VITA
DONALD G.
PERRIN Ph.D.
1873 Calle Borrego, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Phone: 805 375-3444 Cell: 805 300-8080
dperrin@itdl.org
Dr. Donald G. Perrin is a leader in adoption of new
technologies for training and education. He has held major policy making,
planning and administrative positions in universities, government, Department of
Defense, industry, and foundations. He brings vision, breadth and depth of
experience and interdisciplinary skills in academic and industrial settings,
proposal writing, research, curriculum development, assessment, publication,
media production and dissemination, teaching, evaluation, and quality assurance.
Dr.
Perrin is active in instructional design and innovative methods of teaching. He
played a key role in the nationwide Technological
Development Project of the National Education Association. He developed the
doctoral program in curriculum and technology at the
University
of
Maryland
.
He initiated instructional development programs for faculty at several
universities. He was involved in long-term planning and policy making for the
Department of Defense, the U.S. Office of Education, and State departments of
Education. He integrates academic and technical knowledge and skills.
As
Founding Director of the Alquist Center
for Innovative Learning at
San
Jose
State
University,
he combined technology training with faculty and curriculum materials
development. As Dean of Learning Technologies for the Riverside Community
College District he designed, constructed and implemented the district-wide
technology plan, state-of-the-art computer networks, student and faculty
laboratories, faculty training programs, and a digital communication center.
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Chief
Education Officer and Learning Architect, DonEl Learning Inc. (1998 - present)
Online Faculty,
Human Resources and Management, University
of
Maryland
University
College
(2002 - present).
Founder and Executive Editor, International Journal of Instructional Technology and
Distance Learning, monthly refereed journal (January 2004 to present)
Adjunct Faculty, California Lutheran University MBA Program, School of Business
(2006 to present)
POSITIONS
- Recent
Fellow
and Learning Architect,
Multimedia Production, Ohana Foundation. Human interface design, curriculum and
instructional design, and production of Interactive Digital Video Disks (DVDs)
integrated with Web.
Dean
of Learning Technologies, Riverside Community College District.
Prepare/implement technology plan including multimedia WAN/LAN networks,
servers, student and faculty labs; faculty training, and technical support.
Professor
of Education and Founder-Director,
Alquist
Center
for Innovative Learning,
San
Jose
State
University
.
Train faculty to use computers, multimedia and Internet.
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B.A.
Letters, Arts, and Sciences magna cum
laude,
University
of
Southern
California,
1960.
M.A.
Cinema / Education,
University
of
Southern
California,
1962.
Ph.D.
Communications / Instructional Technology, University
Southern
California,
1969.
Certificate
in Total Quality Management,
San
Jose
State
University,
1995.
California
State Colleges Administrator Credential.
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Dr.
Perrin directed federally funded research, curriculum design, media production,
teaching, dissemination, and faculty development projects. He wrote proposals
and directed projects exceeding twelve million dollars in grants and contracts.
He initiated new and successful technology programs for education, government,
military, industry, and foundations.
His
major planning and policy-making activities include: advisor to state and
federal agencies including Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Education,
Maryland State Department of Education, California Department of Education,
California
State
University,
and
California
Community
Colleges
.
In
1997-1999, as Dean of Learning Technologies, Riverside Community College
District, he developed and implemented in one year open computer labs,
multi-disciplinary teaching labs, faculty training labs, production labs, ATM
fiber-based networks, WANs connecting three campuses, a cable head-end with 24x7
programming, and a Digital Telecommunications Center. He collaborated in grants
and contracts: $1.7 million Title III grant for the
Riverside
Community
College
(technology author) and $1 million Adelphia grant for
Digital
Communication
Center
.
Previous
administrative assignments include: Founding Director,
Alquist
Center
for Innovative Learning,
San
Jose
State
University
;
Director,
Instructional
Media Center,
California
State University, Northridge; Chief, Instructional Technology, Department of
Defense; and Director, Instructional Technology Program,
University
of
Maryland
.
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Dr.
Perrin uses interactive technologies to stimulate creative thought and action
and develop independent learners. He
taught undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral students at University of Southern
California, Alamosa State College*, Catholic University, Coppin State College*,
University of Maryland, California State University Northridge, San Jose State
University, Riverside Community College, and University of Maryland-University
College Online. He teaches / trains students, teachers, leaders and managers in
learning architecture, instructional system design, curriculum development,
administration, research, evaluation, interactive multimedia and hypermedia,
computers and the Internet, information technology and e-learning.
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Chair
of numerous policy, research and evaluation committees for: U.S. Department of
Education, National Institutes of Health, California Department of Education,
Maryland Department of Education, Department of Defense, Federal Audiovisual
Committee, Chancellor’s Office, California State University.
Consultant to: Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, Council for Exceptional
Children, Gallaudet College, John Tracy Clinic for the
Deaf, Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, Model Secondary School for the
Deaf, NASA, Small Business Administration.
Conducted national and state programs
to support Students with Disabilities and Multi-Cultural
Programs.
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MAJOR
CONSULTING/TECHNICAL WRITING/INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN CONTRACTS
Core-Data
Systems, Decision Restaurant Systems, EEsof, General Electric Co., Lockheed
California Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, ICUS-Singapore, LiveWorks, Lotus
Development Company, Mullins Broadcasting, NASA, National Training Systems, Ngee
Ann Polytechnic-Singapore, Ohana Foundation, SERD Inc., Silicon Valley Training
Technologies, TEC America, TRAINEX, UNESCO, Universal-MCA.
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Dr.
