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I'm Trey Martindale and I'm a professor in instructional design and technology. I enjoy teaching, writing, interacting, and helping people and organizations achieve their learning goals.
I spend my work time doing three things:
- Teaching interesting, intelligent, and motivated graduate students.
- Researching and writing and about how people learn and perform in education, heath care, business, and the military.
- Serving the university, the community, and the field of instructional design and technology.
To see what's currently happening, please visit my news and conversation site. There I post news, links, tools, and ideas about online teaching and learning.
In Fall 2005 I began a new faculty post at the University of Memphis, with the talented people in Instructional Design and Technology. Previously I served on the faculty at East Carolina University, and the University of West Florida. For the last few years I have been teaching graduate courses in instructional design, multimedia authoring, instructional video, and other topics.
Prior to this I was an instructor in the Instructional Technology program at Texas Tech University. At Tech I was an instructional designer for three years, developing instructional software and video for teachers of visually impaired students. Prior to this I was an instructor for Texas A&M University in the Kinesiology program, and later a patient educator and specialist with cardiac and pulmonary patients at the University of Texas Health Center in Tyler, TX. In 1994 I was a teacher and church administrator for a year in Belize, Central America. I'm a certified secondary education teacher in biology.
My research focus is in the area of online learning--specifically examining emerging technologies and methods to enable self-directed learning, and the generation of community. Recently I have been analyzing online resources that have been recognized as exemplary to help teachers and learners sort through the thousands of educational resources, and to use them for effective learning.
I look forward to interacting with you and helping you reach your learning goals.
