Michael G. Moore Full Curriculum Vitae

Knight-Moore Telematics for Education and Development/CDI
1808 Eye Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC, 20006, USA

Tel: (814) 863-3501
michael@knight-moore.com
www.knight-moore.com

Education

  • 1970-1973: University of Wisconsin, Madison : Ph.D.

  • 1959-1960:  Goldsmiths' College, London : PGCE

  • 1956-1959:  London School of Economics : B.Sc. (Econ.)

Professional Experience

  • Professor of Education, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University (1986-present)

  • Director of the American Center for Study of Distance Education (1987-2001).  Specializing in teaching and research of distance education. Developed and taught the nation’s first series of graduate courses. Pioneered international teaching by audio, video and computer-conferencing.  

  •  Founder and Editor, The American Journal of Distance Education. (1987-Present). Designed all aspects of AJDE, the country’s principal scholarly journal in the field, and a series of 16 research monographs and 7 anthologies of readings

  •  Founder and Editor, The Distance Education Online Symposium. Developed DEOS, the first international Internet conference on distance education, now having members in over 70 countries. (1987-2001).

  • Visiting Fellow at World Bank. Advised and assisted in developing and implementing strategy for distance education internally and externally. (1996-8).

  • Visiting Professor, University of Maryland University College.

    Taught on-line courses in distance education. (2000-2005).

  • Lecturer, Faculty of Education, The British Open University, U.K.

    Designed and taught distance education courses, notably Education for Adults. (1981-84).

  • Senior Counselor, The British Open University, U.K.

    Supervised and trained instructors and monitored students’ progress; taught courses in educational psychology. (1977‑81, 1984-85)

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin‑Madison.

    Taught graduate courses in Department of Continuing and Vocational Education.  (Summers, 1979, 1985 and 1986)

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Northern Illinois

    Taught graduate courses in Department of Leadership and Educational Policy Studies.  (Summer 1984)

  • Visiting Lecturer, University of London.

    Taught graduate course in comparative adult education at Institute of Education, (Winter 1980)

  • Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.     

    Taught graduate courses in Department of Adult Education Program. (1973‑76)

  • Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin‑Madison. Researched educational uses of ommunications media. (1970 – 1973)

  •  Lecturer, University of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.

    Organized and taught adult education programs in each of the country’s regions, based consecutively in Kisumu, Mombasa, Nairobi and Nakuru. (1967-70) with special interest in using radio.

  • Education Officer, Government of Kenya.

    Taught economics to high school students and organized university adult education programs.  (1963 – 67)

  • Teacher, Horley C.S. School, Surrey, U.K.

    Taught high school social science subjects and volunteer teacher in adult education programs. (1960 – 63)

  

Consulting 

 

Ministry of Education, Romania, Project Management Unit for Rural Education

          Advise and assist in IBRD funded project with specific regard to career development of school teachers. (Feb-March 2003)

 

United Nations Population Fund.

          Advise and assist in developing implementation of Distance education program. (Dec. 2002).

 

Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development.

Advising and assisting in determining recommendations to USAID for future U.S. developing country collaboration in distance education. (Oct. 2002 – present)

 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

          Member review panel, Small Business Innovation Research project on Information based technologies and education. (Aug.2002)

 

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Advised Brazilian Ministry of Education in setting up a distance education system to design and deliver training to 27,000 teachers in 13 states, with 22 missions to various parts of Brazil. (Dec. 1997-Dec 2002)

 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Chair, international team to revise UNESCO distance learning policy. (May 2001- May 2002)

 

Chair, international course team to design training program on distance education. (Jan. 2001- Jan 2002)

 

SRI International

Prepare a data-base of literature and report on information and communications technologies in secondary and post-secondary education. (Nov. 1999 to Nov 2002)

 

Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Chair, editorial group to develop global knowledge network in distance learning. (June 2001 – Dec 2002)

 

Advised on revision of COL five year policy plan. (Oct. 2000)

 

American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)

Advised on distance education methods to the AATG Goethe Institute project of in-service continuing education of teachers of German. (Nov. 1993- Nov 2002)

 

State Secretariat of Science and Technology, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Advised Centro de Educação Superior a Distância do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (CEDERJ), in establishing a consortium of universities to design and deliver distance education. (Aug. 2000- Dec 2002)

 

University of Puerto Rico, College of Health Related Professions

Advised the CPRS administration regarding development of their distance learning system. (May, 2001)

 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

  • Advised on design of a distance education system for the IMF training Institute, providing alternative investment and course options, with different technologies, human resources, timelines. (Oct 1997-April 1998)

  • Principal instructional designer for the Financial Programming and Policies course, the Institute’s first distance learning program, delivered to banking professionals worldwide. (Nov 1998- June 1999

  • Designed, implemented and reported an evaluation of the Financial Programming and Policies distance learning course (April-Nov. 2000)

World Bank

  • Advised Human Development Network (HDN) in formulation, and assisted in implementation, of policy on distance education. (April, 1996- June 1997

  • Advised and assisted HDN in conceptualizing and developing the Global Distance Education Network (GDENet), part of the World Bank’s Knowledge Management System. (July 1997-June 1999)

  • Advised HDN as member of team to develop policy and strategy on technology and education in Africa Region. (Jan. 1998-May  1998)

  • Advised Human Resources Group, (HRG) on converting training programs to distance learning method and trained a team to design “Currency Options” course, the first distance learning course for World Bank internal training. (Jan. 1996-Dec. 1997)

  • Advised and assisted Latin American and Caribbean division (LAC) as member of mission to Brazil to appraise proposed $202 million project for development of schools. (Dec. 1997)

  • Advised and assisted LAC as member of mission to State of Minas Gerais, Brazil to assess plan for In-service teacher training program delivered by television. (June 1996)

  • Advised and assisted LAC in developing distance education component of Latin American teacher education strategy. (Nov 97-June 1999)

  • Advised and assisted LAC as member of mission to Peru to prepare project for provision of secondary education to rural youth by distance education. (April 2000)

  • Advised and assisted External Affairs Department (EA) on mission to Russia to advise on use of telecommunications in training for the market economy and advise the National Training Foundation. (June/July 1996)

  • Advised and assisted EA, with mission to South Africa to evaluate and facilitate further development of World Bank funded Telematics for African Development Consortium. (July 1997)

State Secretariat of Education of Minas Gerais,  Brazil.

Advised on in-service training programs for 90,000 teachers; four missions to  design a delivery system, train course designers and instructors and advise on production of 24 video programs and accompanying study guides. (Dec. 1996 – April 1998)

 

Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc.

Reviewed television program materials and advised on strategy (Feb. 1997)

 

Arab Republic of Egypt, Ministry of Education

Advised on use of telecommunications and a delivery structure for a national distance learning program for in-service teacher training (Aug. 1996)

 

National Ministry of Education, Republic of South Africa

Advised National Ministry of Education team in review and development of policy on Technology Assisted Education (July/Aug 1996).

 

The Norwegian State Institution for Distance Education

Organized and accompanied officials of the Institution on tour of various distance education facilities in Florida and facilitated discussions of educational policy with administrators there. (Jan. 1996)

 

Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)

Advised this new university as member of its Distance Learning Advisory Committee. (1995-98)

 

State University System of  Florida

Advised and assisted Board of Regents staff in developing systemwide distance education system, including developing an addendum to the State University System Master Plan. (Aug. 1994 – Feb. 1995)

 

African National Congress (ANC), South Africa

Visited and reviewed policies of various South African distance education institutions and their potential for contributing to a democratic South Africa as member of international commission reporting to A.N.C. Education Committee (Feb. 1994).

