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Conference Presentations

AECT: Association for Educational Communications and Technology annual meetings:
Brown, A. (2008, November). A Year of my Second Life: Incorporating an Online Virtual Reality Presence into Academic Professional Practice. Presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Orlando, FL.

Brown, A., Sugar, W., Brown, C., Luterbach, K., Blair, H., & Fine, B. (2008, November). Podcasting to Enhance Online Learning: A Comparison Among A Faculty Research Group’s Experiences with Incorporating Digital Audio and Video into their Distance Instruction. Presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Orlando, FL.

Robinson, L., Brown, A., & Green, T. (2008, November). Protecting Students, Infrastructure and Technology: Is There Such a Thing as “Too Safe?” Presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Orlando, FL.

Brown, A., Green, T., Robinson, L., & Sugar, W. (2007, October). Teaching Visual and Message Design: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Anaheim, CA

Robinson, L., Green, T., & Brown, A. (2007, October). Finding a Balance: A Review of Online Course Evaluation Forms. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Anaheim, CA

Brown, A. (2007, October). First Attempts at Second Life: Modding a Virtual Office. Presented as part of Loh, C. (2007, October). Modding For Serious Play (3rd Instructional Gaming Symposium. Presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Anaheim, CA

Alejandro, J., Green, T., & Brown, A. (2007, October). Retention of High Quality Faculty in Distance Education Programs: Understanding Factors that Impact Their Involvement and Strategies Used to Retain Them. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Anaheim, CA

Sugar, W., Angel, C., Brown, A., & Daniels, L. (2007, October). Media Production Curriculum and Competencies Identifying Entry-level Multimedia Production Competencies and Skills of Instructional Design and Technology Professionals: Results from a Biennial Survey. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Anaheim, CA.

Brown, A., & Green, T. (2006, October). Video Podcasting: When, Where and How It’s Currently Used for Instruction. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Dallas, TX.

Brown A. & Sugar, W. (2005, October). Charting Instructional Media Production Coursework Competencies: A Taxonomy of Function and Form. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Orlando, FL.

Brown, A., Robinson, L., & Green, T. (2005, October). Teachers Working With the Web: Focusing on the Basics. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Orlando, FL.

Brown, A. & Sugar, W. (2004, October). Integrating HCI into IDT: Charting the Human Computer Interaction Competencies Necessary for Instructional Media Production Coursework. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Chicago, IL.

Bray, M., Brown, A. & Green, T. (2004, October). Integrating Technology in the Inclusive Classroom: Issues and Instructional Strategies. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Chicago, IL.

Robinson, L., Brown, A. & Green, T. (2004, October). The Threat of Security: The Effect of Increased Technology Access Limitations on Teachers and Students. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Chicago, IL.

Brown, A. (2003, October). Teaching Instructional Media Production Online: A Success Story. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Anaheim, CA.

Kirtman, L., Brown, A. & Robinson, R. (2003, October). Technology and Mathematics Anxiety: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Anaheim, CA.

Green, T., Brown, A., Yopp, R. & Yopp, H. (2003, October). An Action Research Study of the Collaborative Process among Subject Matter Experts and Designers in the Development of Computer-Based Instructional Media for Use in an Elementary Classroom. Poster presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Anaheim, CA.

Guest Panelist for an AECT Special Session: Boling, E. (October, 2003). The Future of Design in Instructional Design: Lesson from Other Design Disciplines and Innovations in Our Own. Panel discussion at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Anaheim, CA.

Brown, A. & Green, T. (2002, November). Multimedia Projects in the K-12 Classroom: Rating and Reviewing Media Production Software. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Dallas, TX.

Robinson, L., Brown, A., & Brown, S. (2002, November). How the Webmaster Almost Lost His Job: Reflections Upon a Web Site Usability Study for a Health Care Consortium. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Dallas, TX.

Brown, A. & Green, T. (2001, November). Multimedia Projects in the K-12 Classroom: Current Practices and Critical Issues. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Atlanta, GA.

Brown, A. & Miller, D. (2001, November). The Creation of Learning Objects for Students with Mild Mental Retardation: A Case Study of Creating Knowledge Objects for K-12 Classrooms. Presentation made at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Atlanta, GA.

Brown, A. (2000, February). Teaching Media Production to Beginners: A Taxonomy of Student Types. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual meeting; Long Beach, CA

Brown, A. & Green, T. (1999, February). A Junior Achievement Center for Evaluation CD-ROM: Paper-Based to Paperless Assessment. Paper presented at the Association of Education Communications & Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Houston, TX.

