MARCUS DALE CHILDRESS
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Instructional Design and Technology
The Teachers College
328 Visser Hall
(620) 341-5677
marcus.childress@emporia.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Instructional Design and Technology, 1995
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute &
C.A.G.S., Curriculum and Instruction, 1994
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute &
M.M., Music Education, 1988
Appalachian
B.M.,
Music Education, 1983
Appalachian
EXPERIENCE
•Chair, Instructional Design &
Technology Department
•Associate
Professor,
Teaching Foundations of
Instructional Technology, Multimedia Design, Designing/Developing Web-Based
Instruction, and other instructional technology courses to graduate students.
Teaching instructional technology courses to undergraduate education students.
Supervising student teachers.
•Assistant
Professor,
•Assistant
Professor,
Taught Advanced
Instructional Design, Microcomputers and the Curriculum, Digital Media, Multimedia,
Telecommunications, and Distance Learning courses to graduate students. Taught
Educational Applications of Technology courses to
undergraduate
education students.
•Assistant
Professor,
Developed and taught
Multimedia Design, Instructional Design courses to graduate
students. Taught
Instructional Media and Introduction to Microcomputers courses to undergraduate
education students. Supervised student teachers. Webmaster for the Teachers
College.
•Instructor,
Taught Introduction
to Media courses to undergraduate education students.
Supervised student
teachers in local schools.
•Teaching
Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute&
Taught Psychological
Foundations of Education to undergraduate education and psychology students.
•Lab Assistant, Education Technology Lab, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute &
(1992-1994)
Assisted college of
education faculty and students in hardware and software
•Instructional
Designer/Computer Programmer, Educational
Technologies,
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute &
Developed
engineering visual database videodisc and CD-ROM for the
SUCCEED Project of
the National Science Foundation.
•Researcher, Department of Education,
Conducted
interviews, surveys, and focus group meetings for the
Department of
Education Special Education Program Standards Study.
•Research Assistant/Instructional
Designer,
Institute
&
•Teacher,
Rowan-Salisbury Schools, Spencer, NC
(1989-1991)
Taught
band and chorus at
•Adjunct Instructor,
•Teacher,
Taught band at
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Presentations
—
Childress, M. (2005, March). This is your brain on PowerPoint. Any questions? Mid-America Computers
in Education (MACE) Conference,
Childress, M., Foyle, H.,
Richling, D., Wijata, H., & Chen, E. (2005, April). Get SMART! Hands-on! – Using SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards and
Other New and Innovative Technologies in the Classroom.
National Technology Conference of the National Social
Science Association (NSSA),
Childress, M., & Chen, E.
(2005, April). Going Wireless in the Classroom and in the
Home Office. National Technology
Conference of the National Social Science Association (NSSA),
Childress, M. & Eberle, J. (2005, April) Heutagogy: Beyond pedagogy and andragogy. 2005 Research and Creativity Forum,
Childress, M.D. & Howell,
D. (August, 2004). Point/Counterpoint:
PowerPoint and the Dumbing-Down of
Childress, M.D. & Foyle, H.C. (April, 2004). Improving
Student Technological Conceptions, Attitudes and Usage through the Intervention
of the Intel Teach to The Future
Curriculum. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Social
Science Association,
Childress, M.D., Foyle, H.C., Chen, E., Blaufuss, E.
& Knowles, J. (April, 2004). Designing
and Developing Digital
Resources to Support Academic Departments:
Graduate Students Putting Knowledge and Skills
into Action. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Social
Science Association,
Childress, M.D. & Foyle,
H.C. (March, 2004). Improving Student Technological Conceptions,
Attitudes and Usage through the Intervention of
the Intel Teach to The Future Materials. Presented at the Annual ESU Research and
Creativity Forum,
Support Services. Presented
at the Annual Meeting of EDUCAUSE Southwest,
Childress, M.D., Braswell, B.R.
(October, 2003). Developing NCATE
Documentation and
Surviving
the Review: Strategies for Success.