 

Swedish Armed Forces College of Management

  • Advised on setting up a system for distance learning in training officers of Swedish armed forces and subsequently adding officers from Norway and Denmark. (1992-94)

  • Gave workshops in Karlstadt, Sweden, (May, 1992), Stockholm, (Dec., 1992), Stockholm, (May, 1993) and Ostersund (June, 1993)

  • Delivered six audio-courses from U.S. to 6 Swedish sites (May-Sept., 1992)

  • Delivered six audio-courses from U.S. to 8 sites in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. (Jan-June 1993)

  • Organized and accompanied teams of Scandinavian officers to U.S. military installations(May, 1993), and organized visits to US universities (Oct. 1994).

Universities of Helsinki and Turku, Finland

  • Advised and assisted University of Helsinki and subsequently University of Turku in establishing the first units for distance education in Finnish universities, advising on such matters as systems design and course design, evaluating programs and training trainers.

  • Provided frequent tele-conferences from USA, arranged visits to USA and gave numerous workshops and seminars during extended visits each August and December between 1989-94.

  • Provided instructional design consultation in developing the “Profiles of Finland” series of instructional materials for overseas study

Sampo Insurance Company, Turku, Finland

Advised the country’s largest insurance company in establishing first corporate distance learning training unit in Finland; advised and trained personnel in course design, with regular visits in August and December 1991-4.

 

Ministry of Education, Estonia

Advised on establishing country’s first distance education program and provided first training sessions. (1993-4).

 

Banomex: Bank of Mexico

Advised on future development of distance education programs and provided training in distance education techniques. Mexico City, (March, 1994).

 

State of New Jersey Department of Higher Education.

Advised Distance Learning Working Group on issues concerning quality standards and recommend accreditation mechanisms in context of new technologies. (April 1993).

 

State of Kentucky Department of Education;

Advised the Kentucky General Assembly’s task group in preparing a state plan for “telecommunicated learning”. (Feb. 1993)

 

University Wisconsin-Madison Extension, Engineering Dept.

Member of team providing workshops on distance education for trainers from Hewlett Packard, Royal Insurance, Holiday Inns, Federal Express, General Electric, AETNA Insurance, and other corporations. (Summers 1990,‘91,’92, ’93, ‘94).

 

National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of Guadalajara, University of Vera Cruz.

Advised and provided training in distance education techniques. Many workshop and seminars in Mexico City, and others in Guadalajara and Vera Cruz. (1992-5)

 

Sub‑Secretariat of Higher Education, Government of Mexico

Reviewed Mexican universities’ admissions criteria, visited US, British and French examining boards and reported with recommendations to Ministry of Education. (Summer 1992)

 

Banco de Mexico

Provided training for trainers from Banco de Mexico and also Inttelmex and Celanese Mexicana. Mexico City (July 1992).

 

University of  Szeged, Hungary

Led workshop on potential of Finnish‑Hungarian collaboration in distance education. (June 18, 1992).

 

The Lilly Endowment Inc.

Reviewed and evaluated proposals on telecommunication strategies in instruction for the Education division. (July 1991).

 

State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education

Advised on proposed instruction of MBA by computer conference to Norway by Quinnipiac College. (May 1990).

 

The Los Alamos National Laboratory

Advised on distance education, primarily in organizing and leading two national  "think tanks" to discuss a national distance education policy.  (1989-91)

 

 U.S. Congress Office of Technological Assessment

Reviewed and evaluated literature of effectiveness of educational telecommunications. (1989)

 

The U.S. Army Forum Project

Assisted Penatagon team developing plan for instruction by teleconference for the U.S. Army Reserve. (Fall 1988).

 

University Wisconsin-Madison System

Advised on design and development of four self-study courses in “Disaster Management”. (Jan. 1987 to Aug. 1989)

 

U.N. High Commission for Refugees

Advised on program design and evaluation in training refugee relief workers. Attended programs in Geneva, Switzerland and Madison Wisconsin and provided advice on developing distance learning materials. (1987 – 1990)

 

The Annenberg/CPB Project;

Advised on program design of courses in music and nutrition, coordinated by University of Wisconsin Extension. Evaluated courses in developmental testing. (1986 – 1988)

 

The Catholic Home Study Institute

Advised on design aspects of their proposed curriculum in theology for the M.A. (Fall 1986)

 

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (E.C.B.

Reviewed the current use of telecommunications media throughout the state and proposed further development strategy. (July 1986)

 

Bank of Montreal

Advised on development of self-study training programs and an improved delivery system. (Oct. 1984).

 

Professional service/leadership

Leadership aims: to establish distance education as field of study and practice and to facilitate international education, particularly by distance education methods.

 

Published first definitions and theoretical propositions in English- speaking world regarding distance education in 1972, widely cited and incorporated in study of distance education courses not only in U.S. but Australia, South Africa, India, U.K. and elsewhere.

 

Conceptualised first national conference, helped design and organize the conference at University of Wisconsin in 1985. Member of  Planning Committee 1985‑94.

 

Established the American Journal of Distance Education in 1987 and DEOS in 1988.

 

Designed and taught first academic courses in distance education (1987) and established first Certificate in Distance Education, awarded to students in US, Finland, Mexico and Estonia for taking courses by tele-conference (1990).

 

Organized the First Symposium on Research in Distance Education bringing researchers to Penn State in July 1988 to plan and develop a national research agenda. Follow-up symposia were organized in July 1991 and again in July 1995.

 

Edited the first American book on research in Distance Education (Pergamon Press), 1990.

 

Organized the first workshop on International Research in Distance Education, bringing researchers from a dozen countries to Caracas, Venezuela, (Oct. 1990)

 

Member Penn State University Task Force on Distance Education to establish policy regarding distance education, leading eventually to establishment of the World Campus. (1992-3)

 

Member advisory board for the Professional Development Certificate Program in Distance Education, University of Wisconsin, (1993-6)

 

Chaired a conference on “Internationl Distance Education: A Vision for the future” at Penn State, bringing 250 participants from 35 states and 22 countries (June 1994).

 

Appointed U.S. representative, Task Force on North American Distance Education Research Network set up to develop policies for educational cooperation with Canada and Mexico under NAFTA agreements. (1995 -6)

 

Organized conference on Best Practices of Computer Conferencing in distance education, Penn State University. (Feb.1996).

 

Member of International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) since 1971, longest serving in North America, member of research committee in 1970’s and 1980’s and Vice President from 1988‑92.

 

Member of the ICDE 1990, 1992 and 1997 World Conference Planning Committees. Worked successfully to bring the conference to U.S. and to Penn State in May 1997.

 

Organized symposium under auspices of American Center for Study of Distance Education and World Bank on  “Distance Education and National Development: Research Perspectives” as pre-conference event at the 18th ICDE World Conference, Penn State University, (May 1997).

 

Organized Institute for Leadership in Distance Education under auspices of American Center for Study of Distance Education at Penn State University, (July 1998) and a second Leadership Institute (July 1999).

 

Member Advisory Committee of the Penn State AT&T Innovations Project. (1995)

Member, PSU College of Education Technology Steering Committee. 1994-5.

 

Member of distance learning review group of National Advisory Committee on the National Information Infrastructure (1994)

Judge of National Information Infrastructure Award Program in the Education Category. (1994)

 

Co‑Chair with Dr. Alexander Ivannikov, First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia, Moscow, (July 1994)

Member of Program Committee, Second Conference (July 1996).

 

Member of United States Distance Learning Association Advisory Board since inception in 1987

 

Editorial positions

 

Reviews editor, Teaching at a Distance (U.K.), 1979‑81.

 

Associate editor, Teaching at a Distance (U.K.), 1981‑85.

 

Associate editor Open Learning (U.K.) 1985‑86.

 

Editorial board  Open Learning (U.K.) 1985‑89 and 2000 - present.

 

Editorial board Distance Education (Australia) 1982‑84, 1987‑1990.

 

Editorial board Journal of Distance Education (Canada) 1986‑present.

 

Editorial board Indian Journal of Distance Education 1993-97, 2000- present.

 

Editorial board Innovation (U.K.) 1994‑ present.

 

Editorial board International Review of Research in Distance Education (Canada). From inception, 2000 – present.