Brown, A. (1999, February). A Taxonomy of Design Choices For Indicating Cursor Location. Paper presented at the Association of Education Communications & Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Houston, TX.

Brown, A. (1994, February). Developing Language Skills with HyperCard. Paper Presented at the Association of Education Communications & Technology (AECT) annual meeting. Nashville, TN.

AERA: American Educational Research Association
Brown, A. and Green, T. (2003, April). Multimedia Projects in the K-12 Classroom: Reviewing and Rating Production Software. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

Miller, D. and Brown, A. (2002, April). Creating Opportunities for Advanced Media Production and Instructional Design: Generating Learning Objects. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

Hansen, L. and Brown, A. (1998, April). Developing and Testing a Taxonomy of Web-Based Development Tools. Presentation made at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

NECC: National Educational Computing Conference
Brown, A. (2009, July). A Second Look at Second Life: Virtual Worlds and Education. Presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Washington, DC.

Brown, A. (2008, July). Using Second Life with Distant Learners: Virtual Office Hours. Presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), San Antonio, TX.

Brown, A., Luterbach, K., and Blair, H. (2007, June). Reading in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Modern Media. Presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Atlanta, GA.

Walter, A., Brim, J., Brown, A., and Lang, E. (2007, June). Copyright in the Multimedia Age: An Online Resource. Presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Atlanta, GA.

Brown, A., Green, T. and Robinson, L. (2006, July). Making Web Pages: What Educators Need to Know. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), San Diego, CA

Brown, A. and Green, T. (2003, July). Evaluating Software for Classroom Multimedia Projects: Reviews and Recommendations. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Seattle, WA.

Brown, A. and Green, T. (2001, June). Multimedia in the Classroom: Tips, Tricks and Helpful Hints. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). Chicago, IL.

Quitadamo, I. and Brown, A. (2001, June). Style and Instructional Design in Online Learning Environments. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). Chicago, IL.

Brown, A., Caswell, T., Herlong, K., and Noxel, T. (2000, June). Developing Assessment Strategies for Technology Integration: Three Diverse Case Studies. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC); Atlanta, GA.

Brown, A. and Whitaker, D. (1995, June). The School Play and Virtual Reality: Computer Aided Lessons in Theatrical Set Design. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC); Baltimore, MD.

SITE: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education annual conference
Brown, A. and Green, T. (2007, March). Podcasting and Video Podcasting: How it Works and How it's Used for Instruction. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference. San Antonio, TX.

Brown, A. and Appelman, B. (2001, March). Advanced Technology Opportunities for Education Students: The SIMMS Example. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) annual conference. Orlando, FL.

Quitadamo, I., and Brown, A. (2001, March). Effective Online Learning at Western Governors University. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) annual conference. Orlando, FL.

Brown, A., Appelman, B., Green, T., and Hansen, L. (2000, February). Computer Technology Courses for Pre-Service Teachers: A Comparison of Four University's Approaches. Panel presentation made at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) annual meeting. San Diego, CA.

Brown, A. (1998, March). Developing and Delivering Instructional Technology Coursework for In-Service Teachers. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.

Brown, A. and Hansen, L. (1998, March). Software Tools for Distance Learning: The Benchmarks Project. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) annual conference. Washington, D.C.

Other National/International Conference Presentations
Green, T. & Brown, A. (2008, November). The Virtual Student’s Social Experience: Motel 6 or the Four Seasons? Presented at the 14th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, FL.

Brown, A., and Green, T. (2007, October). Three Hours a Week?: Determining the Time Students Spend in Online Participatory Activity. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, FL.

Green, T., and Brown, A. (2007, October). The Online Student’s Social Experience: A Tour of the Virtual Campus. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, FL.

Carter-Wells, J., Bray, M., Brown, A., Green, T., Ivers, K., Lee, J., Street, S. (2003, November). Weaving Assessment Throughout an Online Masters Degree Program. Paper presented at the International Online Conference on Teaching Online in Higher Education (TOHE). Retrieved from the World Wide Web November 12, 2003: http://www.ipfw.edu/as/2003tohe/

Green, T. and Brown, A. (2002, November). Applications for Learning: Methods and Outcomes. Paper presented at Internet Librarian 2002. Palm Springs, CA.

Brown, A., Davis, J. and Onarheim K. (2001, August). What's in it for Me?: Providing Incentives to Drive Local and Institutional Change. Paper presented at the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Annual Grantees Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Davis, J., Brown, A. and Onarheim, K. (2001, August). Why PT3?: The Impact of Educational Technology Upon Student Achievement. Paper presented at the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Annual Grantees Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Brown, A., Green, T. and Zatz, D. (1998, November). Replacing Traditional Paper-based Evaluation Tools with an Interactive CD-ROM. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association annual meeting. Chicago, IL.

