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Terry W. McClannon, Ed.D.
Appalachian State University

Curriculum Vitae

 

TERRY W. McCLANNON
300 Buckeye Estates
Boone, NC 28607
(828) 265-1207 Home
(828) 262-2062 Work
E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

 

  

Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

December 2006




 





Educational Specialist, Higher Education Administration
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

July 2002





           






Master of Arts, Educational Media
Concentration: Instructional Technology Specialist, Computers

December 1997





Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 






 






Bachelor of Science, Technology     

May 1992





Concentration: Electronics






Minor: Computer Science






Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina






 





EXPERIENCE

  Assistant Professor
August 2008



  Instructional Technology Program to


  Department of Leadership and Educational Studies Present


  Reich College of Education




  Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina




   





Technology Facilities Coordinator

March 1998




  Information Technology Manager to
Present




Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

 





  • Manage and coordinate technology facilities, infrastructure, and resources
  • Manage annual technology budget
  • Coordinate strategic technology planning efforts for unit
  • Supervise RCOE webmaster and database development group
  • Supervise RCOE technology web resources
  • Supervise graduate and undergraduate student employees
  • Develop and implement long-range technology integration plans
  • Conduct faculty, staff, and student technology assessments and workshops
  • Technology research, evaluation, and procurement
  • Consultative services for Office of Extension





 













Adjunct Instructor
Leadership and Educational Studies Department
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

January 2006
to
December 2006





  • Advanced Web Page Design (FDN 5630)
  • Internship Supervision (FDN 5990)





 







Technology Consultant for Federal Grant
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Western Michigan University, and Appalachian State University

  • Design and produce multimedia dissemination resources
  • Provide technical consultation

January 2006
to
Present




 







Technology Consultant for Federal Grant
Improving student performance in high school algebra and biology using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Appalachian State University

August 2002
 to
December 2005





  • Provided technology integration workshops for high school biology and algebra teachers
  • Monitored and supported purchase of technology equipment





 







Web Master for Federal Grant
Developing secondary special education programs that prove responsive to the needs of students with disabilities
Appalachian State University

January 2000
to
December 2002





  • Maintained, modified, and updated existing web site
  • Compiled survey student outcome and project evaluation data
  • Maintained feedback component
  • Created multimedia presentation components
  • Converted data documents into html documents
  • Formatted existing documents to PDF for web use
  • Performed imaged editing and manipulation for web





 







Instructor
Leadership and Educational Studies Department
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Integrating Computer Technology into Instruction (FDN 5620)

August 2000
to
December 2000




 







Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

January 1999





Instructor:  Web Page Design

to
May 2001

 





Microcomputer Specialist

October 1992





Instructional Technology Center
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

to
March 1998





  • Assessed the technology needs of clients, recommended hardware repairs and future computing options.
  • Diagnosed various issues with assorted computer platforms and peripherals





 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Terry, K. P., McClannon, T. W., & Cheney, A. W. (2011, October). Community and Collaboration in a Virtual World Paper presented at the annual meeting of the 41st Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning, International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning, San Diego, CA.

 

McClannon, T. W., & Kortering, L. J. (2011, May). Universal Design for Learning: A promising concept for school completion 5th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute, National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center, Charlotte, NC.

 

Terry, K. P., McClannon, T. W., & Cheney, A. W. (2011, May). Distance Education in a 3D Virtual World Our Turn Faculty Development Workshop Series, Radford University, Radford, VA.

 

Cheney, A. W., Sanders, R. L., Matzen, N. J., McClannon, T. W., Terry, K. P., & Bronack, S. (2011, April). Research in Virtual Worlds and Visual Environments: Presence Pedagogy as Framework for Research in Virtual Environments American Educational Research Association (AERA), Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning, New Orleans, LA.

 

Terry, K. P., McClannon, T. W., Tashner, J. H., & Wallace, P. R. (2011, February). A Glimpse Inside the Zone: Graduate Education in a Virtual World 3rd Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER), Blacksburg, VA.