 

Editor The American Journal of Distance Education 1986 ‑ present.

 

Reviewer of manuscripts for Barron’s Educational Series Inc., The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, McGill-Queen’s University Press.

 

Advisory Editor The Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning . Sage Publications, 2002.

Publications:

 Books: 

Moore M.G. (ed) (1990) Contemporary Issues in American Distance Education. Oxford, U.K. Pergamon Press.

Moore, M.G. & G. Kearsley  (1996) Distance Education: a Systems View. Belmont, Ca. Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Moore, M.G. & G. Kearsley (1998) Distance Education a Systems view published in Korean by Yae Ji Gak Publishing Company, Seoul, Korea.

Moore, M.G. & G. Kearsley (1999) Distance Education a Systems view published in Chinese by UNALIS Corp., Taiwan.

Moore, M.G. and W. Anderson. Handbook of Distance Education. Mahwah N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, (2003).

Moore, M.G. & Kearsley (2005) Distance Education: a Systems View, Second Edition. Belmont, Ca. Wadsworth Publishing Company.

  2007 Moore, M.G. (Ed). The Handbook of Distance Education.    Second Edition. Mahwah, N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 ACSDE books:

Moore, M.G. and Clark, G.C. (eds) (1989)   Readings in Principles of Distance Education. University Park, Pa., The American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

Moore, M.G. and Clark, G.C. (eds) (1989)  Distance Learning and Instruction. University Park, Pa., The American Center for Study of Distance Education.

Moore M.G. and M. Thompson (1990)  The Effects of Distance Learning: A Summary of Literature. University Park, Pa., The American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

Moore M.G. (ed) (1992) Distance Education for Corporate and Military Training. University Park. The American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

Moore M.G. and M. Koble (eds) (1995)  Video-based Communications in Distance Education. University Park, Pa., The American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

Moore M.G. and M. Koble (eds) (1997)  K-12 Distance Education: Learning, Instruction, and Teacher Training. University Park, Pa., The American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

Moore M.G. and G. Cozine  (eds) (2000) Web-based Communications, the Internet, and Distance Education.  University Park, Pa. The American Center for the Study of Distance Education. 

Moore M.G. and N. Shin (eds) (2000)  Speaking Personally About Distance Education. University Park, Pa. The American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

 Chapters in books:

Independent Study. In Boyd, R. and J. Apps, (eds) (1980) Redefining the Discipline of Adult Education San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass.

On a Theory of Independent Study. In Sewart, D., D. Keegan, and B. Holmberg, (eds) (1983) Distance Education: International Perspectives London: Croom Helm.

The Individual Adult Learner. In Tight, M. (ed) (1984) Adult Learning and Education. London: Croom Helm.

Concepts of Adult Education. In Bell, R. (ed) (1984)  Education for Adults Milton Keynes: The Open University Press.

The Campus and the Community. In Bell, R. (ed) (1984) Education for Adults Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

The Concept and Practice of Distance Education. In Klevins, C. (ed) (1987) Methods and Materials in Adult and Continuing Education, Klevins Press.

Teaching Through Print Media. In Niemi, J., and D. Gooler, (eds) (1987) Technologies for Learning Outside the Classroom, San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass.

Recruiting and Retaining Students in Distance Education. In Cookson, P.,  (ed) (1989) Recruiting and Retaining Students in Adult Education.  New  Directions in Continuing Education 41. San  Francisco.  Jossey Bass Inc. 

Correspondence study. In Galbraith, M., (ed) (1990) Adult Learning Methods. Malabar, FL: Krieger.

Distance Education in the U.S.A. In Rekkedal, T., B. Johnsen, and D. Blom, (1991) Distance Education a Developing Method. Oslo: NKI Publishing House.

International Aspects of Independent Study. In Watkins, B. and S. Wright, (eds) (1992) The Foundations of American Distance Education.  Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.

(With M. Thompson). Teleconferencing: An American Contribution to Distance Education. In Distance Education as Two‑Way   Communication. Ortner, G., K.Graff and H.Wilmersdorfer, (Eds) (1992), Hagen, Germany: FernUniversitat.

Kansainvälinen Etäopetus. In Hein, I., and R. Larna, (eds) (1992) Lähellaä, Kaukana, Yksin, Yhdessä. Helsinki, Finland: Painopaikka Hakapaino Oy.

Distance Education at Post Secondary Level. In Clarke, B. and G. Neave, (1992) (eds) The Encyclopedia of Higher Education, Vol.2. Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Theory of Transactional Distance. In Keegan, D., (ed.) (1993) Theoretical Principles of Distance Education. New York: Routledge.

Distance Education at the School Level. In Husen, T. and T. Postlethwaite (eds) (1994) The International Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition. Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Research Trends, Directions and Needs from a U.S. Perspective. In Lockwood, F. (ed) (1995) Open and Distance Learning Today. London: Routledge.

Distance Education. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (1996) Redmond WA.

Introduction to Distance Learners in Higher Education. In Gibson, C., (1998) Distance Learners in Higher Education. Atwood Publishing.

Distance education in USA. In (1998) Hobson's Directory. London, U.K.: Hobsons Publishing Co. Tips for the Manager Setting up a Distance Learning Program. In Mantyla, K. (ed) (2000). The ASTD Distance Learning Yearbook. New York, McGraw Hill.

Three Types of Interaction. In Mantyla, K. (ed) (2000). The ASTD Distance Learning Yearbook. New York, McGraw Hill.

Open and distance learning for the new milenium. In Reddy, V. and S Manjulika (eds) (2001) Globalisation of ODL: Challenges at  the Dawn of the New Millennium: New Delhi

Moore, M.G., G. Rumble, A.Tait, Y. Zaparovanni, E. Khivilon, P. Resta. Open and Distance Learning: Prospects and Policy Considerations. Paris, UNESCO. (Fall 2001)

“Distance Education” In Foster, L., B. Bower and L. Watson (eds) Teaching and Learning in Higher Education ASHE Reader Series (2002)

Foreword in: Bonk,C. and C. Graham:  Handbook of blended learning environments: Global perspectives, local designs. San Francisco Ca, Pfeiffer Publishing.

The Theory of Transactional Distance. In M.G.Moore (Ed.) (2007) The Handbook of Distance Education. Second Edition. Mahwah, N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Pp. 89-108

Critical Minds for a Change. In Burge, E.J. (Ed.) (2007) Crafting the future: flexible higher education. Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education.

Foreword to: Dron, J. Control and Constraint  (2007) E-Learning: Choosing When to Choose. Hershey, Pa. Information Science Publishing.

Articles published in refereed journals:

Learner Autonomy: The Second Dimension of Independent Learning. Convergence Fall: 76‑88.  (1972)

Towards a Theory of Independent Learning and Teaching. Journal of Higher Education 44: 661‑679. (1973)

A Model of Independent Study. Epistolodidactica (U.K.) 1: 6‑40. (1973)

Continuing Education and the Assessment of Learner Needs. Teaching at a Distance (U.K.) 17: 26‑29 (1980).