Hillesheim, G., Appelman, B., Brown, A. and Egidio, R. (1998, October). Approaches to Student Success in a Distance Learning Environment. Panel presentation made at EDUCOM '98. Orlando, FL.

Regional Conference Presentations
Brown, A., Sugar, W. & Luterbach, K. (2008). Screencasting Production and Delivery: Best (and Worst!) Practices. Presentation made at the North Carolina Distance Learning Association Conference. New Bern, NC.

Brown, A., Sugar, W., Vinciguerra, D., White, L., Luterbach, K., Valentine, P., Blair, H., Marson, B., Jones, J., Fine, B., Cherry, K., and Brown, C. (2008). The Podcasting Research Group at East Carolina University: Adding Voice and Video to Distance Education. Presentation made at University of North Carolina Teaching & Learning with Technology Conference. Raleigh, NC.

Brown. A. and Pantelidis, V.S. (2008). Implications of Online Virtual Reality Applications in Higher Education. Presentation made at the North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NCARE) Annual Meeting. New Bern. NC.

Brown, A. (2007). Office Hours in Second Life: Using Virtual Reality with Online Learners. Presentation made at Think-In 2007: A Teaching with Technology Showcase. Greenville, NC.

Brown, A. Blair, H., Brown, C., Cherry, K., Fine, B., Jones, J., Luterbach, K., Marson, B., Sugar, W., Valentine, P., Vinciguerra, D., and White, L. (2007). Podcasting: Adding Voice and Video to Distance Education. Presentation made at Think-In 2007: A Teaching with Technology Showcase. Greenville, NC.

Brown, A. and Sugar, W. (2007) Chat Versus Discussion Thread: The Relative Merits and Challenges of Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication in Graduate Online Distance Education Courses. Presentation made at the North Carolina Distance Learning Alliance Conference. Asheville, NC

Brown, A., Blair, H., and Luterbach, K. (2007, February). Reading in the 21st-Century: Literacy in the Information Age. Mary Lois Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference. Greenville, NC

Brown, A. and Green, T. (2003, May). Multimedia Software Tools for Educators: Evaluations and Recommendations of Media Production Applications. Presented at the Spring CUE (Computer Using Educators). Anaheim, CA.

Brown, A. (2002, March). Free Lunches and Silly Hats: Incentives That Work To Promote Adoption Of Innovative Technologies Among Teachers. Paper presented at the Northwest Council on Computing in Education (NCCE) annual meeting. Seattle, WA.

Robinson, L. and Brown, A. (2002, March). Teachers Taking Control: The Story Of A User-Centered Instructional Media Project. Paper presented at the Northwest Council on Computing in Education (NCCE) annual meeting. Seattle, WA.

Quitadamo, I. and Brown, A. (2001, March). Effects of Teaching Style and Instructional Design in Online Learning Environments. Paper presented at the Northwest Council on Computing Education (NCCE) annual meeting. Spokane, WA.

Brown, A., Dennen, V., Novak, E. and Sloffer, S. (1997, October). Digital Production - Analog Presentation: Creating an Instructional Video Using Macromedia Director, SoundEdit 16, and Photoshop. Paper presented at HyperMedia '97 Annual Conference. Muncie, IN.

Brown, A. and Green, T. (1997, October). "It's All Geek To Me;" Understanding the Terms and Concepts of the Internet. Paper presented at the Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA) annual meeting. Chicago, IL.

Brown, A. (1997, March). Using Online Collaborative Learning Environments. Paper presented at ICE.net'97 (Indiana Computer Educators) annual conference. Indianapolis, IN.

Brown, A. (1996, October). Evaluating Online Collaborative Learning Environments. Paper presented at HyperMedia '96 annual conference. Indianapolis, IN.

Brown, A. Photoshop Basics Workshop. Presented at HyperMedia '96 annual conference; Indianapolis, IN

Brown, A. (1996, October). Understanding the World Wide Web - Search Engines and Indexes. Paper presented at the Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA) annual meeting. Chicago, IL.

Brown, A. and Kirkley, S. (1996, October). Online Collaborative Learning Environments: Review and Assessment. Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA) annual meeting. Chicago, IL.

Brown, A. (annually from 1989 to 1994). Flashlight Fun - A Parent-Child Workshop. Presented at the Bank Street College of Education's Explorations in Math & Science. New York, NY.