Other Scholarly and Professional Efforts
5a. Book reviews and related activities:
Reviewed the textbook “The World Wide Web in the Classroom: Meeting Content
and Technology Standards Through the Use of Web-Based Projects” for Corwin Press
Publishing Company. I critically reviewed the book and wrote a report in addition
to completing a list of questions for the publisher. Sept., 2003.
Reviewed and compared two assessment textbooks “Classroom Assessment” and “Assessment
in Classroom” for McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. I critically reviewed the
two textbooks, compared and contrasted their contents and wrote a report in
addition to completing a list of questions for the publisher. April, 2003.
Reviewed the textbook “Designing Effective Instruction” Third Edition manuscript
(400 pages) for John Wiley & Sons Publishing Company. Critically reviewed
the book and wrote a report in addition to responding to the publisher’s specific
questions and concerns. Jan., 2000.
Reviewed “Instructional Design for K-12 Education” textbook for Merrill Prentice
Hall Publishing company. Reviewed the book prospectus and table of contents
and wrote a report analyzing and critiquing the book in addition to responding
to the publisher’s specific questions. Jan., 2000.
Reviewed the book prospectus “Instructional Design” for Merrill Prentice Hall
Publishing Company. I reviewed the prospectus, compared it with existing competing
books and wrote a report for the publisher. March, 2000.
Reviewed a research project on Assessment Issues for SERVE Publisher, March,
2000.
Reviewed the book prospectus “Decision Making in Teaching and Learning” for
Allyn & Bacon Publishing Company. I reviewed the prospectus, compared it
with existing competing books and wrote a report for the publisher, 1996.
5b. Proposal reviews for professional conferences:
Proposal reviewer for "Association for Educational Communication and Technology
(AECT)” conferences. Since AECT is mainly the largest organization in the field
of Educational Technology, I have served as a proposal reviewer for three different
divisions (Division of Instructional Development; Division of Research, Technology
and Development; Change Division) every year since 1993 to present (12 years).
Proposal reviewer for “American Educational Research Association (AERA).” I
have served as proposal reviewers in a number of divisions within the organization.
Since AERA is the largest and the highest prestigious organization in the field
of Educational Research, I have served in a five different divisions (Division
K, Division C; Division A; Instructional Technology SIG, and Problem-based Learning
SIG) every year since 1993 to present (for 12 years).
Proposal reviewer for the 2004 annual conference in International Conference
on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICLAT), Spring 2004.
Proposal reviewer for the 2004 annual conference of Society for Information
Technology and Teacher Education International, Fall, 2003.