Educational telephone networks. Teaching at a Distance (U.K.) 19: 24‑31 (1981)

Needs Assessment. Teaching at a Distance (U.K) 19: 52‑59 (1981)

Correspondence Education in the Light of a Number of Contemporary Teaching Models by J. Baath: a Review. Distance Education (Australia) 2(1): 91‑97. (1981)

Current Research in Distance Education. Epistolodidactica, (U. K.) 10: 35‑62. (1985)

Editorials and Reviews in Teaching at a Distance, U.K., Volumes 10‑26. (1977 – 85)

Self directed Learning and Distance Education. Journal of Distance Education (Canada) 1(l): 7‑24. (1986)

Distance Learning in the United States: The Near Future. Distance Education (Australia), 8(1): 36‑46. (1987) 

Growth and Structure of Distance Education by B. Holmberg: a Review. International Journal of Lifelong Education. 6(4): 339‑341. (1987)

Foundations of Distance Education by D. Keegan: a review. Open Learning 3(3) 56‑57. (1987)

Distance Education, a Learner's System. Lifelong learning. 12(8): 8‑11. (1989)

Recent Contributions to the Theory of Distance Education. Open Learning 5(3): 10‑16. (1990) 

Distance Education: The Foundations of Effective Practice by J.Verduin and T. Clark. Review in The Journal of Higher Education 63(4): 468‑72. (1992)

Teleconferencing in Distance Education. Istruzione (Italy), 1(2):61‑71. (1992)

Michael Grahame Moore, Kay Shattuck and Aisha Al-Harthi. “Cultures meeting cultures in online distance education”.  Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society. Milan, The Italian e-Learning Association Journal, Issue 1 - No. 2 - September 2005 (available online at www.Je-lks.it)


Using New Technologies in Open and Distance Learning. (2006, Dec.) Open Education Research. Vol.12 No.6 pp 16-20

Editorials  in The American Journal of Distance Education:

           1987

Words of Welcome and Intent. 1(1) 1‑5

Homogenization of Instruction and the Need for Research. 1(2) 1‑5

Telecommunications, Internationalism, and Distance Education. 2(1) 1‑5

1988

Presentation and Participation. 2(2): 1‑3

The American Symposium on Research in Distance Education. 2(3) 1‑3

1989

Three Types of Interaction. 3(2) 1‑6

Conferences and Changes. 3(3)  1‑6

1990

 A Market-Driven Distance Education System. 4(2) 1-2

1991

Towards an American Council 5(1) 1-2

An International Issue 5(2) 1-2

Distance Educational Theory 5(3) 1-6

1992

A Letter from Crystalline Lake 6(1) 1-3

Take Time to Design 6(2) 1-2

1993

Is Teaching Like Flying? A Total Systems View of Distance Education 7(1) 1‑10

Regulators, Providers, and Vendors: The Fingers in the Dyke. 7(2) 1‑4

Free Trade in Higher Education. 7(3) 1‑7

1994

Audioconferencing in Distance Education. 8(1) 1‑4

Autonomy and Interdependence. 8(2) 1‑5

Administrative Barriers to Adoption of Distance Education. 8(3) 1‑4

1995

The three C's of Site Coordination 9(1) 1‑5

The Death of Distance 9(3) 1‑4

1996

Tips for the Manager Setting up a Distance Education Program. 10(1) 1-5

Media Options 10(3) 1-3

1997

Lessons from History: 11 (1) 1-5

Quality in Distance Education. Four Cases 11 (3) 1-7

1998

The Global Distance Education Network 12(3) 1-3

1999 

Is Teaching Like Retailing? 13(1) 1-7

Monitoring and Evaluation 13(2) 1-5

Charles Wedemeyer, In Memoriam 13(3) 1-6

2000

Technology-Driven Change: Where Does it Leave the Faculty? 14(1) 1-6

Welcome to the For-Profit Providers - With Some Concerns 14(2) 1-3

Is Distance Teaching More Work or Less? 14(3) 1-5

2001

The Editorial Board 15(1) 1-5

Surviving as a Distance Teacher 15(2) 1-5 

2004

Disabilities and other learner characteristics. 18 (1) 1-3

Constructivists: don’t blame the tools. 18 (2) 67-72

Research worth publishing.  18 (3) 127-130

Innovation and change. 18 (4) 195-197

2005

Cheating. 19 (1) 1-3 www.ajde.com/Documents/pp1-3.pdf

Articles in other publications: 

Cognitive Style and Telemathic (Distance) Teaching. ICCE Newsletter 5(4): 3‑10. (1975)

 On a Theory of Independent Study. ZIFF Papiere No 16. Hagen, West Germany: FernUniversitat. (1980)

 Self Directed Learning and Distance Education.  ZIFF Papiere  No 48. Hagen, West Germany: FernUniversitat. (1983) 

Counselling in Teaching at a Distance: A Bibliography. Milton Keynes, U.K: Open University Regional Academic Services. (1983) 

Purpose and Practice of Home Study in the 1990's. The Creative Service. (1987) 

Learners and Learning at a Distance. The International Council for Distance Education Bulletin, 14: 59‑65. (1987) 

University Distance Education of Adults. Tech Trends 32(4):13‑18. (1987) 

Lessons from the Open University. Ed: The Distance Education Report  2(1): 14‑16. (1988) 

The American Symposium on Research in Distance Education Discussion Papers. University Park: College of Education. (1988) 

Una Nueva Vision de los Principios de la Educacion a Distancia. Informe de Investigaciones Educatives. Caracas, Venezuela. 2(2): 171‑200 (1988) 

Universidad a Distancia para Educacao de Adultos: part 1. Correio de Belamira 24: 27‑30. (Brazil) (1988) 

Universidad a Distancia para Educacao de Adultos: part 2  Correio de Belamira 25: 6‑9 (Brazil) (1988) 

Developing Cooperation between Institutions Internationally.  ICDE Bulletin 27: 24‑33 (1991) 

Que tan Eficaz es la Educacion a Distancia? In Memoria Universidad Estatal a Distancia (Costa Rica), 21‑41 (1993) 

Is Teaching like Flying? Part One. Education Satellite, pp. 10‑11 (Dec.1993) 

Is Teaching like Flying? Part Two. Education Satellite, pp. 7‑9 (Jan 1994) 

The Wedemeyer connection: Open Learning, Fall 2004. 319-328  

The current state and challenges of international distance education research. Education Research: No. 5, Oct. 2004 Shanghai, pages 4-7

Conference proceedings: 

Speculations on a Definition of Independent Study. In  Proceedings of a Conference on Independent Learning. Vancouver, Canada: W.K. Kellogg Report No. 7 pp.25‑41. (1973) 

Distance Learning: The Near Future. In Proceedings: Effective Teaching at a Distance Conference. Madison, Wisconsin: Department of Continuing and Vocational Education, pp. 70‑88. (1985) 

Learners and Learning at a Distance. In Proceedings: Second Effective Teaching at a Distance Conference, Madison, Wisconsin. Department of Continuing and Vocational Education, pp. 8‑45. (1986) 

Developments and Issues in Distance Education. In  Proceedings of the Inter-service Correspondence Exchange 11th Annual Conference, pp. 181‑189. Gunter Airforce Station, Alabama. (1987) 

New Technology: Lessons from the Open University. In Proceedings of Sixth Annual Conference on New Technology and Higher Education. Division of Continuing Education, Kansas State University, pp. 224‑230.  (1988) 

Trends and Issues in American Distance Education. In Sewart, D. and J. Daniel, (eds) Developing Distance Education. Oslo, Norway: International Council for Distance Education. (1988) 

The Theory of Distance Education: Some Recent Literature. In Tait, A. (ed) Student Support in Distance Education and Open Learning. Cambridge, U.K. Open University, East Anglia Region.  pp.  150‑167 (1989) 

Computer Conferencing in the Context of Theory and Practice of Distance Education. In Miller, A. (ed) Applications of Computer Conferencing to Teacher Education. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University. (1991) 

Los Siete Pecados Capitales de la Educacion a Distancia. In Proceedings of International Conference, University of Guadalajara, Mexico. (1992) 

Is there a Cultural Problem in International Distance Education? In Proceedings of Conference on Internationalism in Distance Education. University Park, Pa., Penn State University. (1994) 

Offering Penn State's Certificate in Distance Education to Four Countries by Teleconferencing. In  Proceedings of International Council for Distance Education World Conference, Birmingham, U.K. The Open University. (1996) 

Motives for Collaborating in International Higher Distance Education. In Proceedings: Second International Conference on Distance Education in Russia. Moscow. Association for International Education pp 16-21 (1996) 

Teacher Training by Distance Education in Brazil. Proceedings of ICDE conference, June 2001, Dusseldorf. 

