VIAU, ELIZABETH A. Ph.D.

Professor, Technology in Education

Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty
Appointed 1992      Tenured 1998         Emeritus 2002
 

  1. Academic Degrees

     Ph.D. University of Oregon                             1986 Curriculum and Instruction
                                                                            Computers in Education
     M.A. California State University, Chico              1986 Curriculum and Instruction
                                                                            Computers in Education
     B.Ed. University of British Columbia, Canada       Education
     B.A. University of British Columbia, Canada         Majors: English and History
                                                                              Minor: Biology

  2. Professional Experience

      2002-        California State University, L A            Professor Emeritus,   
                                                                               Educational Foundations
     1998-2002   California State University, L A            Professor,
                                                                               Educational Foundations
     1992-1998   California State University, L A            Associate Professor,
                                                                               Educational Foundations
     1988-1992   Montana State University, Bozeman     Assistant Professor, C & I
     1987-1988   Coker College, South Carolina              Assistant Professor, C & I
     1986           University of Oregon Research             Associate, NSF Grant
     1985-1986   University of Oregon                          Graduate Teaching Fellow
     2 years        Home Schooling
     5 years        Cupertino Union School District California       Elementary Teacher
     2 years        Seattle Public Schools                               Elementary Teacher
     5 years        Vancouver School Board, British Columbia      Elementary Teacher
 

  3. Faculty and Administrative Load

    Winter Quarter, 2003
             EDIT 472 World Builders                                   @ 5 quarter credits

     Summer Quarter 2002
             EDIT 430 Information Technologies in the Classroom (3 sections) 
                                                                                @ 4 quarter credits

  4. Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

     Member:    National Science Teachers Association 1997 - continuing
     Member:    CONTACT Consortium 1992 –continuing

  5.  Recent Professional Activities

      Workshop and follow-up activities with pre-service Montessori Teachers using
     World Builders in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Summer 2003.

   6. Publications

     Viau, E. A. (2004, February) “Building a World”. Learning and Leading with
                    Technology. Volume 31, Number 5. Pages 18– 21.
     Viau, E. A. (1998) World Building: A Course of the Future.” Ed at a Distance
                    Magazine. January  98.
     Viau, E. A. (1998, February) “Color Me a Writer: Teaching Students to Think
                    Critically”. Learning and Leading With Technology. Volume 25,
                    Number 5. Pages 2 – 5.
     Viau, E. A, (1998). “Shades of Meaning”. The Journal of Adolescent and Adult
                     Literacy.
     Viau, E. A., (1998) “Building Models, Building Worlds”. Proceedings: The National
                    Educational Computing Conference, San Diego, June, 1998.

  7. Research

     World Builders: Distance Education / web based interdisciplinary course
                         Innovative teaching.  1993 - Continuing

     Research Related Attendance at Conferences and Workshops

            Astrobiology Conference NASA Ames April 2002
            CONTACT Conference March   2002
            Lunar and Planetary Society Workshop: Martian Analogs October  2001
            Teachers Burgess Shale Workshop and Site Visit August 2001
            Astrobiology Conference: University of Washington  July 2001

     Professional Awards and Listings for the World Builders Web Site

      Award:  National Science Teachers Association selected 10 pages for ScLinks
                 links for textbooks
      Award:  Cool Science Link of the Week by The National Academy Press.
      Award:  The Eisenhower National Clearing House of Mathematics and Science
                  Education:   Selected in Digital Dozen, monthly selected best sites
      Award:  Pacific Bell Education First Blue Web'n Library of Learning Sites!
      Listing: Holt, Rinehart and Winston to link textbooks to the World Builders sit
      Listing:  The Franklin Institute Science Museum
      BBC's Education Web Guide Best of the Web
      Invited to Be Listed in The Gateway to Educational Materials Project, U.S.
                  Department of Education and ERIC Clearinghouse on Information &
                  Technology.
      Listing:  Autodesk Foundations Project Based Learning sites.
      Listing:  New Scientist Magazine

 

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