International Convention of
the
Association
for Educational Communications and Technology,
Childress, M.D., Braswell,
B.R. (July, 2003). Should You Go
Wireless? Presented at the
National
Educational Computing Conference,
Braswell, B.R., Childress,
M.D. (March, 2003). WIAWD: Wireless
is as Wireless Does.
International Conference of the Society for
Information Technology and Teacher
Education,
Childress, M.D., Braswell, B.R. (November, 2002). Helping Your Teacher Education and
Educational Technology Programs Address
NCATE Standards: Strategies for
Success. International Convention of the Association for Educational
Communications
and
Technology,
Childress, M.D., Foyle, H.C., Howell, D., Summerville,
J. (November, 2002). Intel, ISTE, and
NCATE: Redesigning Undergraduate
Technology Courses to Integrate Standards,
Requirements, Curriculum, and Tools. International Convention of the
Association for
Educational
Communications and Technology,
Childress,
M.D., Foyle, H.C. & Howell, D. (August, 2002). Handheld Computers, PDAs and
New Technologies in the "Palm" of Your Hand. Colleague to Colleague Summer Institute (SIDLIT),
Childress, M.D. & Braswell,
B.R. (June, 2002). Addressing NCATE 2000: Ten Strategies for
Technology in
Teacher Education. Presented
at the National Educational Computing Conference,
Foyle, H.C. & Childress, M.D.
(April, 2002). Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs): Touch the
Future! Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Social
Science Association,
Childress,
Program and
Childress, M.D. & Foyle, H.C. (October, 2001). Using
the Internet as a Tool in Social Studies Instruction. Fall 2001
Conference of the
Childress, M.D. & Foyle, H.C. (October, 2001). Using
the Internet to Meet and Integrate
Social Science Standards. Fall Professional
Development Conference of the National Social Science Association,
Childress, M.D., Foyle,
H.C. & Seguin, A. (September, 2001). Using the Intel Teach to the
Future Program to
Improve Your Preservice Technology Courses. Technology Leadership Academy Fall Institute,
Childress, M.D.
(March, 2001). Understanding and Integrating ISTE and
Standards into the
Curriculum. Annual Technology in
Education Conference of the Mid-America Association for Computers in Education,
Childress, M.D.
& Braswell, B.R. (March, 2001). Technology and Higher Education
Administration. International Conference of the Society for
Information Technology and Teacher Education,
Childress, M.D. (February,
2000). The Relationship Between Learning Style and
Demographics
in a One-way video, Two-way audio Preservice Teacher Education
Computer
Literacy Course. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research
Association,
Childress, M.D. & Overbaugh, R.C.
(February, 2000). The Relationship Between Learning
Style and
Computer Self-Efficacy in a One-way video, Two-way audio Preservice
Teacher
Education Computer Literacy Course. Annual Meeting of the
Eastern
Educational Research
Association,
Overbaugh,
R.C. & Childress, M.D. (February, 2000). The Effect of Learning Style
on
Computer Literacy Course. Annual
Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research
Association,
Childress,
Faculty Development Institutes at Two Universities. Annual
Conference of the Society
for Information Technology and Teacher Education,
Childress,
M.D. (February, 1999). VETA Technology Update Report for Old Dominion
University. Meeting of the
Childress,
M.D. (November, 1998). Selecting Developmentally Appropriate Software for
the
Early
Childhood Classroom. Seventh Annual Mid-Atlantic Symposium, “Best Practices
for Addressing Standards of Learning, Meeting Students’ Needs, & Learning
Accountability,”
Childress,
M.D. & Lee, G.L. (November, 1998). New and Improved CD-ROM Books for
Beginning
Readers, Annual
Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children,
Childress,
M.D. & Lee, G.L. (November, 1998). Using Multimedia CD-ROM Portfolios
for
Preservice
Teachers, Annual Conference of the Southeastern Regional
Association of Teacher Educators,
Childress,
M.D. & Lee, G.L. (November, 1998). Training Tomorrow’s Teachers to
Use
Technology as a Catalyst for School Reform. Annual
Conference of the Southeastern
Regional Association of Teacher Educators,
Childress,
M.D. & Lee, G.L. (March, 1998). Let’s Have Fun
Annual Conference of the Southern Early Childhood
Education Annual
Conference,
Childress,
M.D. & Lee, G.L. (March, 1998). Designing & Developing Multimedia
CD-ROM
Portfolios.