Reports to sponsor: 

Survey of Fundamental Education in the Coast Province of Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya: Ministry of Cooperatives and Social Services. (1970)

The Open School. (With C. Wedemeyer and C. Woods). Madison, Wisconsin. State Dept. of Education. (1971)

An Open Learning System for Continuing Education in the Bank of Montreal. Report to Vice‑President, Training. (1984). 

Communications Media and Adult Education. Report to Wisconsin State Educational Communications Board. Madison, Wisconsin. (1986). 

Evaluation of Emergency Managers Training Geneva. Report to U.N. High Commission for Refugees. Geneva, Switzerland. (1987). 

Report on the Evaluation of the Annenberg/CPB Project Courses: Basic Concepts of Music and Nutrition. Madison: University of Wisconsin (1988). 

Effects of Distance Learning: A Summary of the Literature. Contractor Report for the U.S. Congress Office of Technological Assessment, Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service. (1989)    

Report on Evaluation of State Delivery System. Louisville, Ky.: Kentucky State Department of Education. (1993).  

Towards a System-wide Approach to Distance Education in Florida. Report to The Office of Academic Programs, State University System of Florida. Tallahassee, Fl.: Board of Regents. (1994) 

Distance Education and Teacher Training: Brazilian and International Case Studies. Washington D.C. Internal Report to World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Division, (1999).

Distance Learning Course on Financial Programming and Policies: Evaluation Report. Washington, IMF Institute (2000).

More than a dozen reports to Brazilian Ministry of Education on progress of distance education training of teachers (1997 to present) 

Report to the National Science Foundation on "How Information, Communications and Computer Technologies Are Influencing Distance Education at the Secondary and Post-Secondary Levels". With P. Knight. (Fall 2001). 

Report to University of Houston Clear Lake on future of its distance education program. October 2002

Evaluation of the Mozambique Distance Learning Network. Report to the World Bank and the Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Mozambique. October 2007

 International presentations and addresses since 1981 

The history of scholarship of distance education: a very brief and personal view. Keynote address to 4th International Conference on Open and Distance Learning

Athens, Greece. 23 November 2007

 Monitoring and Evaluation. Invited lecture to the National Institute for Distance Education, Maputo, Mozambique. October 10th, 2007

 "Research in distance education: Then, now and in the future ?" Keynote address to Annual faculty seminar. Athabasca University, Canada. Sept. 19th  2007

 "Web 2.0: mirage or metamorphosis?". Keynote address to Brazilian Association for Distance Education, 13th International Conference. Curitiba, Brazil. Sept 3rd 2007

 Distance learning in a technological era: what’s the difference? Invited presentation to University of Brighton Learning and Teaching Conference. Brighton, UK.  July 13, 2007

  “The bottles are new, but what of the wine? Managing Learning and Teaching in Web 2.0” Keynote address to European Distance Education Network conference. Naples Italy. June 14th, 2007

 “Choosing and Using new technologies in Open and Distance Learning”. Keynote address to 20th Conference of Asian Association of Open Universities. Kunming, China. October 12th, 2006

 “The application of educational technology in higher distance education in USA”. Presentation at ceremony conferring honorary professorship. Shanghai, China. October 10th, 2006

  “Transactional distance theory”. Invited presentation to European Distance Education Network research conference, Barcelona, Spain, October 27, 2006

Australia:
"Professional development, graduate study and research". Keynote address to the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia annual conference, Adelaide, November 9th, 2005.
 
New Zealand:
"Towards best practice in distance education: the way forward". Keynote address to the Vice-Chancellor's symposium, Massey University. Auckland, November 14th, 2005. (Also in Palmerston North and Wellington, Nov. 16 and 18.)
 
Italy:
“Cultures Meeting Cultures in Online Distance Education”. Public lecture at Centro di servizio per le tecnologie e la didattica universitaria multimediale e a distanza. University of Milan. May 23rd, 2005
 
“Design and delivery of e-learning”. One day workshop presented to faculty and staff of CTU (Center for e-learning) of the University of Milan and the NewMine Laboratory of the University of Lugano, Milan, May 24th, 2005.
 
"Learners and learning in e-learning".  Public lecture at Centro METID, Politecnico di Milano.  May 25th. 2005
 
United Kingdom
“Distance learning and distance learners: theory and practice”.  Lecture to Ed.D. course, University of Bath. 29th June, 2005

"The literature of research in distance education". Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Feb. 4, 2005

"Distance Education in the digital age: Challenges and actions". Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico. San German, PR, October 15, 2004

“Setting up and managing a distance education system”. Invited address to Centro de Educacao Superior a Distancia. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 27, 2001. 

“International distance education”. Invited address at Ministry of Education, Brasilia, Brazil, July 26, 2001. 

“International developments in distance education”. Invited address to Universidade Nacional Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain, June 14, 2001. 

“International developments in distance education”. Invited address to Universidade Oberta Catalania, Barcelona, Spain, June 7, 2001. 

“Technology and the changing world of distance education: The American experience”. Keynote address to Second Conference on Technology in Education. Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland, May 25, 2001 

“Distance education publication and research”. International Council for Distance Education world Conference. Dusseldorf, Germany, April 5, 2001. 

“Brazil’s teacher education program”. International Council for Distance Education world Conference. Dusseldorf, Germany, April 3, 2001. 

“Open and distance learning research agenda for the 21st century.” Keynote address to Conference on Research as Professional Development. The Open University of Hong Kong, June 21, 2000. 

“Distance learning trends in the US”. Invited address to “Distance Learning, Global Trends” conference sponsored by Ministry of Education at the Parliament building, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 24, 2000. 

“Distance education and Teacher education”. Invited presentation to WorldBank and Inter-American Development Bank conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 28-30, 1999. 

"Learner support in distance education". Invited address to teacher education conference sponsored by Ministry of Education. Cuiba, Brazil. Jan. 18, 1999. 

 “Distance education and development in the Information Age”. Keynote address to Second International Distance Education Conference. Ankara, Turkey, May 4-8, 1998. 

 “Distance Education, national and international development.” Keynote address to Conference on Information Technology in Distance and Open Learning. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. Malaysia, Feb. 27, 1997. 

"American perspectives on distance education." Presentation made at institutions in Pretoria, Capetown, Durban and Johannanesburg, South Africa during tour in 1996 and 1997. 

“How to design and implement a distance learning system” Workshop for State Secretariat of Education, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Dec. 2- 4, 1996. 

"International collaboration in distance education". Invited address to Second International Conference on Distance Education in Russia. Moscow, Russia, July 2, 1996. 

“Technology Enhanced Learning: the Case of South Africa” UNESCO, Paris, France, June 28, 1996. 

"Research Perspectives in American Distance Education". Invited lecture at the University of Rome, sponsored by Dipartmento di Scienze dell'Educazione Laboratorio di Pedagogia Sperimenatale. Rome, Italy, March 5, 1996. 

"Overview of Internationalism in Distance Education". Keynote speech to Sixth International Conference on Technology and Distance Education, UNED, San Jose, Costa Rica, Oct. 25, 1995. 

“Teaching Penn State’s Distance Education Courses in Four Countries”. Presentation at International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) World Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, June 27, 1995. 

 “Trends and Directions in Research”. Panel presentation to workshop at University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., June 24, 1995. 

"Trends and Needs in Distance Education Research." Keynote address to the First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, July 5, 1994. 

"Distance Education: Possibilities and Challenges." Talk at opening session of Finnish‑Estonian co-operative project to develop distance education in Estonia. Esko Centre, Tallin, Estonia, June 20, 1994. 

"Distance Education as a Strategy at Penn State University." Talk to principals of vocational institutes and polytechnics. Lahti Research and Training Centre, Finland, June 18, 1994. 

"Learning in the Future." Presentation to Finnish Association for Future Studies, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 16, 1994. 

"Distance Education for Corporate Training." Opening of conference at the Bank of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, March 11, 1994. 

"Distance Education for the University in the '90's". Magisterial lecture at University of Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Feb. 14, 1994. 

