EDUCATION

Graduate: Ed.D. Indiana University, 1977
Baccalaureate: B.S. in Education, Indiana University, 1971

POSITIONS AND FACULTY

Old Dominion University, Professor 2004-Present
Graduate Program Director for Instructional Design and Technology
Interim Chair 2004-2005
College of Education, Norfolk, VA

Wayne State University, Professor 1998-2004
College of Education, Detroit, MI

University of Memphis, Professor 1984-1998
College of Education, Memphis, TN

Tenneco Oil Company, Instructional Designer 1980-1984
Houston, TX

General Electric Company, Instructional Designer 1980
Corporate Consulting Group, Bridgeport, CN

Solar Turbines International, Instructional Designer 1978-1980
San Diego, CA

University of Mid-America, Instructional Designer 1976-1978
Lincoln, NE

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Association for Educational Communications & Technology
American Educational Research Association

Editorships and Editorial Boards

Editor, Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2008 -
Associate Editor, Research section, Educational Technology, Research, & Development. 1992-2009
Consulting Editor Development section, Educational Technology, Research, & Development. 1997-Present
Editorial Board, Computers in Human Behavior, 1998-present
Editorial Board, Quarterly Review of Distance Education , 1999-present

 

COURSES RECENTLY TAUGHT

Instructional Systems Design (Graduate)
Foundations of Distance Education (Graduate)
Instructional Message Design (Graduate)
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations (Graduate)
Trends and Issues in Instrucitonal Technology (Graduate)
Instructional Message Design (Graduate)
Advanced Instructional Design (Graduate)
Advanced Research Seminar and Practicum (Graduate)

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

Superior Performance in University Research (University of Memphis) 1992, 1994
President of Design and Development Division of the Association of Educational Communication and Technology, 2000-2001
President, Research and Theory Division of the Association of Educational Communication and Technology, 1995
President, Distance Learning Division of the Association of Educational Communication and Technology, 2007-2008
External doctoral thesis reviewer for the University Malaya, 2003
Instructional Publications Award, Darden College of Education 2008

PUBLICATIONS

Publications in Refereed Journals 37
Books 7
Book Chapters 24
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings 104

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Morrison, G. R. & Lowther, D. L. (2010). Integrating computer technology into the classroom, 4t Ed. Boston: Pearson.

Ross, S. M. & Morrison, G. R. (2008). Getting started in instructional technology research 4 th. Edition. Bloomington, IN: Association for Educational Communication and Technology.

Morrison, Ross, S. M, Kemp, J. E., (2007). Designing effective instruction , 5 th Edition, NY: John Wiley & Sons .

Morrison, G. R. & Lowther, D. L. (2005). Integrating computer technology into the classroom, 3rd Ed. Columbus, OH: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Pociask, F. D. & Morrison, G. R. (2008) Controlling split attention and redundancy in physical therapy instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 56(4), 379-399.

Udama, L. N. & Morrison, G. R. (2007). How do Instructional Designers use Automated Instructional Design Tool? Computers in Human Behavior, 23 (1), 536-553.

Morrison, G. R. & Anglin, G. J. (2006). An instructional design approach for effective shovelware: Modifying materials for distance education. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 7 (1), 63-74.

Morrison, G. R. & Anglin, G. J. (2005). Research on cognitive load theory: Application to e-learning. Educational Technology Research and Development, 53 (3), 94-104.

Morrison, G. R. & Anglin, G. J. (2005). Research on cognitive load theory: Application to e-learning. Educational Technology Research and Development, 53 (3), 94-104.

Ross, S. M. & Morrison, G. R. (in press). The role of evaluation in instructional design. In K. H. Silber & R. Foshay (Eds.), Handbook of training and performance: Volume I. Instructional design and training delivery. New York: International Society for Performance and Instruction.  

