Brock Allen, PhD          Brock.Allen@SDSU.edu
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Professor,
Department of Educational Technology
 
Director,      
Center for Learning, Instruction, &
Performance Technologies
 
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
5500 CAMPANILE DRIVE
SAN DIEGO, CA 92182-1182
 
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/BSAllen
          

 
Short Vita, 1992-1998

Chapters & Articles

Allen, B. S., & Otto, R. G., & Hoffman, B. (in press). Case-based learning: contexts and communities. In S. Tobias & D. Fletcher (Eds.), Handbook for training. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Allen, B. S., & Brown, S. W. (1997). Introduction [to special issue on multimedia and interactivity]. Instructional Science, 25(2), 75-77. (ISSN 0020-4277)

Allen, B. S., & Otto, R. G. (1996). Media as lived environments: the ecological psychology of educational technology. In David H. Jonassen (Ed.), Handbook of research for educational communications and technology. New York: Macmillan.

Allen, B. S., Chiero, R.T, & Hoffman, R. P. (1995). Mapping more authentic multimedia learning environments. In Brent G. Wilson (Ed.), Constructivist learning environments: Case studies in instructional design. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, pp. 179-190. (ISBN 0-87778-290-3)

Allen, B. S., Hoffman, R. P., & Pajak, A. (1994, November/December). A study of future trends in interactive multimedia development. AVC Communicator, pp. 1-4. Association of Visual Communicators, San Diego, CA.

Allen, B. S. (1994, April). A multiplicity of media: Changing paradigms for working and learning in multimedia environments. Educational Technology, 34(4), 33-34. (ERIC No. EJ481851)

Hirumi, A., Savenye, W., & Allen, B. S. (1994). Designing interactive videodisc-based museum exhibits. Educational Technology Research & Development, 42(1), 47-55. (ISSN 1042-1629)

Allen, B. S., & Hoffman, R. P. (1993). Varied support for constructive activity in hypermedia-based learning environments. In T. M. Duffy, D. H. Jonasssen, & J. Lowyck (Eds.), Designing environments for constructive learning: NATO Advanced Studies Institute, Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences, Vol. 105, pp. 261-290. Heidelberg, FRG: Springer-Verlag. (ISBN 3-540-56452-7)

Allen, B. S., Kompella, J., & Hoffman, R. P. (1993). Computer-based curriculum mapping. In M. R. Simonson (Ed.), Proceedings of Selected Research Paper Presentations at the 1993 Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (ERIC No. ED 362145)

Allen, B. S. (1993). Instructional Message Design: Principles from the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences edited by Malcom Fleming and Howard Levie (book review). Educational Technology Research & Development, 41(2), pp. 112-114. (ISSN 1042-1629)

Allen, B. S. (1992). Constructive criticisms. In T. M. Duffy & D. H. Jonnasen (Eds.), Constructivism and the technology of instruction: A conversation, pp. 183-204. Englewood, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (ISBN 0-8058-1272-5)

National Presentations

Allen, B. S., Eckols, S. L., Fielden, C. J. (1998, February 21). Practitioner-oriented principles for usability design: development and evaluation of an online multimedia database.  Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, St. Louis, MO.

Allen, B. S. (1997, December). Usability and customer oriented quality services. Joint Education Training & Technology Conference, Chicago.

Allen, B. S. (1997, May 15). The human factor in using electronic technology effectively. US Department of Labor One-Stop National Conference, Los Angeles.

Allen, B. S. (1997, May 14). Examples of accommodations in one-stops. US Department of Labor One-Stop National Conference, Los Angeles.

Allen, B. S. & Hamilton, V. (1996, July). Usability issues in the delivery of Electronic One-Stop Services. Joint Education Training & Technology Conference, Washington, DC.

Hoffman, R. H., Allen, B. S. (researcher/writers) & Pajak, A. (multimedia producer). (1994, June). Movin' on down the road: results of the AVC Delphi study on trends in multimedia (multimedia report). Assoc. of Visual Communicators 35th Annual International Cindy Awards Banquet, Anaheim, CA. Presentation taped for use by the Screen Actors Guild.

Allen, B. S., & Robinson, G. L. (1994, April 4). Building more authentic multimedia learning environments: An ethnographic approach. In Sigmund Tobias (Chair), Alternative Learning Environments. Symposium Conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Allen, B. S. (1994, February 16). Rapid formative evaluation of prototype multimedia interfaces. In E. Morey (Chair), Interface Design for Multimedia Instruction. Symposium at the Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Division of Information Systems and Computers, Nashville, TN.

Allen, B. S. & Logan, J. (1993, September 23). The Learning Studio (multimedia prototype). Business Week Information Highways 1993: The Computerization of Business and Society, New York.

Robinson-Stuart, G. L. & Allen, B. S. (1992, February 28). Pair-a-Phrase (multimedia authoring system). Outreach Symposium, Computer Assisted Learning & Instruction Consortium, Monterey, CA.

Grants & Contracts

POSIT: Principles for One Stop Information and Training. Office for Workforce Policy, California State Employment Development Department. $129,000.

Awards

Senior Research Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education, 1993.

Silver Cindy Award, Assoc. of Visual Communicators. With educational technology students for Somos (We Are), 1992.

 

Peer Review & Editorial Activities

Consulting Editor, Computers in Human Behavior, 1994- .

Consulting Editor and Member, Editorial Board, Research Section, Educational Technology. 1992-97.

Consulting Editor, Research Section, Educational Technology Research & Development, 1989- .

Consulting Editor, Development Section, Educational Technology Research & Development, 1989-97.

Judge, Multimedia Competition, 34th Annual Cindy Awards, Assoc. of Visual Communicators, New Orleans, 1992.

Reviewer, Paper proposals, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1985- .

 

Selected Service Activities

Facilitator, SDSU Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Emerging Media Technologies, 1995-96.

Co-Chair, SDSU Senate Panel on Instructional Technology, Group 2

Member, Faculty of the SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Education, 1991-current.

Faculty Advisor, Student Association of Graduates in Educational Technology (SAGE), 1989-1993 and 1996- 

Member, Board of Directors, Applied Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Inc. (pro bono service), 1987- 

Speaker, California State Curriculum Commission, March, 1994. "Multimedia and curriculum development."