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Profile

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Professor Emeritus, Educational Technology. University of Alaska, 2010.

President's Professor of Educational Technology and Distance Learning. University of Alaska, 2003 to 2008.

Professor, Educational Technology. Program development & management, teaching, on-line and on-site course development, training, research, publication and speaking. 1996 to present.

Director, Educational Technology Program. University of Alaska Southeast, 1985-2003. Created Masters (1984) and endorsement (1987) in educational technology; online versions of both (1996).

Keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, teacher, researcher. Topics cover many areas of living and learning in the Digital Age. 1985 to present. See Presentations and Projects below.

Educator, program designer and manager. Two decades of working with kids, students, educators, parents, government officials, policy makers, community leaders integrating technology into education, community development, government, and business effectively, creatively, wisely with a sense of fun and purpose.

Professor, Media Psychology. Ph.D. Program, Fielding Graduate Institute, 2009

Ph.D., Communication. Simon Fraser University, 1994. Focus: study of online community.

Alaska State Teaching Certificate. Secondary Education, since 1984.

Awards include: WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) award, Cable in the Classroom Excellence in Education finalist, International Visual Literacy Association Special Contributions Award, Apple Distinguished Educator appointment, State of Alaska Distinguished Career Citation, Alaska Society for Technology in Education President's Award.

Composer, writer. Columns, novels, books, music from traditional to avante garde.

Keynotes presentations

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Kappa Delta Pi’s Biennial Convocation 2011
(Indianapolis, 2011)

Shanghai International School
(Shanghai, 2010)

2010 MLTI Summer Institute, Maine Maritime Institute
(Castine, Maine, 2010)

Leading the Learning for the Net Generation Conference
(Lancaster, 2010)

Tennessee Arts Commission Value Plus Schools Summer Intensive 2010
(Nashville, 2010)

INDIRE - Agenzia Nazionale per lo Svilippo dell'Autonomia Scholastica, Florence
(Florence, 2010)

Munich International School - Evolving Schools for a Whole New Mind
(Munich, 2010)

East Aurora School District Professional Development Day
(East Aurora, 2010)

Kauai Pacific Digital Literacy, Storytelling Convocation
(Kauai, 2010)

ISTE Webinars, Digital literacy & Digital citizenship
(2009-10)

Tech Expo
(Briarcliff Manor, 2010)

Cross County Professional Development Convocation
(Arkansas, 2010)

Tech It Up!
(Kamloops BC, 2009)

MORENet
(Osage Beach MO, 2009)

Midlands School District Professional Development Convocation
(Midlands MI, 2009)

Lakewood School District Professional Development Convocation
(Lakewood WA, 2009)

Mohawk Regional Information Center Summer Institute
(Alexandria Bay NY, 2009)

Alaska Librarian Leadership Academy
(Anchorage AK, 2009)

MACUL - Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning
(Grand Rapids MI, 2009)

Alberta Distributed Learning Symposium
(Calgary AB, 2009)

TLITE- Technology, Learning, Instruction in Teacher Education
(Vancouver BC, 2009)

Vancouver Schools Technology Infusion Professional Development
(Vancouver BC, 2009)

PETE+C (Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference
(Hershey PA, 2009)

BMEEC (Bilingual Multicultural Education and Equity)
(Anchorage AK, 2009)

NSDC - National Staff Development Conference
(Washington DC, featured speaker, 2008)

LACUE - Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators
(Baton Rouge LA, 2008)

AEM - Art Educators of Minnesota
(St. Cloud MN, 2008)

CUEBC - Computer Using Educators of British Columbia
(Vancouver BC, 2008)

AASSP - Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals
(Anchorage AK, 2008)

Anchorage Language Arts and Social Studies Teachers Convocation
(Anchorage AK, 2008)

FUSION 2008 Desire2Learn Users Conference
(Memphis TN, 2008)

TIE - Technology In Education, Colorado
(Denver CO, 2008)

DS3 Festival of Digital Storytelling
(Wales UK, 2008)

RIT Rochester Artech 2008
(Virtual, 2008)

