VITA
DONALD G.
PERRIN Ph.D.
1873 Calle Borrego, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Phone: 805 375-3444 Cell: 805 300-8080
dperrin@itdl.org
Introduction
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
As
Founding Director of the Alquist Center
for Innovative Learning at
POSITIONS
- CURRENT
2006 - present Adjunct Professor, California Lutheran University, School of Management, MBA Program
1998 - present Chief Education Officer and Learning Architect, DonEl Learning Inc.
2004 to present Founder and Executive Editor, International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, monthly refereed journal
POSITIONS
- Recent
2002 - 2010
Online Faculty,
2002 - 2004 Adjunct Professor, Information and Communication Systems, California Community College, Riverside
1999 - 2001 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.
1997 - 2000 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.
1988 - 2007 Professor
of Education and Founder-Director,
Train
and support faculty to use computers, multimedia and Internet.
EDUCATION
1995 Certificate
in Total Quality Management,
1982 California State Colleges Administrator Credential.
1969 Ph.D.
Communications / Instructional Technology, University
1962 M.A.
Cinema / Education,
1960 B.A.
Letters, Arts, and Sciences magna cum
laude,
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPERIENCE
Dr.
Perrin directed federally funded research, curriculum design, media production,
teaching, dissemination, and faculty development projects. He wrote proposals
and directed projects exceeding twenty 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,
| 1997-2000 |
Dean of Learning Technologies, Riverside Community College
District. 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. Collaborated in grants
and contracts: $1.7 million Title III grant for the |
| 1988 - 97 |
Founding Director, |
| 1976 - 88 |
Director, |
| 1975 - 76 | Chief, Instructional Technology, Department of Defense |
| 1969 - 75 |
Director, Instructional Technology Program, |
TEACHING
AND TRAINING
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.
Partial List of Teaching Assignments
PUBLIC
SERVICE
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.
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.
AWARDS AND HONORS
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
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
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
1996-2001
Session
Co-Chair, Lessons Learned in e-Learning, TelCon,
Peer
Online Learning - the Bensusan Method.
Conference of the
Session
Coordinator, Corporate Training: Moving to the Next Generation of
e-Learning.
e-Learning
Funding
for Distance Learning
(Panelist), TELCON XVIII,
Community
College Distance Learning Programs.
International Distance Learning Conference (IDLCON),
New
Opportunities for Distance Learning.
TELCON XVII,
IDLCON
Keynotes 1997.
Directors of Educational Technology Centers in
ATM:
Key to Enhancing Distance Learning for the Next Century.
International Distance Learning Conference (IDLCON),
Learning
Styles Update.
Cal-Pro-Net and
Instructional
Design for Distance Learning,
CSU Statewide Video Conference from CSU
University
of the Future,
Chancellor's Office,
Academic
Computing and Media.
Directors of Educational Technology Centers in
Instructional
Design for Computer Presentations
(with Jerry Kemp). Association for Educational Communications and Technology,
Reinventing
Higher Education
(Keynote), UNESCO,
University
of the Future,
Public Lecture, Ngee Ann Polytechnic,
Learning
at a Distance.
TELCON XVI,
PUBLICATIONS
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,
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.),
Effective Teaching Strategies: Participant Manual
(Ed.),
Reinventing Higher Education, UNESCO
Keynote,
Multimedia Consultant Report and Recommendations,
Ngee Ann Polytechnic,
The Information Age: An Age of Innovation, Growth, and
Learning on the
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.
July 1995
The University of the Future: USDLA
Journal, Vol. 9. No.
For a more
complete listing, goto Publications.htm
MEMBERSHIPS
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