Education
 

Professional History

• Associate Professor, Graduate faculty, Information Design and Communication, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia
• Independent contractor in instructional development
• Fifteen years teaching experience (three universities)
• Instructional technologist, lead multimedia designer for school of public health
• Seven years commercial software development (MedSoft Rainier & Peachtree Learning Solutions)

   

  Research Focus

• Instructional technology integration in health professions
• Internet teaching and learning — doctoral research: An Illustrative, Instrumental, Multiple-Case Study of Exemplary Internet Courses
• Technology integration in higher education

Recent Publications

Hopper, K.B. & Hendricks, R. (2008) Technology integration in the college classroom—A baker's dozen frugal but promising strategies. Educational Technology, 48(5), 10-17.

Hopper, K. B., Johns, C.L. (2007) Educational technology and distance learning in respiratory care: Attitudes and practices. Respiratory Care, 52(11), 1510-1524

Hopper, K. B. (2007). Educational technology integration on a shoestring budget . Education Annual, American Association for Respiratory Care, Vol. 16, Fall, 21-29

Hopper, K. B., & Oliver, B. (2007). Evaluation of Microsoft Producer for Streaming Dynamic Content in Courses in Technical Communication and in Corporate Training Development. In IPCC 2007 Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Hopper, K. B., & Oliver, B. (2007). Using Microsoft producer to develop and deploy dynamic streaming content in engineering related courses. Proceedings 2007, ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division

Hopper, K. B. (2005). An online simulation in pediatric asthma management. In AECT 2004 Proceedings (Vol. 2, pp. 252-265). Bloomington, IN: Association for Educational Communications and Technology

Hopper, K. B. (2004). Education, teleconferencing, distance learning in Respiratory Care. Respiratory Care, 49(4), 410-423

Hopper, K. B., & Rainey, K. T. (2003). A pilot study of self-assessment of word processing and presentation software skills in graduate students in technical communication. In IPCC 2003 Proceedings (pp. 242-249). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Hopper, K. B. (2003). In defense of the solitary learner: A response to collaborative, constructivist education. Educational Technology, 43(2), 24-29

Hopper, K. B. (2002). Is critical thinking a luxury? (letter) Respiratory Care, 47(9), 1018-1021

Hopper, K. B. (2001). Is the internet a classroom? TechTrends, 45(5), 35-43

Hopper, K. & Harmon, S. (2000) A multiple-case study of exemplary online courses. ED, Education at a Distance (U.S. Distance Learning Assn.), 14(9), 27-36

Hopper, K. B. (2000). An illustrative, instrumental, multiple-case study of exemplary internet courses, (Doctoral Dissertation) Georgia State University, 203 pages.

Hopper, K. B. (2000). Are online distance learners learning or just distant? (letter) Respiratory Care, 45(4), 432-434

Hopper, K. B. (1999). Mastering the invisible technologies in education: Who are the real technology prodigies among college teachers? Educational Technology, 39(1), 50-56
 

Awards

1999 AECT Development Award for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student, presented AECT conference, February 1999

Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology, Fifteenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April, 2004