"Los Siete Pecados Capitales de la Educacion a Distancia". Keynote address to Second International Conference on Distance Education, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov. 27, 1993. 

"Course Design and Interaction." Seminar given to Finnish Board of Education, Hakenieenkatu, Helsinki, Finland, June 18, 1993. 

"Research in Distance Education". Series of lectures and workshop at University of Umea, Umea, Sweden, June 15 ‑ 24, 1993. 

"International Distance Education". Workshop at Lahti Research and Training Center, Finland, June 9‑10, 1993. 

"Distance Education, InternationalPperspectives". Seminar at Tallin Technical University, Tallin, Estonia, June 7‑8, 1993.  

"Design of Teleconferencing". Two day workshop for the Sampo Insurance Company, Conference Centre, Seili Island, Finland, May 31 ‑June 2, 1993. 

"Designing Audio and Audio Graphic instruction". One day workshop for Swedish Defence College of Management. Karlstad, Sweden, May 28, 1993. 

"Distance Education for Corporate Training". One day workshop given to corporate trainers in Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden, May 27, 1993  

"Effectiveness of Distance Education." Keynote presentation to conference at Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica, March 15, 1993. 

"Qualitative Evaluation." Opening of conference at Sub‑Secretariat for Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Mexico City, Mexico, March 10, 1993. 

"Distance Education for Military Training." Workshop given at the Swedish Army War College, Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 18, 1992. 

"Fundamentos Teoricos de la Educacion a Distancia". Keynote presentation to First International Conference on Distance Education”, University of Guadalajara, Mexico, Dec. 6, 1992. 

"Teleconferencing in the Theory and Practice of Transactional Distance"; "Finland's Experiment in Distance Education." Presentations at International Council on Distance Education World Conference, Bangkok, Nov 9‑12, 1992. 

"Introduccion a la Educacion a Distancia Para Personal de Intelmex." Workshop for Mexican Telecommunications Corporation. Inttelemex Training Center. Mexico City, Mexico, July 30‑31, 1992.  

"Distance Education and Teleconferencing." Lecture at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, July 28, 1992. 

"Distance Education: An Option for Employee and Customer Training". First workshop given to trainers in Mexican corporations. Sevilla Palace Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico, July 26‑29, 1992. 

"Teleconferencing in Distance Education." Seminar given at Fernuniversitat, Hagen, Germany, June 22, 1992. 

"Potential Finnish‑Hungarian Collaboration in Distance Education." Opening of workshop at University of  Szeged. Hungary, June 18, 1992.  

"Teleconferencing as a Tool for Corporate Training." One day workshop for Sampo Insurance Co., Turku, Finland, June 15, 1992. 

"Development of National Training Program in Distance Education." Workshop given for universities of Turku, Helsinki, and Yvaskylla. Seili Island, Finland, June 3‑6, 1992. 

"Distance Education and the Concept of Flexiwork." Lecture at University of Turku, Finland, June 2, 1992. 

"Distance Education and Health Education." Lecture to University of Turku School of Nursing, Turku, Finland, May 26, 1992.  

"Further potential in Finnish Distance Education." Seminar at the University of Helsinki‑ Lahti Research and Training Center. Finland, May 21, 1992. 

"Introduction to Distance Education." Workshop for military and civilian trainers, University of Karlstad, Sweden, May 14‑15, 1992.  

"Media and Technology: Implications for Distance Education." Lecture at National Autonomous University of Mexico, April 28, 1992. 

"New Technologies in Distance Education." Public lecture at Consorzio per l‑Universita a Distanza, Rome, Italy, March 11, 1992. 

"L'istruzione a Distanza Negli Stati Uniti." Lecture at Centro di Ricerca Istruzione a Distanza. University of Rome, Italy, March 10, 1992. 

"Distance Education and Higher Education" Lecture at University of Turku, Finland, Dec. 11, 1991.  

"Designing and Evaluating Distance Education Programs" Workshop for staff of University Centre for Extension Studies, Turku, Finland, Dec. 9, 1991.

"American Distance Education." Address to invited audience of Russian educators, University of Leningrad Extra‑Mural Department, Leningrad, USSR, Aug. 17, 1991. 

"International Distance Education." Public lecture at Lahti Research and Development Centre, Finland.  Aug. 15, 1991. 

"Distance Education in America and the World." Public lecture sponsored by Institute of Modern Technology at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. March 15, 1991. 

"International Collaboration in Distance Education." Opening address at inaugaral meeting of Finnish Association for Distance Education. Hotel Hospitz, Helsinki, Finland, Dec. 12, 1990.  

"International Research in Distance Education". Invited response to keynote address at World Conference of International Council for Distance Education. Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 6, 1990. 

"International Research in Distance Education." Opening talk to International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) Workshop, Macuto, Venezuela. Nov. 2, 1990. 

"Kokemuksia Etaopetuksesta" ‑‑ "Teaching at a Distance". Lecture to Education faculty, University of Turku, Finland, Aug. 17, 1990. 

"Future of Education and Self‑directed Learning". Presentation to International Congress on Managing Capacity in the 21st Century. University of Helsinki‑Lahti Research Centre, Lahti, Finland, Aug. 14, 1990. 

"Developments in American Distance Education" Address to Norwegian Institute for Distance Education, Voksenhausen, Norway, Dec. 8, 1989. 

"Developments in American Distance Education". Address to N.K.I. and invited educators, Oslo, Norway, Dec. 6, 1989. 

"Teleconferencing in Distance Education". Keynote address at Conference on Interaction and Independence, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Sept. 22, 1989. 

"Developments in American Distance Education". Lecture at University of Helsinki‑Lahti Research Centre. Lahti, Finland, June 21, 1989. 

"Report on the First American Symposium on Research in Distance Education." Presentation of a panel organized and chaired at the World Conference of the International Council for Distance Education. Oslo, Norway, Aug. 11, 1988. 

"Principles of Independent Learning Revisited." Address to faculty of the Universidad Nacional Abierta, Caracas, Venezuela, March 3, 1988. 

Review of Research in Distance Education". Keynote address to European Home Study Council annual convention, Oslo, Norway, Nov. 9, 1984. 

"Self Directed Learning". Invited lecture to ZIFF, (Distance Education Research Center), FernUniversitat, Hagen, Germany, Oct. 19, 1984. 

"Developing an Open Learning System". Invited lecture to Bank of Montreal Training Institute, Toronto, Canada, Aug. 2, 1984. 

"Open Learning". Invited lecture at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 30, 1983. 

"Counselling in Distance Education". Presentation to International Conference on Counselling. Downing College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Sept. 22, 1983. 

"Adult Education and Cultural Development". Invited address to East‑West Conference on Adult Education, Murikka, Finland, Aug. 18, 1982.  

Presentations and addresses since 1986 in U.S.A. 

“The promise of new technology in distance education. Keynote address to the 2007 Arizona Adult Education State Conference. Phoenix. Az. December 12th, 2007

  “ Distance education and teaching online”. Keynote address to Instructors’ Forum, the

Association of Surgical Technologists. San Antonio, February 11th, 2007.

  “Online education: it takes a team” Keynote address to conference of the

Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities and Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education. Cincinatti, February 23rd, 2007

Revisiting Distance Education’s  Legacy. Western Consortium for Educational Technology. San Antonio, Tx. Nov. 13, 2004.

“The Distant Learner: Independent and Interacting” Invited address to Symposium on the Autonomous Learner. The National East Asian Languages Resource Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2001. 

“Distance Education: A New Challenge”.  Keynote address to the Second Conference on Distance Education of the College of Health Related Professions of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. May 4, 2001. 

"Taming Technology:  What the Future Holds for Continuing Education,". Invited video-conference keynote to Region 1V ACHE, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2001. 

“Socio-economic Linkages in the New Economy” Panel presentation to Society of Government Economists conference on The New Economy. Washington D.C., Nov. 17, 2000. 

