Sandie Waters is an Assistant Professor in the Elementary Education Department at Utah Valley University, Adjunct Faculty and Distance Learning Endorsement Coordinator in the Instructional Technology Department at Utah State University, and Program Coordinator of the Intern Program of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. She has previously taught and conducted research at Indiana University, Bloomington, Utah State University, and Utah Valley University. Dr Waters' research focuses on the integration of Web 2.0 technologies into schools and higher education, the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on collaboration and creativity, and socially responsible open education. She has taught Distance Education, Technology Integration, Computers in Education, Foundations of Education, Projects in Instructional Technology, Practicum in Distance Education, Web 2.0 Tools in Education, and Learning Theory. She is currently working on 'backpack' technologies and will begin working with schools, principals, tech coordinators, IT specialists, and teachers to empower them to bring 21st Century Technological Tools into Utah's educational system in Summer 2009. She is currently writing a book regarding Web 2.0 and backpack technologies to be published by an open publisher. Dr Waters' personal interests include Karate (2nd Degree Black Belt), Life Coaching, bicycling, hiking, blogging , facebooking, texting, IMing, and of course my friends.
Articles
Twenty guidelines for successful threaded discussions: A learning environment approach (with David Wade and Bentley Joanne), Distance Learning (2006)
Scoping and sequencing educational resources and speech acts: A unified design framework for learning objects and educational discourse (with David Wiley), Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects (2005)
Design languages, notation systems, and instructional technology (with Andrew Gibbons), Educational Technology Research & Development (2004)
Notational systems, used in mature fields of study, are closely related to design languages. The...
Overcoming the limitations of learning objects (with David Wiley, Deonne Dawson, Brent Lambert, Matt Barclay, and David Wade), Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (2004)
Unpublished Papers
The Mean Reply Depth Algorithm: A correlational study of quantitative versus qualitative measures of threaded discourse (2008)
In the world of online learning, instructors look for the keys that open the door...
Presentations
Using Web 2.0 to create professional learning communities (with Suzy Cox), Utah Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference (2010)
Google Tools: Creative options for faculty (with Suzy Cox), 2nd Annual Adjunct Conference (2009)
Google Tools: Creative options for faculty and students (with Suzy Cox), Faculty Convocation [Invited Speaker] (2009)
We begin our presentation with an overview of Google Tools and the benefits of using...
Engaged learning: A 21st Century Skill (with Suzy Cox and Cassidee Steele), UVU Conference on The Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement (2009)
Google Docs: Integration options for faculty (with Suzy Cox), Department of Mathematics (2009)
Digital Media
Psycho: The Musical (with Megan Knight and Caitlin Shirts) (2002)
[Recorded by Moosebutter]. On See dee [CD]. Provo, UT: June Audio. [Winner of the 19th...