 

McClannon, T. W., & Kortering, L. J. (2010, October). Universal Design for Learning: A Promising Practice for Engaging Struggling Youth 32nd International Conference on Learning Disabilities, Council for Learning Disabilities, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

 

Cheney, A. W., & McClannon, T. W. (2010, June). Presence Pedagogy: Constructivist Learning in 3D Immersive Environments Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Games, Learning and Society Conference 6.0, UW–Madison School of Education � Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin.

 

Thaxton, C. S., Winn, W. L., Fenwick, J. B., McClannon, T. W., & Olson, M. A. (2010, April). Five Faculty Searching for—and Finding—Interdisciplinarity (Universal  Design Cluster Update) Humanities Day 2010, The Appalachian Humanities Program Council, Boone, NC.

 

Cheney, A. W., & McClannon, T. W. (2010, March). Go Virtual! Immersive Worlds for K-12 Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Technology in Education Society Conference (NCTIES), North Carolina Technology in Education Society, Raleigh, NC.

 

 
 

Cheney, A., Howard, B., Matzen, N., McClannon, T., Sanders, R., Tashner, J. & Wallace, P. (2009, April). Presence pedagogy: Multiple manifestations of presence. Leadership and Educational Studies Symposium, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

 

 
 

McClannontw, T.W., Sanders, R., Cheney, A.., Howard, B. Wallace, P., & Matzen, N. (March, 2009). Multiple Manifestations of Presence - Teaching and Learning in 3D Immersive Environments. North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference. Virtual presentation.


 
 

Thaxton, C., Winn, W., Finwick, J., Olson, M.,, & McClannon, T.W. (February, 2009). Unifing Design Principles and Practices by Applying the Physics Principle of Least Action. 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Berlin, Germany.

 

 
 

Finwick, J., McClannon, T.W., Olson, M., Thaxton, C., & Winn, W. (April, 2008). Making Universal Design Universal. 2008 Humanities Research Cluster. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

 

 


McClannon, T.W. & Kortering, L.J. (2007). Universal Design for         
 Learning: Perspectives of High School Algebra and Biology Students. 19th Annual At-risk Youth National Forum, February
2007. Myrtle Beach, SC.


 




McClannon, T.W. & Kortering, L.J. (2006). Universal Design for Learning: What High School Algebra and Biology Students have to say. Center for Exceptional Children Annual Conference, April 2006. Salt Lake City, UT.


 




McClannon, T.W., Kortering, L.J., & Spagnolo, J. (2005). Universal  Design for Learning: Teaching and Learning with Technology.University of North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, March 2005. Raleigh, NC.



 


PUBLICATIONS


Book Chapters


Riedl, R. E., McClannon, T. W., & Cheney, A. W. (2011). Moving to the worldvirtual: affordances of 3D immersive environments for teaching and learning. In A. W. Cheney & R. L. Sanders (Eds.), Teaching and Learning in 3D Immersive Worlds: Pedagogical Models and Constructivist Approaches (pp. 1-14). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.


Howard, B. B., Sanders, R. L., & McClannon, T. W. (2010). Constructing transformative learning communities in 3D immersive learning environments. In T. V. Yuzer & G. Kurubacak (Eds.), Transformative Learning and Online Education: Aesthetics, Dimensions and Concepts (pp. 34-47). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.


 

Journal Articles

Kortering, L. J., Braziel, P. M., & McClannon, T. W. (2010). Career ambitions: A comparison of youth with and without SLD. Remedial and Special Education, 31(4), 230-240. doi: 10.1177/0741932508324404


Thaxton, C. S., Winn, W. L., Fenwick, J. B., McClannon, T. W., & Olson, M. A. (2009). The governing principle behind design: Part I: Unifying methodologies, disciplines and cultures through the physical Principle of Least Action. Design Principles: An International Journal, 3(6), 349-362.


Thaxton, C. S., Winn, W. L., Fenwick, J. B., McClannon, T. W., & Olson, M. A. (2009). The governing principle behind design: Part II: The Least Action Principle, transparency, and universalization. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, 3(6), 349-363.