"Globalisation of Distance Education". Keynote address to Institute for Leadership in Distance Education. Conference Center, The Pennsylvania State University, July 1, 1999. 

“Making Distance Education Work”. Two day workshop for World Bank personnel, W.B. Headquarters, Washington DC. April 8-9, 1999 

"New Trends in Distance Education". Keynote address to Second Conference of the Puerto Rico Distance Education Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan 29, 1999. 

"Distance Education in the Information Age". Keynote address to American Association for Library and Information Science. Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 26, 1999.  

“Distance Education: the Big Picture”. Invited presentation to Faculty Planning Day, School of Information Studies, University of Syracuse, NY. April 24th, 1998. 

“Can we Maintain Quality in a Distance Learning Environment?” Invited panelist at Georgia Adult Education Association. St. Simons Island, Ga., March 10, 1998. 

“Research in Distance Education”. Presentation to International Council for Distance Education World Conference. The Pennsylvania State University, June 4, 1997. 

“When and How Does Distance Education Work?” Invited panel presentation at World Bank Human Development Week, University of Maryland Conference Center, March 25, 1997. 

“New Approaches to Managing the Future” Invited presentation to Fulbright Exchange Program Conference, Library of Congress. Washington D.C., Nov. 20, 1996. 

“State of the Art in Distance Education Technology”. Invited presentation to TechNet seminar, WorldBank, Washington D.C., June 5, 1996. 

“Quality in Distance Education”. Presentation to National University Continuing Education Association 81st Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 29, 1996. 

“ Research Perspectives in Tele-education”. Keynote address to Mid-America conference. Ball State University, Muncie, In.,  Feb. 23rd 1996. 

“Developing Effective Systems for Distance Education”. Invited panel presentation at World Bank Professional Training Week, Landsdowne, Va., Jan. 9th, 1996. 

"Emerging Applications of Distance Education". Invited presentation to training seminar at the Learning and Leadership Center, World Bank, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 1995. 

"Distance Education Certificate Program: Training Local Facilitators". Invited presentation to CREAD (The Inter-American Distance Education Consortium). The Pennsylvania State University Conference Center, Oct. 23, 1995. 

"What Does the Research Say About Distance Education?" Invited presentation to PSU Dept of Continuing and Distance Education conference on "Exploring the Potential of Distance Education". The Pennsylvania State University Conference Center, Oct. 20, 1995. 

"International Potential for Distance Education". Invited presentation to conference on distance education at the Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Fl., Oct. 7, 1995. 

"Distance Learning and Technology in International Education." Invited presentation to Pennsylvania Council for International Education annual conference. Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. 5, 1995. 

"Developments in Distance Education". Keynote address to Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) Tri-Regional Conference, Long Branch, NJ. April 27, 1995. 

"Faculty Responses to Distance Education" Invited presentation to 23rd Annual Conference on Higher Education and Collective Bargaining. Baruch College, New York, April 24, 1995. 

"Offering Penn State's Certificate in Distance Education to Four Countries by Teleconferencing".  NUCEA Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, April 7, 1995. 

"The Wider World of Distance Education" Invited address to International Distance Learning Conference, (IDLCON), Crystal City, Washington D.C., March 23, 1995. 

"Distance Education for Employee and Customer Training". Series of presentations at University of Wisconsin‑Madison Department of Engineering workshops on Distance Education for Employee Training. Summers, 1990‑96. 

"Distance Education Research." Invited address to conference on research in distance education, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tx., April 28, 1994. 

"The Adult Education Program's International Distance Education Initiative". Invited panel presentation to Council of Academic Deans and President's Advisory Council. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. April 6, 1994. 

“Distance Education in the Corporate Sector”. Invited presentation to

Central Pennsylvania chapter of Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Schlow Memorial Library, State College, Pa. April 1, 1993. 

"Making Cost Effective Distance Education a Reality." Invited presentation to Eighth Annual Conference on Distance Education, University of Wisconsin‑Madison, Wi. Aug. 7, 1992. 

"Distance Education and Corporate Training." Invited presentation to seminar at Ford Motor Corporation, Dearborne, Mi., April 7, 1992. 

"Distance Education: An Academic's View." Invited talk to University Task Force on Distance Education, The Pennsylvania State University, Pa. March 31, 1992. 

"Distance Learning: A Health Manpower Strategy." Invited contribution to California State University workshop for health educators from Southern Africa. Long Beach, Ca., Feb. 17‑19, 1992. 

"Current Topics in Distance Education Research." Invited talk to annual training workshop of Pennarama. University Park, Pa. Nov. 5, 1991. 

"Practice and Potential of Distance Education." Invited presentation as the first in Penn State’s Continuing Education Scholars Lecture series. Keller Conference Center, University Park, Pa. Nov. 19, 1991. 

"Evolution of Distance Education: The Conceptual Context". Invited address to conference of the State College and University Systems, Charleston, WV., Sept. 26, 1991. 

"A Historical Perspective and Objective Look at Distance Learning." Keynote address to Professional Development Seminar, Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Spokane, Wa., July 12, 1991. 

"Computer Conferencing in Context of Theory and Practice of Distance Education". Invited keynote address at National Conference on Applications of Computer Conferencing to Teacher Education and Human Resource Development. Ohio State University, College of  Education, Columbus, Oh., June 13, 1991. 

"Distance Education and Telecommunications in Post-Secondary education." Invited address to Forum on the Teaching of Distance Education. Oklahoma State University. Norman Ok., June 3‑4, 1991 

"Developing Co-operative Distance Education Projects." Panel presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Orlando, FL, Feb. 17, 1991. 

"Integrating Distance Learning Resources and Approaches".  Invited presenter and seminar leader. Second National Distance Learning Conference of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Scottsdale Arizona, June 26‑29, 1990. 

"Applications of Distance Education in a Global Society". Panel presentation at The International Teleconferencing Association, Washington, D.C., June 13, 1990. 

"Interaction in Distance Education".  Panel presentation to Educational Telecommunications Division. National University Continuing Education Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1, 1990. 

"International Distance Education". Co‑presenter with Keith Harry to The Independent Study Division, National University Continuing Education Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 30, 1990. 

"Overview of Distance Education ‑‑ Theory, Concepts, and Outcomes". Invited presentation to Departments of Nursing and Education, York College of Pennsylvania, Pa. April 6, 1990. 

"Technology and Innovations in Training". Invited panel presentation at the American Defense Preparedness Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 16, 1990. 

"Report from New Mexico Conference". Invited panel presentation to Association for Development of Computer Instruction Systems. Washington D.C., Nov. 15, 1989. 

"Developments in Distance Education". Invited talk to the Office of Educational Research and Information, Washington D.C., Nov. 14, 1989. 

"International Developments in Distance Education". Invited panel presentation to National University Teleconference Network. San Jose, California, Oct. 23, 1989. 

"ICDE in International Distance Education". Invited presentation at pre‑conference seminar given at University of Wisconsin Annual Conference on Distance Education. Madison, Wisconsin, Aug. 8, 1989. 

"The Concept of Interaction in Distance Education". Panel presentation to National University Education Association National Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 16, 1989. 

"International Dimensions of Distance Education". Invited address to International University Consortium Annual Meeting, University Park, Maryland, April 6, 1989. 

"Distance Education: Higher Education and Corporate Partnerships". Invited talk to "The Alliance" of trainers in major corporations. AT&T Training Center, Morristown, NJ, Feb. 22, 1989. 

"Report on the World Conference of the International Council for Distance Education". Presentation at the United States Distance Learning Association meeting, Anaheim, California, Oct. 11, 1988. 

"Comparative International Adult Education." Invited presentation to the National University Continuing Education Association Regional meeting, Skytop, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6, 1988.  

"American Distance Education Research." Opening address to the First American Symposium on Research in Distance Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa., July 25, 1988. 

"Teaching Graduate Courses in Adult Education by Teleconference." Panel presentation at the International Teleconferencing Association conference, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1988. 

