Design in 1975 from the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 coll ...

after serving for four years in the

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as a Captain. He then went on to take a position as Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the ...

from 1982 until 1998. During his time at ISU, Simonson served as the Associate Director for the Research Institute for Studies in Education from 1991 to 1996.Simonson, M. (2006, January). Michael Simonson Ph.D. Retrieved September 21, 2008, from Nova Southeastern University: http://www.nova.edu/~simsmich/ He currently holds the position as the CEO of Technology Research and Evaluation as well has a professor at NSU, editor, and author.

Published works

Simonson has written/co-written four books in the areas of Instructional Technology & Distance Education: *Educational Computing Foundations by Michael R. Simonson, Ann D. Thompson - Education - 1996 *Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education by Michael Simonson, Michael Albright - Education - 2005 *Distance Education: Definition And Glossary of Terms by Lee Ayers Schlosser, Michael R. Simonson - Education - 2006 *Trends and Issues in Distance Education: International Perspectives by Yusra Laila Visser, Lya Visser, Michael Simonson - Education - 2005 Simonson is a published researcher in the area of ITDE.Google Scholar , (n.d.). Search Results for “Michael R. Simonson” . Retrieved September 23, 2008, from Google: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Michael+R.+Simonson%22&hl=en&lr= Simonson has continued to investigate the relationship between media, motivation, attitudes, behaviors, and achievement. His research includes over $3 million in grants funded externally to investigate ITDE and learners relationship to various media.

References

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