Childress,
M.D. (November, 1997). New Developments on the World-Wide-Web for
Reading Educators,. Annual
Conference of the College
Association,
Childress,
M.D. & Lee, G.L. (November, 1997). CD-ROM Books for Beginning Readers
- New
and Improved! Annual Conference of the
College Reading Association,
Childress,
M.D. & Siribodhi, T. (April, 1997). Promoting Cultural Awareness with
the World-
Wide-Web, International Conference of the Society for
information Technology and Teacher Education,
Childress,
M.D. (April, 1997).
Web
, International Conference of the
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education,
Childress,
M.D. (April, 1997). The World-Wide-Web and Introduction to Teaching
Courses.
International
Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education,
Tu,
J. & Childress, M.D. (April, 1997). Can Multimedia Enhance Creativity?
Research and
Creativity
Forum, Office of Graduate Studies and Research,
Childress,
M.D. (March, 1997). Virtual Reality and Education.
Mid-America Computers in Education Conference,
Childress,
M.D. & Sherman, G. (March, 1997). The Role of Technology and the
Future of
Higher Education.
Childress,
M.D. (March, 1997). The Use of Technology for Curriculum Integration.
Mid-
Childress, M.D. (February, 1997). Educational
Resources on the World-Wide-Web:
A Cyber-Gold Mine , Annual
Conference of the Midwest Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development,
Childress, M.D. (February,
1997). Amaze Your Students and Impress Your Colleagues with Multimedia
Presentations, Annual Conference of the Midwest Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development,
Childress, M.D. (February,
1997). Incorporating the World-Wide-Web Into an
Introduction to Teaching
Course. Annual
Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators,
Childress, M.D. &
Siribodhi, T. (February, 1997). The Word-Wide-Web’s Effect on Thai and
American Students’ Cultural Perceptions. Annual Convention of the Association for
Educational Communications and Technology,
Sherman, G. & Childress, M.D. (February, 1997). llypertext
Menus Versus Image Maps Versus
Virtual Reality WWW
Navigation. Annual
Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and
Technology,
Sherman, K., Sherman, G. & Childress, M.D.
(February, 1997). Microsoft-Walnut
Partnership: An
Instructional Technology Case Study, Annual Convention of the
Association for Educational Communications and Technology,
Childress, M.D. (November, 1996). Multimedia
Use in Higher Education. Annual Conference of the
Childress, M.D. (October,
1996). World-Wide-Web Resources for Reading Educators.
Annual
Conference of
the College Reading Association,
Childress, M.D. (October,
1996). Adding Spice to Your Presentations with Multimedia.
Annual
Conference of the College Reading Association,
Childress, M. D. & Childress, T.W. (November,
1995). A Study of Animation and Narration in
Instruction. Annual Conference of the
College Reading Association,
Childress, M. D. (June, 1994). Interactive
Multimedia Tools for Music in General Studies.
National
Educational Computing Conference,
Childress, M. D. & Childress, T.W. (June, 1994). Multimedia
and Adult Basic Skills
Training: A Winning Combination. National Educational Computing Conference,
Childress, M. D. (March,
1994). An Investigation of Digitized Audio and Video instruction.
Annual Conference of the
Society for Technology and Teacher Education,
Childress, M. D. (March, 1994). Multimedia: A Catalyst for integrated Learning in the
Language Arts. Annual Conference of the
Society for Technology and Teacher Education,
Childress, M. D. & Braswell, B. R. (February,
1994). Guided Development of
HyperCard-Based Multimedia Materials: Playing With a
Full Deck.
