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Misook Heo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Instruction and Leadership in Education

327B Fisher
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:  412.396.1662
f:  412.396.1997
heom@duq.edu

Courses Taught

Doctoral Program Courses
GDIT703  Foundations of Instructional Technology
GDIT705  Courseware Design
GEDIT705  Instructional Design and Development
GEDIT706  Developing Learning Environment using IT
GEDIT708  Technologies Management and Leadership
GEDIT710  Distance Learning Field Experience
GEDIT711  Distance Learning and Global Leadership
GEDIT732  Choosing an Area of Interest and Applying the Research
GEDIT733  Planning the Study
GILD704  Professional Studies in Instructional Technology Leadership
GILD710  Leadership and Future of Technology
GILD731  Organizing Themes

Master’s Program Courses
GILT513  Instructional Applications of Technology
GILT515  Instructional Technology Practicum
GILT521  Advanced Web Applications
GSCE570  Gate I – Technology

Undergraduate Program Courses
EDLT301  Instructional Technology III: Text-based Instruction

Education

Ph.D. Information Science (2000)
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

M.S. Information Science (1994)
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Honors/Awards

First Year Assistant Professor Award, Florida State University (2001)
Allen Kent Award, University of Pittsburgh (1999)
Beta Phi Mu Honor Society, University of Pittsburgh (1994)

Why should a prospective student choose Duquesne University?

Small class size
Interpersonal learning community

Research Interests

Information Visualization
Personalized, Social Awareness Information Disclosure and Visualization
Interactive Information Systems
Gender Equity in Computing

Current Projects

Personalized, Relationship-based Social Information Disclosure (PReSID)
Digital Storytelling: Gateway to Educational Technology for Pre-service Teachers

Professional Affiliations

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
Hypertext, Hypermedia and Web (SIGWEB)
Information Technology Education (SIGITE)

Recent Publications

Heo, M. (2009). Digital Storytelling: An empirical study of the impact of digital storytelling on pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy and dispositions towards educational technology. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 18, 405-428.

Heo, M. (2009). Design Considerations for Today’s Online Learners: A Study of Personalized, Relationship-Based Social Awareness Information. International journal on E-Learning, 8, 293-311.

Heo, M. & Myrick, L. M. (2009). Girls’ Computing Club: Making Changes of Gender Inequity in CS with Informal, Female Learning Community. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 5(4), 44-56.

Recent Speaking Engagements

Online Learning. Lunch Bytes sponsored by Educational Technology, Center for Teaching Excellence, and Gumberg Library, Duquesne University, September 2009.

eBook Readers in K-12 Schools. Interview with Pittsburgh Tribune, November 2009.

Recent Professional Experience & Service

Invited Journal Reviewer
International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management (2009)
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education (2008)Invited Reviewer/Judge for Conferences
The Eighth International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies (2010)
Hypertext 2008 – Panel of Judges for the Student Research Competition