Vivian H. Wright

Associate Professor, Instructional Technology
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
230 F. Graves Hall
(205)-348-1401
vwright@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2001

Recent Courses Taught:

AIL 600 Integration of Technology in Education and Training
AIL 601 Principles of Instructional Technology
CAT 531 Computer Based Instructional Technologies
CAT 534 Issues and Trends in Educational Technology

Areas of Research:

Technology integration across the curriculum; connections from knowledge to practice;
Emerging Technologies in teaching and training
Digital Storytelling

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., The University of Alabama, 1999. Instructional Leadership/Technology.
M.A., The University of Alabama, 1994. Communications.
B.A. Morehead State University, 1981. Communications.

Professional Experiences:

Associate Professor, The College of Education, The University of Alabama, 2007 – Present.

Interim Program Coordinator, Curriculum and Instruction, The College of Education, The University of Alabama, Spring 2007.

Assistant Professor, The College of Education, The University of Alabama, 2001 – 2007

Selected Publications:

Wright, V. (2007, in press). Digital storytelling in teacher education. Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology.

Wilson, E., Wright, V., Peirano, A. (Summer 2007). The impact of using digital timelines in the social studies classroom. Social Studies Research & Practice,2(2), retrieved July 17, 2007 at http://www.socstrp.org/issues/PDF/2.2.2.pdf

Wright, V., Sunal, C. & Wilson, E. (Eds.) (2006). Research on Enhancing the Interactivity of Online Learning. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Wright, V. (2005). Creating and closing technology links: Why both are important. In Vrasidas, C., & Glass, G. (Eds.) Current Perspectives on Applied Information Technologies: Preparing Teachers to Teach with Technology (p. 359-367). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Wright, V. & Wilson, E. (Winter 2005-2006). From preservice to inservice teaching: A study of technology integration. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education,22 (2), 49-55.

Wright, V., Beedle, J., & Stanford, R. (2005). Enriching an international program graduate offering: A blended delivery model. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education. 1(2), 40-46.

Selected Presentations:

Wright, V., & Dail, J. (2007, October). Digi-Journeys: Paths to reflection. Presentation for national conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Anaheim, CA.

Wilson, E. & Wright, V. (2007, June). Teacher use of technology: Images over time. Presentation for the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Atlanta, GA.

Wilson, E., Wright, V., Peirano, A. (2006, December). Using digital timelines and images to construct historical knowledge. Presentation to College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Washington, D.C.

Wright, V., Wilson, E., Peirano, A. (2006, July). Digital time lines: Students’ visualizations of historical events. Presentation for the international meeting of NECC, San Diego, CA.

Lucas, S. & Wright, V. (2006) Who Am I? The influence of teacher beliefs on instructional technology incorporation, Phase II. Presentation for the international meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Wright, V., Wilson, E., & Stanford, J. (2006, February). Providing Links through a Master Technology Teacher Partnership. Presentation for the national meeting of Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), Atlanta, GA.

Wright, V. & Wilson, E. (2005, June). Using electronic portfolios in teacher education: A longitudinal story. Presentation for the international meeting of NECC, Philadelphia, PA. Winner of the 2005 NECC SIGTE Research Paper Award