Montana Educational Technology Conference
(Billings MO, 2008)

New Brunswick Technology Leadership Conference
(Fredericton NB, 2008)

MACUL - Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning
(Grand Rapids MI, 2008)

ASTE - Alaska Society for Technology in Education
(Anchorage AK, 2008)

Western Governor's University Director's Retreat
(Salt Lake UT, 2007)

Davis Retreat for Art Curriculum Supervisors at Sundance
(Sundance Retreat Utah, 2007)

Alaska Foreign Language Association
(Juneau AK, 2007)

NHSTE - New Hampshire State Technology Educators Retreat
(Nashua, NH, 2007)

Anchorage Art Teachers Cross-District Convocation
(Anchorage AK, 2007)

Keystones: Technology Integrators Conference of Pennsylvania
(Virtual keynote, 2007)

Illinois Technology Conference 2007
(St. Charles IL, 2007)

Anchorage School District Directors Convocation
(Anchorage AK, 2007)

Computer Teacher Professional Development Conference
(London ON, 2007)

NJ ELite - New Jersey Exemplary Leadership Institute
(Wildwood NJ, 2006)

City Learning Centres National Conference
(Gateshead UK, 2006)

Anchorage Staff Development Conference
(Anchorage AK, 2006)

University of Alaska Southeast Commencement
(Ketchikan AK, 2006)

NETA - Nebraska Educational Technology Association
(Omaha NE, 2006)

NASSP - National Assoc. of Secondary School Principals
(Reno, 2006)

Institute of Advanced Technology Future Salon
(Phoenix AZ, 2006)

SOITA - Southwestern Ohio Instruction Technology Association
(Dayton OH, 2005)

K-12 Online Teaching Symposium
(Madison WI, 2005)

2005 Cray Academy
(Eau Claire WI, 2005)

Illinois Art Teacher Recharge Conference
(virtual, Arlington Heights, 2005)

TUANZ New Zealand National Education Conference
(Keynote series delivered throughout New Zealand, 2005)

CODE - Center for Digital Excellence Digital Storytelling Retreat
(Auckland NZ, 2005)

Ultra Lab South Digital Storytelling Retreat
(Christchurch NZ, 2005)

NEA - National Education Association Public Relations
(Scottsdale AZ, 2005)

Alaska State Chambers of Commerce
(Juneau AK, 2004)

20th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning
(Madison WI, 2004)

SCTEA - Southern Colorado Teacher Education Alliance
(Pueblo CO, 2004)

CEFPI - Commission for Educational Facility Planners International - Pacific Northwest Regional Conference
(Girdwood AK, 2004)

Goddard Space Research Center Colloquium
(Washington DC, 2004)

Delaware Technology and Literacy Conference
(Dover DE, 2004)

02 Digital Media Conference
(Dublin, 2004)

Oregon Instructional Technology Strategies Conference
(Salem OR, 2004)

ASTE - Alaska Society for Technology in Education
(Anchorage AK, 2004)

Oregon Technology Educator Network
(Forest Grove OR, 2003)

Online Learning Institute
(Portland OR, 2003)

NECC - National Educational Computing Conference
(Seattle WA, 2003)

NCCE - Northwest Consortium for Computers in Education
(Portland OR, 2003)

Sedona Conference
(Sedona AZ, 2003)

ISTE National Leadership Project Retreat - Technology and ethics
(Deer Valley AZ, 2003)

CEFPI - Commission for Educational Facility Planners International
(Anchorage AK, 2002)

Dublin Sedona Conference
(Dublin, 2002)

Confederation of Oregon School Administrators
(Salem OR, 2002)

Association for Computer Professionals in Education
(Hood River OR, 2002)

Sedona Conference - The Convergence of Media, Technology, Education, and Entertainment
(Sedona AZ, 2002)

Columbia Basin Distance Learning Conference
(Columbia Basin College WA, 2001)

ARCTIC - Alaska Reform of the Classroom Through Technology Integration and Collaboration
(Keynote series, Alaska, 2001)

South Dakota Association of Technology Educators
(Sioux Falls SD, 2001)

