IT Leader Presentation Dr. Betty Collis

Stuti GargEDIT 6100 - Task 2 Spring 2007

Education

B.A., Mathematics, University of Michigan,1963-1966 M.A., Mathematics Education, Stanford University, 1967

PhD, Measurement and Evaluation of Computer Applications in Education and Training, University of Victoria, Canada, 1983

Achievements

Visited more than 30 countries as a consultant, speaker, researcher, and teacher. Chosen as the “Instructor of the Year” at the University of Twente. Recipient: ‘Leading international expert' award (2004) Best Practice Award for Research-Practitioner Partnerships by the ASTD (2005) Outstanding Journal Article Award (2002) G.M. Dunlop Distinguished Contribution Awards (Graduate Student Award) (1984),

The Canadian Association for Educational Psychology (CAEP) Recipient: University of Victoria scholarship award (1983) Recipient: "dissertation of the year" by the Canadian Association for Educational

Psychology, and "outstanding dissertation, Western USA and Canada" by the professional organization Phi Delta Kappa 

Recipient: Paul deHart Hurt Award for Mathematics(1966) Recipient : National Merit Scholarship award (1963) 

Contributions to IT

Researcher

Practice

Educator Consultant

ResearchShe has nealry 600 scholarly publications to her acclaim, including a dozen

books, 50 plus book chapters, and more than 120 refereed journal articles.

An on-going journey: Technology as learning workbench (2005) Flexible learning in a digital world: Experiences and expectations. (2001,

second printing 2002). Strategies for the reuse of learning objects: Context dimensions.

International Journal on E-Learning (2006) Teleware: Instrumentation for Tele-Learning. Inaugural address, for

assuming the professorship "Tele-Learning“ (1998) Knowledge sharing: Linking formal and informal learning. Keynote

presentation (2005)

Research Areas

Academics in Control: Instructor time and management tasks associated with the use of Web-based systems

Shell - University of Twente Collaborative Project

E-Coach: Linking learner and coach through adaptive technology and user profiling

DELFE: Decision Support for E-Learning Flexibility and Enrichment

The 4-E Model: Predicting the Implementation of Telematics Applications in Education

TeleTOP

As a Journal Editor

She has been a significant contributor to many IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Working Groups and a member of the Editorial Boards for numerous refereed journals, including:

The International Journal On E-learning The Internet In Higher Education Journal The Interactive Learning Environments Journal The Journal Of Interactive Learning Research The Journal Of Computer Assisted Learning The Computers & Education Journal The International Journal For Educational Telecommunications The Journal Of Research On Computing In Education. She is also a lifetime honorary member of The Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education (AACE) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

As an Educator

Faculty member, Assistant and Associate Professor (tenure),

Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, Canada, 1974-1988

Faculty member, Associate Professor (tenure), Faculty of Educational Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands, 1988-1997

Faculty member, Professor (Chairs: Tele-Learning, 1997-2003, Shell Professor of Networked Learning, 2001-2005, Technology for Strategy, Learning and Change, 2003-2005). Department Chair, Department of Educational Instrumentation, Faculty of Educational Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands, 1999-2001).

Senior Researcher, Telematics Learning Technology, CTIT (Centre for Telematics and Information Technology), University of Twente, Netherlands, 1997-2002.

Emeritus Professor, University of Twente (after early retirement, December 2005); 2005-on

As a Consultant

Shell EP Learning and Leadership Development (2005-2007)

Shell Project Academy (2005)

Shell Learning (2007)

Consulting/advisory work with universities

Advisory groups, international projects

Consultant, Moonen & Collis Learning Technology Consultants, B. V., 2006-on

Professional Service

Active member E-Learning, AACE (2001-ongoing) ISTE (1988-ongoing)

Previous AACE (1999-2001) International Web Society (1996-2000) AECT (1991-2000) American Educational Research Association (1985-1995) President, ISTE (1987-1988) Co-Chair, International Committee, ISTE (1985-1988)

Beliefs and Actions

Dr. Betty’s Beliefs

• Technology as a learning workbench

• "Will learners and those who support learning use this? Why or why not?

What can we do so that they are more likely to use it?" 

• Start with a problem: Then see if technology can help

• Technology products are never used in isolation: The context has a major effect on if, and how, and to what good, they are used

• There are no simple or conclusive answers about the effectiveness of a media product or a type of technology for learning. It always depends on the context.

Betty Collis: Approach towards Learning Technology

Why? - To function productively in a Knowledge Society; to capture and contribute experiences and tacit knowledge

With what? - With Web-based tools and systems; digital portfolios; course- and knowledge management systems; tools for knowledge creation, construction, and sharing; tools for P2P (person to person) expression and collaboration; and other digital workbenches

Where? - Wherever there is a learning need or opportunity

How? - By using a model of learning that reflects the needs of a knowledge economy, one based on relevant learning tasks, supports, and processes for a learning community

Results? - By using appropriate methods for research and evaluation

Costs? - With sensitivity to the costs of new ways of working and learning with technology

http://bettycollisjefmoonen.nl/

The Early AdopterDuring the years in the 1970s and 1980s,

Discovered microcomputers and their educational implications and began writing educational software 

Began working on projects involving educational telecommunications and on-line professional education for teachers in British Columbia

“She began her professional exposure to the field of educational technology in the1960s while a graduate student at Stanford University and has been a pioneer in two waves of technology applications-those relating to computers in education in the 1970s and 1980s and those relating to networked applications in education in the 1980s and 1990s.”

Flexible Learning in a Digital World: Experiences and Expectations

(Collis & Moonen, 2001)

The Innovative Practitioner

The first day she saw an Apple™ microcomputer in 1979 she bought it, and began writing little programs that she could use the next day in her classes. This meant programming for a real context—one small computer, large classes, examination-driven curriculum, classes that met in different buildings.

Tributes and Current position

Tributes – what others say about her

If asked to use only three words to describe Professor Betty Collis, my choices would be “Pioneer,” “International,” and “Partner.” - Thomas C. Reeves, Professor of Instructional Technology , The University of Georgia

Current Activity

Currently, Dr. Collis is working as a consultant with her husband Prof. Dr. Jef Moonen in technology for strategy, learning and change in corporate learning and higher education.

They are committed to this idea of technology as a learning workbench:

For us, technology is not for “delivering” learning or for taking the humans

out of learning, but is rather is a set of tools, a locally tailorable workbench,

which offers affordances to empower people to share, build, support, and

manage their learning together, in their common context.

http://bettycollisjefmoonen.nl/