iMet - Ben L. Anderson

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Areas of Special Interest

Distance Learning and Web-Based Training (WBT)
Distance education has long been a special interest and is the subject of my unfinished thesis at CSU Chico. Using the Event Oriented Design Model (Thomas Welsh), I was studying ways that I could use technology to replicate or improve upon the interactions that are effective in face-to-face training. As a CTAP Director in Region 2, I was a staff of one tasked with providing professional development for digital high schools in the ten most rural counties in Northern California. In order to leverage my time, I designed and founded the Center for Distributed Learning and CTAP Online, an online professional development community that is now used by teachers all over California.

Multimedia Development
Multimedia and its use in education and marketing is also a keen interest. The combination of text, images, sound, motion, and video coming together to tell a compelling story intrigues me and I'm contantly trying to find new ways to use it in marketing and education.

Macromedia Breeze Technololgy and Flash
I've initiated the use of Macromedia Breeze among my county school districts. It enables the use of a familiar tool, PowerPoint, for sharing information and for developing instructional materials without the steep learning curve of other programs such as Flash and Director. I conduct a 4-day training institute in which I teach instructional design, scriptwriting, studio setup, digital audio recording, effective PowerPoint, branching and interface design, and more. Breeze is now being used in some very innovative ways by educators in our region. Teachers are developing tutorials for students: principals are sharing information about student test scores with their school communities, and staff development coordinators are using it provide training to teachers.

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