Kortering, L., McClannon, T. W., & Braziel, P. (2008). Universal Design for Learning: A look at what Algebra and Biology students with and without high incidence conditions are saying. Remedial and Special Education, 29(6), 352-363.


McClannon, T.W. (2006). Improving Student Engagement with Universal Design for Learning: A Comparison of Technology and Non-Technology Based Interventions. Boone, NC: Doctoral Dissertation.


Kortering, L. J., McClannon, T. W., & Braziel, P. (2005). What algebra and biology students have to say about universal design for learning? National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, 4(2), 1-6.

 

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS


 

Humanities Research Cluster- Inter-disciplinary 

Spring 2007







Universal Design
(Impact on Teaching and Learning )
Appalachian State University

to

Present







 


 






EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

Reviewer, Journal, International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (November 2011)

Reviewer, Book, Teaching and Learning in 3D Immersive Worlds: Pedagogical Models and Constructivist Approaches. (February 2010 - April 2010).


Reviewer, Journal, International Journal of Web-Based Communities. (January 2009 - April 2009)


SERVICE
  Search Committee, Chair Fall 2009



  Faculty member search, Instructional Technology Program  



  Department of Leadership and Educational Studies  



     



  Furniture Committee, Member Fall 2009



  New Reich College of Education Building  



     



 

Search Committee, Member

Spring 2009



 

Faculty member search, Instructional Technology Program  



  Department of Leadership and Educational Studies  



     



  Search Committee, Member Spring 2009



  Director of Technology and Facilities  



  Reich College of Education  



     



 

AET Zone Migration Workgroup, Member

Fall 2008



  Department of Leadership and Educational Studies to



   

Present

 





  AET Zone Advisory Committee Fall 2008



  Department of Leadership and Educational Studies to



   

Present

 





  Advisory Council on Online Development, Member Fall 2008



  Department of Leadership and Educational Studies to



   

Present

 





  Technology Advisory Committee, Member Fall 2007



  Carolina's Virtual World Consortium (CVWC) to



  Appalachian State University & Clemson University Present



     




Technology Integration, Consultant

August 2007






North Carolina School of the Arts

to







Present

 






Assessment Advisory Committee, Member
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University

November 2006
to
Present





 








Information Technology Advisory Committee, Member
Appalachian State University

August 2006
to
Present





 








Steering Committee, Member
Reich College of Education Building

Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University

August 2006
to
Present





 








Technology Integration, Consultant
New Building Technology Integration

August 2005
to






Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

Present






Appalachian State University Center






 








Technology Planning , Consultant

September 2005






Instituto D’Amicis
Puebla, Mexico






 








Technology Integration Specialist, Consultant

July 2005






Northwest Regional Educational Service Alliance






 








Program Policy Committee, Member
Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University

August 2004
to
Present

 








Technology Advisory Committee, Ex-Officio Member
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University

May 1998
to
Present

 



PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS



American Educational Research Association. February 2011 to Present


Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning.



North Carolina Technology in Edcuation Society.

International Society for Technology in Education.

Virtual World Consortium.

Member, International Society for Technology in Education



February 2011 to Present


March 2010 to Present

August 2008- Present

August 2008- Present

August 2007- Present





Member, North Carolina Association for Educational Communications and Technology

 


AWARDS

 

Appalachian State University Staff Award Nominee

Spring 2006

 

 

 

 

Appalachian State University Staff Award Recipient

Fall 1997

 

 

 

 

Governor’s Award Nominee

Fall 1997



REFERENCES


Dr. Charles Duke, Dean
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-2234
[email protected]

 

Dr. Larry Kortering
Co- Principal Investigator
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-6060
[email protected]

 

 

Dr. Doris Jenkins, Associate Dean
Reich College of Education
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-6107
[email protected]

 

Dr. Richard Riedl, Professor
Reich College of Education
Department of Leadership and Educational Studies
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-6104
[email protected]

 

Dr. Tracy Smith, Professor

Reich College of Education

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Appalachian State University

Boone, NC 28608

828-262-2274

[email protected]

 

Copyright � 2008 Terry W. McClannon, All rights reserved.