Annual Convention of the Association for Educational
Communications and
Technology,
Childress, M. D. & Braswell, B. R. (February, 1994).
Now You CD Them...Incorporating CD-
ROM into the Curriculum. Annual Convention
of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology,
Childress, M. D. (February, 1994). Gagne’s Conditions of Learning
as Exhibited in Various Teaching Models. Annual meeting of the Eastern
Educational Research Association Conference,
Childress, M. D. (October, 1993). A Study of
Multimedia Instruction Using Digitized Video
and Narration. Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association,
Childress, M. D. (October, 1993). Multimedia - The Quick and Easy
Way: Using a HyperCard Development Stack. Annual Conference of the
International Visual Literacy Association,
Childress, M. D. (
Arts
Symposium, Appalachian
Childress, M. D. (February, 1993). Instructional
Attributes of Animation: A Study of
Connections Between Words and Pictures. Annual
meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association Conference,
Braswell, B. R. & Childress, M. D. (January, 1993). Directed
Development of HyperCard Materials: Stacking the Deck. Annual
Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology,
Childress, M. D. & Cole, R. C. (October, 1992). Interactive
Audio-Visual Materials for
use in General Courses in Western Art Music. College
Music Society Conference,
Braswell,
B. R. & Childress, M. D. (October, 1992). Don’t Forget Grandma:
Integrated
Lessons
Using “Just Grandma & Me”.
International Society for Technology in Education Technology in the Rockies
Conference, Denver, CO
Publications —
Childress, M. & Foyle, H.
(2005). Improving student technological conceptions, attitudes and usage
through the intervention of the Intel Teach to The Future curriculum.
National
Social Science Journal, 25(1),
34-46.
Eberle, J. & Childress,
M. (2005). Using heutagogy to address the needs of online learners.
In Rogers, P. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of DistanceLearning, Teaching, Technologies, and
Applications.
Childress, M.D. & Foyle,
H.C. (2004). Improving student
technological conceptions, attitudes and usage through the intervention of the Intel Teach to The Future curriculum. Accepted
for publication in the National
Social Science Association Journal.
Eberle, J. & Childress, M.D. (2004). Using heutagogy to address the needs of online learners.
Book
chapter accepted for publication in the Encyclopedia
of Distance Learning, Teaching, Technologies, and Applications, Information Science
Publishing.
Childress, M.D. (2001).
Effects of animation and narration on recall and
problem‑solving performance.
Childress,
M.D., Foyle, H.C. & Lyman, L.R.
(2001). Social science, the internet, and making
sense of it all: A
process for selecting, evaluating, and implementing information resources. National
Social Science Journal.
Rovai, A.P. &
Childress, M.D. (2001). Explaining and predicting teacher education students
who are resistant to computer
anxiety reduction. Journal of Research on Computers in Education:
International Society for Technology in Education.
Childress, M.D. & Overbaugh, R.C. (2001). The Relationship Between
Learning Style and Achievement in a One-way Video, Two-way Audio Preservice
Teacher Education Computer Literacy Course. International Journal of
Educational Telecommunications.
Fleener, C., Morgan, R., Hager, J. & Childress,
M.D. (2000). The integration of conation,
cognition, affect and social environment in literacy
development, in Sturtevant (Ed), College Reading Association Yearbook:
College Reading Association.
Childress, M. D. & Braswell, B.R. (2000). Teaching
the teachers: Faculty development Institutes at two universities. Proceedings
of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.
Childress, M. D., Lee, G. L.,
& Sherman, G. P. (1999). Reviewing software as a means of
enhancing instruction. In D. Shade (Ed.), Information
Technology in Childhood Education Annual.
Lee, G.L. & Childress, M.D.
(1998). Playing Korean ethnic games to promote multicultural awareness. Multicultural
Education. 6(3), 33-35.
