Brent Wilson

Hi, I'm a professor in information and learning technologies (ILT) at the University of Colorado Denver. This homepage provides links to some of my papers and class resources.

I teach courses in instructional design, e-learning, research, and trends in learning technologies. I am particularly interested in ways to support instructional-design professionalls in their work. I enjoy studying the effects--pro and con--of technology on teaching, learning, and work performance.

Brent's Classes

• TIE Conference in Copper Mountain

Brent's Papers

Learning and the Internet

• WebQuests for Reflection (2002)
• Educational Trends for Distance Education (2001)
• Activity Theory and Web-based Training (2001) with David Peal
• Constructivist Learning on the Web (2000)
• Cultural Assimilation of the Internet (1996)
• Affordances and Constraints of the Internet (1996)
• From Local to Virtual Learning Environments: Making the Connection (1995)
• Supporting a Networked Community of Learners (Sherry & the Internet Task Force, 1996)

Learning and Performance Support

• Evolving Tools of Performance Support: Empowering Workgroups and Individuals (1998)
• Supporting Human Performance Across Disciplines: A Converging of Roles and Tools (1996)

Learning Communities

• Bounded Learning Communities (2004) AERA paper
• Learning Communities: Laboratories of Innovation for Teachng and Learning, .ppt format, Tel Aviv Israel (2003)
• Sense of Community as a Desired Outcome for Instruction (2001)
• Creating Technology-Supported Learning Communities (1998)
• Dynamic Learning Communities (1996)

Adoption and Use of Learning Resources

• Technology Adoption in Schools and Universities (2001)
• A Critique of How Adoption Models Get Used (1999)
• Wise as Serpents: Putting a Human Face on Technology Adoption and Integration (1998)
• COMET: An Implementation Case Study (1998)
• Using Technology Wisely (talk to CONFIE conference in Sao Paulo) (1997)
• From Center to Periphery: Shifting Agency in Complex Technical Environments (with Martin Ryder) (1997)
• Design and Use of Learning Technologies (1997)
• Successful Technology Integration in an Elementary School (1995)

Research and Theory in Instructional Technology

• Choosing our Future (2005) part of a book chapter with Dave Merrill
• Pediatric Problem-based Learning (1999). With Carol Kamin, Robin Deterding, and others.
• The Dangers of Theory-Based Design (1999). Paper for discussion on ITForum.
• InTRO Interview with Dan Surry (1997)
• Thoughts on Theory in Educational Technology (1997)
• The Tenure Decision (1995)

Instructional Design

• Broadening ID Foundations: Four Pillars of Practice (2005)
• ID Foundations: Reclaiming the Conversation (2004) chapter in a book in honor of Dave Merrill
• Beth Owens: A Teaching Case (w/Michael Wray) (2002)
• Pat and Jean: A Teaching Case (w/Carol Kamin) (2002)
• Reflections on Software Design Competition with Peggy Roblyer and Nancy Vye (2002)
• Situated Cognition in Theoretical and Practical Context (2000)
• The Postmodern Paradigm (1997)
• Metaphors for Instruction: Why We Talk about Learning Environments (1996)
• Personal Reflections on Constructivism (1997)
• A Critical Review of Elaboration Theory (1993)
• A Review of Cognitive Teaching Models (1991)
• More on Cognitive Teaching Models (1996)
• Maintaining Ties Between ID and Psychology (1995)
• The Impact of Constructivism (and Postmodernism) on ID with Jim Teslow and Rionda Osman-Jouchoux (1995)
• Situated Instructional Design (1995)
• Cognitive Approaches To Instructional Design (1993)
• Instructional Design Perspectives on Math Ed (1992)

Links to our Program

• School of Education, including links to our doctoral program
• Our masters program in information and learning technologies
• Instructional Technology Connections