Michael Simonson, Ph.D.
Program Professor
Instructional Technology and Distance Education
Nova Southeastern University
1750 NE 167th St .
North Miami Beach , FL 33162
www.nova.edu/~simsmich
800-986-3223 x8563

Michael Simonson is a program professor at Nova Southeastern University in the Instructional Technology and Distance Education program. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Instructional Systems in 1975. He also has a training and consulting company, Technology, Research and Evaluation Systems. He works with schools and corporations to assist them to integrate instructional technology and distance education into teaching and training.

He has authored four major textbooks dealing with distance education, instructional technology, instructional computing, and instructional media. He has over 100 scholarly publications, and in excess of 200 professional presentations dealing with distance education and instructional technology. Simonson has considerable experience working with domestic and international businesses and industries, especially on projects related to instructional technology and distance education. He is editor of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education , Distance Learning Magazine, and Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the Annual Conventions of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology . In 1997 he won the award for most outstanding research in the field of distance education presented by the United States Distance Learning Association. Most recently he has been an external evaluator for South Dakota 's Connecting the Schools and Digital Dakota Network projects.