In a Nutshell

I believe that:

... technology cannot evaluate the worth of the content that we embody in the medium. That is our essential role as teachers. We must select the best of culture and share it with the next generation. (Frick, 2020, p. 701)

Overview

Although retired from Indiana University in late 2012, I remain active professionally. I continue to do research, development, and scholarly writing.

Research and Development Highlights

• Are We Dupes? Limitations of AI Systems: What Should Educators Do with Them? (TechTrends, Sept. 2023)
• Analysis of Patterns in Time (APT): A Fruitful Methodology for Investigating Learning Journeys in Education (AECT, Oct. 2022)
• MOOC Turns 20 Years Old: How to Recognize Plagiarism (AECT Oct. 2022)
• Analysis of Patterns in Time for Evaluating Effectiveness of First Principles of Instruction (LA Summit, May 2022)
• Analysis of Patterns in Time for Evaluating Effectiveness of First Principles of Instruction (ETR&D, 2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10077-6
• Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Instruction: A Big Data Roadmap for Effective Online Learning (2022, Routledge Focus Series)
• Analysis of Patterns in Time with Google Analytics: Demo videos (2021)
• Educology Is Interdisciplinary: What Is It? Why Do We Need It? Why Should We Care? (2021)
• Education Systems and Technology in 1990, 2020, and Beyond (TechTrends, 2020)
• What Should Be the Content for Student Learning? (2020)
• Importance of Educology for Improving Education Systems (2019)
• The Theory of Totally Integrated Education (2018)
• Educology: website with glossary on knowledge about education (2015 - present)
• Indiana University Plagiarism Tutorial and Tests: 14 Years of Worldwide Learning Online (2018)
• MOOCs for Research: The Case of the Indiana University Plagiarism Tutorials and Tests (2016)
• Using Pattern Matching to Assess Gameplay (2015)
• MAPSAT: Map & Analyze Patterns and Structures Across Time (1974 - present)

Teaching

I taught approximately 3,000 students in IU classes over 29 years. In the past 6 years, I taught about 3,000 students per week from around the world how to recognize plagiarism.

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