David Jonassen

Post-doctoral Study at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1977-1985, in Computer Science, Statistics, Philosophy

Ph.D. from Temple University, 1976, in Educational Media/Educational Psychology

M.A. from the University of Delaware, 1972, in Elementary Education

B.S. from the University of Delaware, 1969, in Business Administration/Finance

David Jonassen is currently a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies.  While at the University of Missouri he has taught for SISLT: Seminar on Problem Solving, Computers as Cognitive Tools, Designing Constructivist learning Environments, Research in Instructional Systems Technology, Needs Assessment, Analyzing and Designing Systems (Systems Dynamics), and Task Analysis.  For Educational Psychology Jonassen has taught Individual Differences, Learning, and Instruction and Conceptual Change.  Jonassen has also taught courses as a professor at Penn State and the University of Colorado at Denver.

Books 

Strobel, J., Hung, W., & Jonassen, D.H. (in press) Learning by modeling systems. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Jonassen, D.H. (in press) modeling with technology: Mindtools for conceptual change. Columbus, OH: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.

Jonassen, D.H. (2004) Learning to solve problems: An instructional design guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 

Jonassen, D.H. (Ed.) (2004) Handbook of research on educational communications and technology, 2^nd. Ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 

Jonassen, D.H., Howland, J., Moore, J., & Marra, R.M. (2003) Learning to solve problems with technology: A constructivist perspective, 2^nd. Ed. Columbus, OH: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.

Articles

Jonassen, D.H., Cernusca, D., & Ionas, I.G. (2006) Constructivism and instructional design: The emergence of the learning sciences and design research.  In R. Reiser & J. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and issues in instructional design and technology. Columbus, OH:  Merrill/Prentice-Hall.

Jonassen, D.H. (2005) Dynamic visual modeling tools for representing causal relationships in complex phenomena. In S.-O. Tergan & T. Keller (Eds.), Knowledge and information visualization: Searching for synergies. Heidelberg/New York: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Jonassen, D.H., Strobel, J., & Gottdenker, J.G. (2005) Modeling for meaningful learning. In Learning Sciences and Technologies Group (Ed.), Engaged learning with emerging technologies (pp 1-28). Drodrecht, NL: Springer Verlag.

Jonassen, D.H., Lee, C.B., Yang, C.C., & Laffey, J. (2005) Collaboration principle. In R. Mayer (Ed.), Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Jonassen, D.H. (2004) Problem solving:The enterprise. In J.M. Spector, C. Ohrazda, D. Wiley, & A. Van Schaak (Eds.),  Innovations in instructional technology: Essays in honor of M. David Merrill (pp/ 91-110). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research and Theory, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004

2001 Presidential Service Award, Association for Educational communications and Technology

Outstanding Journal Award, Division of Instructional Development, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2001

Outstanding Article in Instructional Development, Division of Instructional Development, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1998

Outstanding Practice in instructional Development, Division of Instructional Development, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1998