SchoolTech Conference
(New York City, 2001)

SDACTE - South Dakota Association of Career and Technical Education
(Sioux Falls SD, 2001)

Elam Foundation Lecture, Edpress Conference
(Washington DC, 2000)

Effective Educational Technology - Directions for Greenland
(Greenland, 1999)

EDUTECH- National Ed. Technology Conference of the Czech Republic
(Charles University, Prague, 1996)

Books

Digital Citizenship: New Pathways to Learning
(Corwin Press, anticipated publication date January 2010)

Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning and Creativity
(Corwin Press, 2007)

Telling Your Story
(Brinton Books, 2005)

Then What? Everyone's Guide to Living, Learning and Having Fun in the Digital Age
(Brinton Books, 2001)

Future Courses: A Compendium of Thought about the Future of Education and Technology
(Editor and contributor, TECHNOS Press, 2000)

Taming the Beast: Choice and Control in the Electronic Jungle
(TECHNOS Press, 1999)

Classroom Spreadsheet Activities
(Alaska Dept. of Education, 1987)

Publications, Research, Projects

selected highlights

The Best of Educational Leadership 2008-2009
(Orchestrating the Media Collage, 2009)

New Media Literacies
(Academe, June 2009)

Literacy 2.0 - Orchestrating the Media Collage
(Educational Leadership, March 2009)

The Semantic Web in Education
(Educause, Fall 2008)

Peering Over the Leading Edge into a Pile of Digital Debris
(TechWit, Fall 2008)

Web 3.0 - The Semantic Web Cometh
(subTechst, Fall 2008)

Confessions of a Digital Storytelling Teacher
(School Arts Magazine, August 2008)

Narraciones digitales
(El Educador, July 2008)

Digital Literacy Assessment
(Alaska EED, June 2008)

Univ. of Alaska Geography Program Geoportal Project
(Project director)

NSF Project: AMIDST (Attracting Minorities to Geosciences Through Involved Digital Storytelling)
(Co-principal investigator, NSF, 2007-09)

The Next Great Thing: Being your own favorite philosopher
(Computer Education Journal, 2008)

Web 2.1 - From Text to Art in Everyday Communication
(Computer Education Journal, 2007)

Art, Story and the Digital Economy
(School Arts Magazine, 2007)

Guest editorialist, "Computer Education" Journal
(NAACE, United Kingdom, 2006-2008)

Traditional Storytelling Goes Green
(National Storytelling Magazine, January, 2007)

Digital Storytelling Web Resource - in five parts
(www.jasonohler.com/storytelling)

World of Digital Storytelling
(Educational Leadership, December 05-January 06)

Teaching Digital Storytelling at a Distance
(Alaska Writing Consortium, 2006)

Becoming a De"tech"tive - Understanding ISTE's Standard VI About the Ethical and Social Aspects of Technology
(Apple Professional Development Learning Module, 2006)

Making Digital Storytelling Work in Education
(Apple Professional Development, 2006)

Stories of Culture and Place
(Combining oral, digital and written storytelling. Visit site.)

The Linguistics of GarageBand
(Apple Professional Development, 2005)

Distance Education at UAS - A Case Study
(Journal of Distance Education, Volume 20, Issue 1, Spring 2005; co-authored with Lynne Schrum)

"Who's Afraid of Distance Education."
(Chapter from Online Learning: Personal Reflections on the Transformation of Education, Educational Technology Publications, 2004. Edited by Greg Kearsley.)

Increasing statewide services from the University of Alaska
(Research project conducted jointly with WCET, 2006)

A Case Study of Distance Education, University of Alaska Southeast
(Co-principal Investigator with Dr. Lynne Schrum, 2002 - 2003)

Arte: La Cuarta Competencia Basica En Esta Era Digital
(EDUTEKA, 2003)

Voice to Text Technology- Transforming Education
(Technology and Learning, November 2002)

Virtual Learning
(Technology and Learning, Volume 22, No. 4, November 2001)

The Problem With Our Gods
(TECHNOS Quarterly, Volume 10, No. 3, Fall 2001)