Ross, S. M., Morrison, G. R., Hannafin, R. D., Young, M., van den Akker, J., Kuiper, W. , Richey, R. & Klein, J. D. (2008). Research designs in J. M. Spector, M. D. Merrill, J. van Merriënboer, & M. P. Driscoll (Eds.), Handbook of research on educational communications and technology 3 rd Ed. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (715-761).

Morrison, G. R. & Ross, S. M. (2007). Designing effective online instruction. In R. Luppicini (Ed.), Learning Communities in Online Education , Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, (75-85).

Ritchey, R., Morrison, G. R., & Foxon, M. (2007). Instructional design in business and industry. In R. A. Reiser & J. V. Dempsey (Eds.), Instructional design and technology, 2 nd Ed. (pp. 174-184). Columbus, OH: Merrill/Prentice-Hall .

Ross, S. M. & Morrison, G. R. (2007). Andrew Stewart. In Ertmer, P. A. and Quinn, J. The ID casebook: Case studies in instructional design 3 rd Ed.. (pp. 186-190). Columbus, OH: Merrill.

Morrison, G. R., Ross, S. M. & Kemp, J. E., (2004). Designing effective instruction, 4th Edition, NY: John Wiley & Sons.

Ross, S. M. & Morrison. G. R. (2004). Experimental Research Methods, In D. J. Jonassen (Ed). Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, (2nd Ed., 1021-1043). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

Clark, R. E. and Morrison, G. (2002) Media and Learning. J. W. Guthrie (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition. New York: Macmillan Reference

Anglin, G. & Morrison, G. R. (2002). Evaluation and Research in Distance Education: Implications for Research. In Vrasidas, C., & Glass, G. V. (Eds). Distance education and distributed learning (pp. 157-180). Greenwich, CN: Information Age Publishing.

Morrison, G. R. (2001). Equivalent evaluation of instructional media: The next round of media comparison studies. In R. E. Clark (Ed.), Learning from instructional media: Arguments, analysis, and evidence (319-326). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers, Inc.

Udama, L. N. & Morrison, G. R. (in press). How do Instructional Designers use Automated Instructional Design Tool? Computers in Human Behavior.

Ross, S. M., Morrison, G. R., & Lowther, D. L. (2005). Experimental methods in educational technology research. Journal for Computing in Higher Education, 16(2), 39-64.

Lowther, D. L., Ross, S. M., Morrison, G. R. (2003). The Laptop Classroom: The Effect on Instruction and Achievement. Educational Technology, Research, and Development, 51, 23-44.

Lowther, D. L. & Morrison, G. R. (2003). Integrating Computers into the Problem-Solving Process. New Directions for Teaching and Learning: Problem-Based Learning for the Information Age, 95(03), 33-38.

Anglin, G. J. & Morrison, G. R. (2000). An analysis of distance education research: Implications for the instructional technologist. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 1,189-194.

Gopalakrishnan Jayasinghe, M., Morrison, G. R., & Ross, S. M. (1997). The effect of distance learning classroom design on student perceptions. Educational Technology Research and Development, 45, 5-19.

Morrison, G. R., Ross, S. M., Gopalakrishnan, M., & Casey, J. (1995). The effects of feedback and incentives on achievement in computer-based instruction. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 20, 32-50.

Johnsey, A., Morrison, G. R., Ross, S. M. (1992) Promoting generative learning in computer-based instruction through the use of elaboration strategies training. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 17, 125-135.

Dorsey-Davis, J. D., Ross, S. M., & Morrison, G. R. (1991). The role of rewording and context personalization in the solving of mathematical word problems. Journal of Educational Psychology, 83, 61-68.

Ross, S. M. & Morrison, G. R. (1989). In search of a happy medium in instructional technology research: Issues concerning external validity, media replications, and learner control. Educational Technology, Research, and Development, 37, 19-33.

Morrison, G. R. (1988). The instructional designer--subject-matter-expert relationship in business and industry: Implications for professional training. Journal of Instructional Development, 11 (2), 24-27.