"Quality Distance Education, the Open University Experience." Panel presentation at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology annual convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 18, 1988. 

"Lessons from the Open University." Panel presentation at Telecon VII Conference, Anaheim, California, Nov. 11, 1987. 

"Technological Innovation". Panel at American Association of Adult and Continuing Education. Washington, D.C. with J. Apps, D. Gueulette, S. Imel and E. Askov. Oct. 21, 1987. 

"Self Directed Learning and Distance Education." Panel at Commission of Professors of Adult Education: Washington, D.C., with H. Long, R. Brockett, K.Atman and B.Sisco. Oct. 20, 1987. 

"Towards a National Agenda of Study and Research." Keynote address to Seventh National Conference on Adult and External Degree Programs, American Council on Education. Memphis, TN, Oct. 8, 1987. 

"Innovation and Creativity in Distance Education." Keynote address to Inter-service Correspondence Education Conference, Gunter Air Force Station, Montgomery, Al., Oct. 6, 1987. 

"Formative Evaluation of Audio‑Teaching". Panel presentation at Third Conference on Distance Education, Madison, Wisconsin, Aug. 6, 1987.. 

"Lessons from the British Open University". Sixth Annual Conference on New Technology and Higher Education, Orlando, FL, Feb. 19, 1987. 

"Purpose and Practice of Home Study in the 1990's". Keynote address to National Home Study Council, University of Notre Dame, IN, Oct. 9, 1986. 

"Learners and Learning at a Distance." Keynote address to: Improving  Teaching at a Distance Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Aug. 7, 1986. 

"An Overview of Adult Learning at a Distance". Invited presentation to Education in the Information Age conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 29, 1986. 

"Effective Teaching at a Distance". Keynote address to First Distance Education Conference, University of Wisconsin‑Madison, Wisconsin, Aug. 5, 1985. 

"International Perspectives on Distance Education". Invited public lecture at University of Northern Illinois, De Kalb, IL., July 17, 1984. 

"Developments in British Distance Education". Lecture to Adult Education Department, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL., Oct. 16, 1982. 

"Adult Education by Distance Education". Invited address to Adult Education Department at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Nov. 2, 1981. 

"International Developments in Distance Education". American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Anaheim, California, Oct. 29, 1981.

Principal teleconferences: 

Instructional sessions by video-conference for World Bank Learning and Leadership Center to groups of participants in “Currency Options” course in Peru, Dominican Republic, Lithuania, Pakistan. Feb.-March 1998. 

“Teaching, Learning and Information Technology”. Audio-conference presentation to Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley conference at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. April 20, 1996 

“Distance Learning: an Overview”. Lead item in series of audio-conference presentations to corporate trainers organized by Conference Plus Inc. Jan. 26th, 1996  

"Audio Conferencing for Distance Education". Audio-conference presentation to Distance Education conference in Portland Oregon, March 2nd, 1995 

" Techniques of Teleconferencing for International Distance Education". Audio-conference presentation to University of Wisconsin training program for corporate trainers. March 1st, 1995 

" Obtaining Interaction by Audio-conferencing." Audio-conference presentation to Swedish Defence College of Management in Ostersund, Sweden, Nov 9, 1994 

"Evaluation of Promising Practices." Audio‑conference presentation from the British Open University to the Western States Symposium on Distance Education, Los Angeles, Ca, July 12, 1994. 

"Distance Education and International Education at Penn State." Talk (with Dr. Gary Miller) by video‑ conference to the NAFSA Association of International Educators in Miami, FL, June 3, 1994. 

"A Distance Education Approach for Training for Demobilization in the Russian Armed Forces". Audio‑ teleconference talk to Russian‑Swedish conference at Defense College, Ostersund, Sweden, Feb 24, 1994. 

“Distance Education in International Education”. Audio presentation to students and faculty at Emporia State University, Kansas. Oct. 4, 1993. 

"Distance Education Design and Teaching Techniques". Audio and computer conference series from Penn State for armed forces groups in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Jan 14/28; Feb 18; March 11, 1993. 

" Teaching by Teleconference". Three 2 hour audio‑conferences from Penn State with computer conference support, to the Swedish Defence College of Management sites in Karlstad and Ostersund, Sweden. Sept‑Nov, 1992  

"Designing and Teaching by Teleconference". Six three hour audio‑conferences with computer conference support presented to sites in Umea, Stockholm, Karlstad, Ostersund, Sweden. May‑Sept, 1992.  

“Audio Conferencing in Distance Education”. Audio presentation from Penn State to “New Media Technology and Education” conference, University of Karlstadt, Sweden. March 11, 1992. 

"Distance Education Theory." Audio‑conference talk to graduate seminar in educational technology at McGill University, Montreal, Canada March 2, 1992. 

"International Teleconferencing". Audio‑conference to audience at Lahti Research and Training Centre, Finland, on the occasion of opening their audio conferencing system, Feb. 14, 1992. 

"Developments in Distance Education." Audio‑conference talk to graduate course, University of Wisconsin Department of Continuing and Vocational Education, Oct. 30, 1991  

“An Overview of Distance Education Research”. Presented on satellite television to twelve sites in Indiana from Purdue University, Oct. 9, 1900. 

" Future Issues in Distance Education". Video‑conference for National University Teleconference Network delivered from Oklahoma State University, April 27, 1989. 

"Concept of Distance Education". Video‑conference presentation for New Jersey Network (PBS) delivered from Patterson, NJ. Jan 9, 1989.  

"Collaboration with American Distance Education". Experiment to test international linkage by audio-conference, linking classes in Pennsylvania with groups in Finland, United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Canada. Nov 19, 1988  

“International Adult Education”. Series of audio-conferences from U.K Open University to University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aug. 1984.  

“Overview of Adult Education Research in England”. Slow-scan video conference presentation from Oxford, U.K. to University of Wisconsin-Madison, probably the first ever trans-Atlantic educational video-conference. Sept. 22, 1980. 

Graduate Courses Developed and Taught: 

Three graduate level courses in distance education, believed to be the first in the USA have been taught continuously since 1987, usually by audio or video conference to multiple locations and since 2000 by World Wide Web, among the first to be offered by Penn State’s World Campus. They are:  

ADTED 470 Introduction to Distance Education.

ADTED 531 Course Design and Development in Distance  

ADTED 532 Research and Evaluation in Distance Education. 

 Other courses developed and taught include:

ADTED 597A: Distance Education in the Corporate Sector.

ATDTED 597B: Theories of Distance Education

ATDTED 597C: Issues in Distance Education

Other courses taught include:

 ADTED 460: Introduction to Adult Education

ADTED 507: Research and Evaluation in Adult Education

ADTED 510: Historical and Social Issues in Adult Education

ADTED 506: Teaching Adults

ADTED 520: Administration of Adult Education

ADTED 588: Research Seminar

 Michael Moore's student evaluations since he joined Penn State in 1986 have been entirely in the 5 to 7 range on a 7 point scale.  

Recognitions

  • I nducted into Hall of Fame of United States Distance Learning Association, Washington DC, November 2002.

  • Best book Award, for Distance Education: a Systems View by The National Continuing Education Association Independent Study Division, 1996

  • New Credit Certificate Program Award, for the Certificate in Distance Education Program by The National Continuing Education Association, 1995

  • Pennsylvania State University Faculty Award for International Achievement Finalist, Penn State, 1995

  • American Society for Training and Development International Professional Practice Area Research Award 1995.

  • Significant Achievement Award, for The American Journal of Distance Education by The National University Continuing Education Association, 1989

  • Significant Achievement Award, for The American Journal of Distance Education by The National University Continuing Education Association, 1989

  • Creative Programming Award for the National Symposium on Research in Distance Education, by The National University Continuing Education Association, 1989

  • Russell Hosler Award for excellence in dissertation writing, Dept. of Continuing and Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nov. 1977.

Listed in:

  • The International Who’s Who in Distance Learning

  • Who’s Who in American Education

  • Who’s Who in the East

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