A Buyer's Market: Education in the New Economy
(The State Education Standard, Volume 2, No. 1, Spring 2001. Published by NASBE (The National Association of School Boards of Education)

Education Standards as Passing Fad
(Education Digest, March 2001)

Art: The Fourth R
(Instructor Magazine. Scholastic, January/February 2001)

A Matter of Degree
(TECHNOS Quarterly, Winter 2000)

Taming the Technological Beast: The Case of the E-Book
(The Futurist, January-February 2001)

Art Becomes the Fourth R
(Education Leadership Magazine, October, 2000)

Taking the Future Back from Technology
(The Education Digest Volume 65, No. 5. Published 2000)

Primer on Taming the Beast: Using Technology Effectively, Creatively, Wisely
(The Independent School Journal, Winter 2000, Vol. 59. No. 2)

Schooling and Culture in an Age of Distance Education
(Proceedings of "Atuarfitsialak: Schooling and Learning for All" conference in Greenland)

A Primer on Taming the Beast
(Technos, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1999)

Taming the Beast: Why Technology Evokes Anxiety
(AFT ON CAMPUS, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1999)

The Promise of MIDI Technology
(Learning and Leading With Technology, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), March 1998)

Why Art Needs To Become a Foundation for Literacy in a World of Multimedia
(Communication Arts, March/April, 1998)

The Online Chronicle--A Ten Year Perspective
(Online Chronicle of Distance Education and Communication, Fall 1997)

The Four Rs: Preparing Kids for the World of Work in the Age of Multimedia
(ArtsEdNet, Fall 1996, Getty Education Institute for the Arts)

The 4 Rs -- Making Art the Next Literacy in the Multimedia Age
(TECHNOS Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1996)

Awards, citations, professional service

selected highlights

The Best of Educational Leadership 2008-2009
(Selected work, ASCD)

Full Sail University, Education and Media Design & Technology Program
(Advisory board, 2009)

WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award
(For Stories of Culture and Place)

Cable in the Classroom Excellence in Education Award
(Finalist, for Stories of Culture and Place, 2008)

Special Contribution Award, International Visual Literacy Association
(For Art the 4th R, 2006)

Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Technology in Education
(International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), 2003 - present)

President's Professor, Educational Technology
(University of Alaska, 2003-2008)

Apple Distinguished Educator
(Apple Computer, 2004)

Distinguished Career Citation, State of Alaska
(Alaska Legislature, 2003)

Elam Lecturer
(Association of Education Publishers, 2000)

Advisory Board Technology and Learning Magazine
(2004-present)

Infosavvy Group
(Member since 2001)

Executive Board, Alaska Society for Technology in Education
(Member, 1990-1996)

Associate Editor, Journal of Online Learning
(International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), 1990-1999)

Outstanding Contribution To Juneau Students
(Juneau School District, 1994)

President's Award
(Alaska Association for Technology in Education, 1992)

Associate editor, The Journal of Research on Computing in Education
(Published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), 1988-1992)

Music and theater

selected highlights

Composer. Computer-based music and sound, from neo-classical music to avante garde soundscapes. Many of my pieces have been sold for use with TV, radio, and theater, and/or been performed live or electronically. Sample projects include

Composer, producer. Robots Reflect: What Our Machines Think of Us. A half hour radio program featuring original electronic music set to a story about a time in the future when robots gain consciousness and begin adopting human customs. Aired on KTOO, 4/2000.

Composer. Theme song, Skills 2000 and 2005, a TV broadcast and video taped distance delivery program sponsored by Alaska Staff Development Network, StepStar, Devry Institute, and Northwest Regional Education Labs, 1998.

Composer. Theme song, Just Got Back from the Internet, radio show aired on KTOO radio, Juneau, Alaska, 1996.

Artist in the Schools. Juneau School District, Finding the Musician Within- teaching music composition for "non-musicians" using midi music, 1996.

Composer. Sound track, Roaring Fossils of Planet Ocean, a play performed at the Alaska State Museum by Brett Dillingham and StoryBox. Included music, sounds, and sound engineering, 1995.