Dr. Melody M. Thompson

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Pennsylvania State University
Learning Performance Systems
Adult Education Program
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Doctoral Programs
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Mailing Address

315 Keller Building
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (814) 863-0614
mmt2@psu.edu

Qualifications

Ed.D., Adult Education, 1996.
M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University, Adult Education, 1990.
A.B., Bryn Mawr College, English, 1972.

Expertise and Research Interests

- Experienced in the areas of quality assurance and evaluation of distance education programs
- Research interests include institutional policy related to distance education and the faculty experience in the online environment

Other Expertise

Diversity issues in adult education

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Adult and Continuing Education, Distance Learning, Education, Internet or World Wide Web (WWW).

Additional Terms:

Distance Education, Online Faculty, Organizational Change.

Memberships

American Association for Adult and Continuing Education

Honors and Awards

2003, Faculty Satisfaction Effective Practice Award, The Sloan Consortium

Publications

  • Thompson, M. M. (2004) Faculty self-study research project: Examinining the online workload, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN), 8 (3)
  • Thompson, M.M., Evaluating online courses and programs, Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 15(02), 63-84, 2004
  • Thompson, M.M., Faculty satisfaction in the online environment, Online Education, Volume 4, ed. J. Moore. Needham, MA: SCOLE (Sloan Center for On-Line Education), 189-212, 2003
  • Thompson, M.M., and M. Irele, Evaluating distance education programs, Handbook of American Distance Education, ed. M. Moore. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 567-584, 2003
  • Thompson, M. M., and J. McGrath, Using ALNs to support a complete educational experience, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN ), 3(2), 1999
  • Chute, A., M. Thompson, and B. Hancock, The Mc-Graw-Hill Handbook of Distance Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999
  • Thompson, M. M., and A. Chute, A vision for distance education: Networked learning environments, Open Learning, 4-11, June 1998
  • Thompson, M. M., Distance learners in higher education, The Distance Learner in Higher Education, ed. C. Gibson, 9-24. Madison, WI: Atwood., 9-24, 1998
  • Thompson, M. M., From distance education to e-learning, , Handbook of e-learning research, Sage, In Press (bookchapter)

Profile Details

Last Updated: 5/30/2006

COS Expertise ID #1098361
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