Professor, Instructional Design

Faculty of Education
University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 4400
Fredericton, NB Canada
E3B 5A3
Tel: (506) 452-6125
Fax: (506) 453-3569
Marshall d'Avray Hall, rm. 336B
erose@unb.ca

Ellen Rose holds the McCain-Aliant Telecom Professorship in Multimedia and Instructional Design. Her responsibilities include developing and coordinating a new Masters of Education in Instructional Design and offering courses on critical approaches to new media as part of the university's Multimedia Studies B.A .

Research Interests

Educational computing/e-learning
Social and cultural implications of media and technology
Instructional design - new paradigms
Cultural studies and critical theory

Courses

ED 6221 Instructional Design Theories
ED 6222 Cultural Studies in Instructional Design
ED 6224 Needs Assessment
ED 6225 Designing Constructivist Learning Environments
ED 6228 Instructional Message Design

MM 3103 Media Ecology

Publications

Books:

Hyper Texts: The Language and Culture of Educational Computing

User Error: Resisting Computer Culture

Selected Articles, Papers, Chapters and Reviews:

"The Phenomenology of Onscreen Reading:  University Students' Lived Experience of Digitised Text." British Journal of Educational Technology (2009, forthcoming).

"A review of Instructional-Design Theories and Models:  Building a Common Knowledge Base."  Educational Technology 49:2 (July/August 2009)., pp. 56-57.

"The Road to Self-Sufficiency and the Path to Enlightenment: A Comparison of Growth and Development Policies in New Brunswick and Bhutan."  In M. Boudreau, P.G. Toner, & T. Tremblay (Eds), Exploring the Dimensions of Self-Sufficiency in New Brunswick (2009).  Fredericton, NB:  NBASRDC,  pp. 229-244.

"The Canadian Little Magazine Past and Present:  Can Digitizing a Literary Subculture Make a Movement?  Canadian Literature 200 (Spring 2009), pp.16-35.  (With Tony Tremblay)

"Science and Math Teachers as Instructional Designers: Linking ID to the Ethic of Caring." Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology 34:1 (Winter 2008), pp. 1-18. (With Kate Tingley)

"Why Reflection Matters for Instructional Designers: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy, and Politics." Educational Technology 48:4 (July/August 2008), pp. 12-18.

"Problems at Maple Leaf": Developing Constructivist e-Learning for Canada’s Security Officers.” In S. Marshall and W. Kinuthia, (Eds.), Cases 'n' Places: Global Cases in Educational Technology (2009).  Charlotte, NC:  Information Age Publishing, pp. 183-192 & 377-382 of Facilitator Guide.  (With Bev Bramble)

"Speaking Truth to Power in New Brunswick: A Review-Essay of The Ursula Frankiin Reader: Pacifism as Map." The Antigonish Review 151 (Autumn 2007), pp. 119-125.

"Paper or PowerPoint: How Should Media Ecologists Present Their Ideas?" Proceedings of the 8th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association (June 2007).

"Should You Be a Media Ecologist?  Bridging the Gulfs of Understanding Between Educational Technology and Media Ecology.  Educational Technology 46:5 (September-October 2006), pp. 5-13.

"The Wiring of Bhutan: A Test Case for Media Ecology in the Non-Western World." Proceedings of the 6th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association (June 2005). (Winner of the MEA's Top Paper Award.)

"Culture, Internet Technology, and Education in North America and Bhutan: A Media Ecology Perspective." In R. Muffoletto and J. Horton (Eds.), Multicultural Education, the Internet, and the New Media. Creskill, NJ:  The Hampton Press, pp. 37-55.

"From Pet-Making to High-Tech: Exploring the Dog's Role in the Media Environment." Explorations in Media Ecology 4:1 (Fall 2005), pp. 11-20.

"Cultural Studies in Instructional Design: Building a Bridge to Practice." Introduction to a Special Issue of Educational Technology 45:2 (March-April 2005), pp. 5-10.

" Cultural Studies in Instructional Design: A Bibliography. Educational Technology 55:2 (March-April 2005), pp. 48-49.

"Is There a Class with This Content?": WebCT and the Limits of Individualization. The Journal of Educational Thought , 38:1 (Spring 2004), pp. 43-66. (Winner of The ECT Foundation's Qualitative Inquiry Award, 2005; reprinted in Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2006. )

"Instructional Design and Curriculum Development: Deconstructing the Difference." Educational Technology 44:2 (March-April 2004), pp. 3-12.

" An Interview with Heather Menzies ." The Antigonish Review 136 (Winter 2004), pp. 111-129.

"Needs Assessment: The Forgotten First Step." After 5: The E-learningNewsletter for New Brunswick (October 2003).

"The Errors of Thamus: An Analysis of Technology Critique." Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society , 23:3 (June 2003), pp. 147-156.

"Fuzzy Logic: Computers, Education, and Language in a Techno-Illogical World." Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society 22: 6 (December 2002), pp. 513-517.

"Boundary Talk: A Cultural Study of the Relationship Between Instructional Design and Education." Educational Technology 42: 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2002), pp. 14-22.

" The War Machine: A Review Essay on Edwin Black's IBM and the Holocaust ." The Antigonish Review 125 (Spring 2001), pp. 91-95.

" An Evaluation of Online Distance Education Course Databases ." DEOSNEWS (an online publication of the American Center for the Study of Distance Education). (December 15, 2000).

Review of Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction: A Conversation. Teaching Voices 30 (September 2000), pp. 14-15.

" Resolutions for the New Millennium: A Review Essay on Neil Postman's Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century ." The Antigonish Review 121 (Spring 2000), pp. 31-35.

"Six Strategies for Helping the Adult Distance Learner Succeed." Teaching Voices 28 (September 1999), pp. 5-7.

"Technology and Transcendence: A Review Essay on David Noble's The Religion of Technology." The Antigonish Review 116 (Winter 1999), pp. 81-86.

"Deconstructing Interactivity in Educational Computing." Educational Technology 39:1 (Jan./Feb. 1999), pp. 43-49.

"Could You Love a Robot? A Review Essay on Sherry Turkle's Life on the Screen." The Nashwaak Review 5 (Summer 1998), pp. 96-102.

"Talking Turing: How the Imitation Game Plays Out in the Classroom." Educational Technology 38:3 (May/June 1998), pp. 56-61.

"Overturning Convictions: An Interrogation of the Latent Meanings of Multimedia. " The Antigonish Review 111 (Fall 1997), pp. 65-70.

"A Wheel of Mystery: A Review of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace." The Fiddlehead 191 (Spring 1997), pp. 114-119.

"Digital Personae: A Review Essay on Clifford Stoll's Silicon Snake Oil and Nicholas Negroponte's Being Digital." The Nashwaak Review 4:2 (Fall 1996), pp. 24-30.

Review Essay on Neil Postman's The End of Education . Journal of Technology Education 8:1 (Fall 1996), pp. 61-70.

Keynote Presentations

Multimedia Learning in the Age of Interruption.  Harnessing Images, Text, and Sound for Education, University of Prince Edward Island, PEI (June 2009).

Pressing Issues in the Intersection of Technology and Society.  International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), Fredericton, NB. (June 2008).