Recent Presentations

• "Technology Integration in the College Classroom—A Baker's Dozen Frugal but Promising Strategies" for the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), scheduled in Orlando, FL, November 2008
• "Evaluation of Microsoft Producer for Streaming Dynamic Content in Courses in Technical Communication and in Corporate Training Development." for the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, Atlanta, GA, November 2007
• "Educational Technology Integration on a Shoestring Budget" for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Reno, NV, July 2007
• "Online Research in Respiratory Care " for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Reno, NV, July 2007
• "Educational Technology and Distance Learning in Respiratory Care: Attitudes and Practices " for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Reno, NV, July 2007
• "Using Microsoft Producer to Develop and Deploy Dynamic Streaming Content in Engineering Related Courses" for the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division, San Diego, CA, January 2007
• "Deployment of an Online Simulation in Pediatric Asthma Management" for the Seventeenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 2006
• "An Online Simulation in Pediatric Asthma Management" for the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Chicago, IL, October 2004
• "An Online Simulation in Pediatric Asthma Management" for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fourth National Asthma Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2004
• "An Online Simulation in Pediatric Asthma Management" for the Fifteenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 2004
• "An Online Simulation in Pediatric Asthma Management" for the American Association for Respiratory Care 49th International Respiratory Congress, Las Vegas, NV, December 2003
• "How Should We Use Technology in Teaching?" for the American Association for Respiratory Care 49th International Respiratory Congress, Las Vegas, NV, December 2003
• "Systematic Instructional Design: Implications for Health Professions Faculty" for the American Association for Respiratory Care 49th International Respiratory Congress, Las Vegas, NV, December 2003
• "Education, Teleconferencing, Distance learning" for the Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Banff, Canada, October 2003
• "In Defense of the Solitary Learner" for the Fourteenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 2003
• "Project Management for Educators" for the Thirteenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 2002
• "A Multiple-Case Study of Exemplary Online Courses" for the Eighth Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching, Athens, GA, February 2002
• "Introduction to Project Management" for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Naples, FL, July 2001
• "A Multiple-Case Study of Exemplary Online Courses" for the Twelfth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 2001
• "Is the Internet a Classroom?" for the American Association for Respiratory Care 46th International Respiratory Congress, Cincinnati, OH, October 2000
• "The Future of Distance Learning, the Internet and Web-based Learning in Respiratory Care Education" for the American Association for Respiratory Care 46th International Respiratory Congress, Cincinnati, OH, October 2000
• "A Multiple-Case Study of Exemplary Online Courses" for the Public Health Informatics and Distance Learning Conference 2000, New Orleans, LA, August 2000
• "Faculty Support Initiative in Online Course Development" for the International WebCT Conference, University of Georgia, July 2000
• "Authorware 5 Attain as an Adjunct to Internet Course Development: Affordances and Limitations" for the Eleventh International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 2000
• "A Multiple-Case Study of Exemplary Online Courses" for the Georgia State University Teaching and Learning with Technology Expo, April 2000
• "Performance Technology" for the American Public Health Association 127th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL , November 1999
• "Performance Technology" for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Phoenix, AZ, July 1999
• "Authorware 5 Attain as an Adjunct to Internet Course Development" for the Seventh Conference on Distance Learning in Public Health, Bellevue, WA, June 1999
• "The Invisible Technologies" for the Tenth International Conference on College Teaching & Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 1999
• "The Invisible Technologies" for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Naples, FL , July 1998
• "A Nightmare on Science Drive—A Computer-Based, Virtual Reality, Multimedia Simulation on Basic Life Support" for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Naples, FL , July 1998
• "A Nightmare On Science Drive" for the Ninth International Conference on College Teaching & Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 1998
• "A Nightmare On Science Drive" for the Georgia Conference on College & University Teaching, Kennesaw, GA , April 1998
• "Custom Computer-Based Clinical Simulations" for the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, Phoenix, AZ, July 1997

Recent Technology Projects

• An Online Simulation in Pediatric Asthma Management (Zap Asthma, GlaxoSmithKline)
• Technology Integration Support Website (Southern Polytechnic State University)
• The Levels of eLearn—An Internet technology integration campaign in higher education (Emory University)
• A Nightmare on Science Drive—An Interactive Simulation on Basic Life Support (CD/Authorware—Nova Award 1999 for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Development)
• A series of customized, branching-logic clinical simulations in respiratory care (VisualBASIC)

Passions (professional)

• technology integration in higher education
• performance technology
• instructional design
• Authorware (Macromedia)
• Dreamweaver (Macromedia)
• CourseBuilder (Macromedia)
• Javascript (Satan)

Passions (personal)

• recorded books
• my Pal Carol
• creative writing
• old Cadillacs

Heroes

• Winston Churchill
• John F. Kennedy
• Roy Rogers
• George Patton

Favorites

authors

• Carol Shields
• John Updike
• Robert Bly
• Mark Twain

movies

• Fargo
• Raising Arizona
• old Dagwood movies

celebrities

• George Carlin
• Steve Martin
• Rebecca De Mornay
• David Letterman

places

St. Augustine

San Juan Islands

Lake Tahoe

Mount Rainier

quotes

"Beatings will continue until morale improves."

"If all you have is a hammer, do all problems look like nails?"

"Call me cheap. Call me irresponsible. But call me."

"Where there is self interest there is bias."

"Ya dances wit them's whut brung ya."

"Protect your right to keep and arm bears."

poem

  Snail, snail,
  slowly,
  slowly climb
  Mount Fuji!

Don't Like

• smoking
• pretentiousness or arrogance
• cucumbers
• Rush Limbaugh
• the NRA

since 3/22/00