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Misook Heo, Ph.D.Associate Professor 327B Fisher |
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 ReviewerInternational 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