Perrin has received awards for research, scholarship, teaching, writing, media
production, and public service including the George Cukor Fellowship in Cinema,
James D. Finn Award for Research and Scholarship in Instructional Technology,
and Commendation for Excellence In Teaching in the
College
of
Education,
University
of
Southern
California
.
He twice received a Creativity Award for his media productions at
California
State
University,
Northridge.
Other
awards include: Freedom Foundation Award and Washington Medal; U.S. President's
Executive Interchange Program; Resolution 635, California Legislature. Dr Perrin
was the first Chief of Instructional Technology in the Department of Defense
while on the President’s Exchange Program. He was also Chair of Task Force #6
of the Federal AudioVisual Committee.
He
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, President of
Delta Kappa Alpha, and Vice-President; International Interactive Communication
Society, Silicon Valley Chapter
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Session
Co-Chair, Lessons Learned in e-Learning, TelCon,
Anaheim,
California, Nov, 2001.
Peer
Online Learning - the Bensusan Method.
Conference of the
California
Virtual
Campus,
Huntington
Beach,
CA, October
2001.
Session
Coordinator, Corporate Training: Moving to the Next Generation of
e-Learning.
e-Learning
Conference
&
Expo,
Washington
D.C., 2001.
Funding
for Distance Learning
(Panelist), TELCON XVIII,
Anaheim
CA, October
1998.
Community
College Distance Learning Programs.
International Distance Learning Conference (IDLCON),
Washington
D.C.
1998.
New
Opportunities for Distance Learning.
TELCON XVII,
Anaheim
CA, November
1997.
IDLCON
Keynotes 1997.
Directors of Educational Technology Centers in
California
Higher
Education (DET/CHE), April 1997.
ATM:
Key to Enhancing Distance Learning for the Next Century.
International Distance Learning Conference (IDLCON),
Washington
D.C.
March 1997.
Learning
Styles Update.
Cal-Pro-Net and
Calif.
Dept
Education,
Asilomar,
CA, November
1996.
Instructional
Design for Distance Learning,
CSU Statewide Video Conference from CSU
Fresno
and
San Jose
State
University, June 1996.
University
of the Future,
Chancellor's Office,
California
State
University, 1996.
Academic
Computing and Media.
Directors of Educational Technology Centers in
California
Higher
Education, 1996.
Instructional
Design for Computer Presentations
(with Jerry Kemp). Association for Educational Communications and Technology,
Indianapolis, 1996.
Reinventing
Higher Education
(Keynote), UNESCO,
Bangkok,
Thailand, 1996.
University
of the Future,
Public Lecture, Ngee Ann Polytechnic,
Singapore, 1996.
Learning
at a Distance.
TELCON XVI,
Anaheim
CA, November
1996.
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Dr.
Perrin has written scores of monographs, journal articles, technical manuals,
papers, curricula, and proposals. He authored more than 100 media products
including scientific, education and training films, filmstrips, videos,
instructional packages, programmed instruction, CAI, CD-ROMs, DVDs, databases,
computer applications, and web pages. He produced a series of statewide
satellite teleconferences for the California Department of Education. Since
January 1995, he has been Editor (with Dr. Elizabeth Perrin) of refereed monthly
publications of the United States Distance Learning Association: ED at a
Distance, USDLA Journal, and USDLA Journal Online.
PAPERS,
REPORTS AND NON-PRINT MEDIA: 1995-2001
1995 –. Editor’s
Podium and Editor’s Notes,
USDLA Journal, ISSN 1537-5080.
DVD
Curriculum with Online Extensions for
K-12, Ohana Foundation,
Honolulu,
2000-2001.
Legislative Sidebar: ITFS Frequencies,
USDLA Journal Online, Vol. 15, No. 4, April 2001.
Supply Chain Management, USDLA Journal
Online,, Vol. 14, No. 3, March 2000.
Interactivity on the Internet and the Web,
USDLA Journal Online, Vol. 13 No. 4, April 1999.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998,
USDLA
Journal Online, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1999.
Technology Plan for the Riverside Community College
District,
May 1998.
New Knowledge Society and Higher Education.
Education at a Distance. Vol. 11 No. 3,
March 1997.
Effective Teaching Strategies: Instructor Manual
(Ed.),
Cal.
State
Dept. Education, 1997.
Effective Teaching Strategies: Participant Manual
(Ed.),
Cal.
State
Dept. Education, 1997.
Reinventing Higher Education, UNESCO
Keynote,
Bangkok,
Thailand,
1996.
Multimedia Consultant Report and Recommendations,
Ngee Ann Polytechnic,
Singapore, 1996.
The Information Age: An Age of Innovation, Growth, and
Learning on the
Information
Highway,
Teleconference: The Business Communications Magazine, February 1996.
Child Nutrition
Teleconference series of 4 three-hour state-wide satellite teleconferences and
videotapes, California Department of Education, 1995-96.
The Internet, Where Digital Dreams Become Virtual
Realities.
USDLA Journal, Vol. 9. No.
7
July 1995
.
The University of the Future: USDLA
Journal, Vol. 9. No.
2
February 1995
.
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Alliance for Distance Education
in California (ADEC)
Association for Educational
Communications and Technology (AECT – formerly DAVI/NEA)
Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Directors of Educational
Technology / California Higher Education (DET/CHE)
EDUCAUSE
International Information
Communication Society (IICS)
National Society for Performance
in Instruction (NSPI)
Society of Motion Picture and
Television Engineers (SMPTE)
United States Distance Learning
Association (USDLA )
World Future Society
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