Siribodhi, T. & Childress, M.D.(1998). The world
wide web’s effect on Thai and American
students’ cultural perceptions. Saint Johns
Journal. 1(1)
Lucking, R.L. & Childress, M.D. (1997). Virtual
tutoring using high speed teleconferencing.
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Computers
in Education.
Childress, M.D. (1997). Desktop conferencing. Article
in the Instructional Design Network
Newsletter,
Childress,
M.D. (1995). Effects of three multimedia instructional presentation
formats
containing
animation and narration o n recall and problem solving performance. Doctoral
Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Childress, M. D. (1994). Interactive multimedia tools
for music in general studies.
Proceedings of the 1994 National Educational Computing
Conference,
Manuscripts Submitted —
Childress, M.D. & Foyle,
H.C. Improving student technological
conceptions, attitudes and usage through the intervention of the Intel Teach to The Future curriculum. Submitted to the National Social Science Association Journal on
Eberle, J. & Childress, M.D. Using heutagogy to address the needs of online learners.
Book
chapter submitted to the Encyclopedia of Distance
Learning, Teaching, Technologies, and
Applications,
Information Science Publishing on
Grants Awarded —
Principal
Investigator – Microsoft Teacher Training at
Teacher
Training@Microsoft Program,
Microsoft Corporation, ($64,000
per year in Microsoft software and ancillary materials –
$256,000
four-year total), 1997-2000.
Principal
Investigator- Developing Streaming Digital Video Instruction,
Center for
Instructional Technologies Faculty Innovator Grant,
Principal Investigator - The
Effect of Multiple Representations Upon Recall and Problem
Solving, Research and
Grants Submitted —
Principal lnvestigator - Effects of
Presentation Formats on Recall and
Problem-Solving,
($6,000), 1998. (Ranked #1 in
Principal
Investigator - The World-Wide-Web’s Effect on Cultural Awareness,
Request for proposals to study the
effects of teaching with technology.
Co-Investigator
- “Online
funded.
Co-Investigator
- Old Dominion University/Future Kids proposal to provide
consulting services
and technology training for
Newport News Public Schools, 1997 — Not funded.
Co-Investigator
- Teachers College CD-ROM Project, Research and
Principal
Investigator – ESU-Elementary School Science and Math Multimedia/Internet
Project, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development
Program, ($68, 632), 1996 — Not funded.
Co-Investigator – Curriculum Connectivity , Apple Partners
in Education Grant, Emporia School
District/Emporia State University, (Computers, Servers, Software), 1996 — Not
funded.
Improving Technology Integration of Preservice
Teachers with the Intel Teach to the Future
Curriculum -- ongoing research with
IT125. Data collection includes: INTIME
Technology Competency Survey.
Individual
Differences and Distance Education - ongoing research with IT 125/IT371
classes.
Data
collection includes: Group Embedded Figures Test; Rotter Internal/External
Locus of Control Scale; Computer Attitude Scale; Perceptions of Interaction
Survey.
Perceived Sense of Classroom Community -- ongoing
research with IT125 and colleagues at
Using the ARCS Model of motivation as a tool to review
educational software.
Linking the ISTE/INCATE Standards to preservice teacher
technology curriculum.
Developed
and maintained web pages, web discussion forums, mailing lists
for online courses at ESU:
IT 810 Web Page: http://idt.emporia.edu/childress/it810
IT 820 Web Page: http://idt.emporia.edu/childress/it820
IT 743 Web Page: http://idt.emporia.edu/childress/it743
Developed
and maintained web pages, web discussion forums, mailing lists
to facilitate face-to-face
courses at ESU:
IT
125 Web Page: http://idt.emporia.edu/childress/it125
IT 371 Web Page: http://idt.emporia.edu/childress/it371
ECI 304 - TELETECHNET Web Page: http://courses.lib.odu.edu/eci/mchildre/eci304/eci304.html
ECI
646 Web Page: http://www.odu.edu/~mdc/eci646
ECI 665 Web Page: http://courses.lib.odu.edu/eci/mchildre/eci304/eci665