Last Edited: March 23, 1999

 

CAREER SUMMARY

Michael Szabo, Ph.D.
Professor of Educational Psychology
& Technology in Education

3-104 Education North
The University of Alberta
(403) 492-3667 x 225
FAX (403) 492-3179

e-mail: mike.szabo@ualberta.ca

President
Interactive Solutions, Inc.
4204 - 107 Street
Edmonton, AB
T6J - 2R9

(403) 435-0277

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 1938
Citizenship: United States of America
Permanent Resident Status in Canada

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Educational Research and Measurement
Purdue University, 1969

M.S., Physics
Purdue University, 1967

B. Sc., Education
Taylor University, 1962

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (Click here for recent publications and papers)

University of Alberta

1994 to ...... Professor of Educational Psychology and Division of Technology in Education. This position is responsible for expanding graduate the degree program specializing in computer based instruction to train researchers and practitioners. In addition, the Division position calls for the promotion of computer based instruction and promotion of instructional computing in the Faculty.

1989 to 1994 Professor of Adult, Career & Technology Education. This position is responsible for developing a doctoral degree program specializing in computer based instruction to train researchers and practitioners. In addition, the position calls for the promotion of computer based instruction in the Faculty and University.

1987 to 1989: Professor of Educational Psychology. This position saw the development of the Masters Degree in computer based instruction and the expansion of research and development activities in the field.

1981 to 1987: Manager, Instructional Systems Group, Department of Computing Services and Honorary Professor. The major responsibility of this managerial position was to shape and direct the operation of the mainframe-based PLATO™ computer based instruction system. The dedicated system was used to promote the development and delivery of computer based instruction services to the University of Alberta as well as to business, industry, and education from Halifax to Vancouver.

The Pennsylvania State University (1969 to 1980)

1978 to 1980: Director, Instruction Support Center and Associate Professor. This position involved the development and expansion of a batch- oriented computer managed instruction system (ISS) to provide instructional support to 25 university courses. The system employed optical scan sheets and remote processing using an IBM 370 system operating locally developed software.

1976 to 1978: Associate Director, Center for Education Research and Evaluation and Associate Professor. The Associate Director was responsible for identifying research needs within the Department as well as in the northeast geographical region, developing research proposals, and carrying out funded evaluation projects. During this time Dr. Szabo managed the nation wide Television Reading Project sponsored by Capital Cities Communications.

1972 to 1976: Assistant Director, Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory and Associate Professor. The CAI Lab pioneered development of computer based instructional courses and delivered them across North America using four IBM 1500 Multimedia CAI Systems and three state of the art mobile CAI units. The Lab generated over $10M in grants and contracts in its 10 year history.

1969 to 1972: Assistant Professor of Science Education.

1962 to 1969: Instructor of Physics, Mathematics, and General Science. Taught in public schools of New Jersey and Indiana

BUSINESS & CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

1985 to... Founder and President, Interactive Solutions, Inc. ISI provides full service consulting in the area of the use of technology to address training problems. In addition to systematic design of instruction, ISI assesses the customer's corporate climate for consistency of training program and new opportunities for competitive advantage through training. During this time ISI marketed the PLATO mainframe authoring system OMNISIM ™ to major international installations. ISI is a registered Alberta Corporation.

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CAREER SUMMARY

Michael Szabo, Ph.D. is Professor of Educational Psychology and Division of Technology in Education at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada. He developed the graduate program in Instructional Technology and conducts research and development into several aspects of effects of instructional technology on learning and the process of instructional technology as innovation and change. Prior to this appointment, Professor Szabo was Manager of Instructional Systems Development (PLATO) at the University of Alberta from 1981 to 1987.

>From 1969 to 1981, Professor Szabo was on the faculty of Education at The Pennsylvania State University and also served in Directorship positions in the Computer Assisted Instruction Lab (IBM 1500), the Instructional Support System and the Center for Educational Research and Evaluation.

Professor Szabo has consulted and been involved in creating interactive multimedia programs for a variety of government and commercial agencies around the world, most recently in Asia. He has published 80 research articles, 244 papers at conferences and several book chapters. He is currently developing Web Based Instruction courses and regularly consults on multimedia, computer based instruction and web-based instruction. In 1985, he founded Interactive Solutions, Inc. a training company which consults on creating interactive multimedia solutions for education, government and commercial training.

 

INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

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