"Technology and Us"
School of Technology
Centennial Symposium
An Extended Celebration

Spring Semester 2003

Information technology
and educational process: A review
William J. Gibbs, Ph.D.

William Gibbs is a Professor in the School of Technology and Project Coordinator for the Center for Academic Technology Support at Eastern Illinois University. He received his Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from The Pennsylvania State University. He has worked with individuals from various academic disciplines as part of instructional design teams and has served as instructional design and technology advisor to faculty in the development of instruction and instructional materials. For the past several years, he has offered instructional technology courses on-line. His research interests include knowledge acquisition, technology-based learning environments, methods for effective instructional software evaluation, and computer-mediated-communications.