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Patrick R. Lowenthal

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plowenth@regis.edu

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Education:
Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Innovation: University of Colorado, Denver--in progress
Graduate Certificate--Designing Web-based Learning Environments: University of Colorado, Denver
MA Information and Learning Technologies--Emphasis in Adult Learning / Instructional Design: University of Colorado, Denver
MA Academic Study of Religion: University of Colorado, Boulder
BA Religion/Philosophy: GA State University


Selected Publications


Dunlap, J. C., & Lowenthal, P. R. (in press). Hot for teacher: Using digital music to enhance students' experience in online courses. To appear in TechTrends.
http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/HotforTeacherPrePrint.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R., Lowenthal, D. A., & White, J. W. (2010). The changing nature of online communities of inquiry: An analysis of how discourse and time shapes students' perceptions of presence. In M. Simonson (Ed.), 32nd Annual proceedings: Selected research and development papers presented at the annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Washington D. C.: Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

Lowenthal, P. R., Wilson, B., & Parrish, P. (2010). Context matters: A description and typology of the online learning landscape. In M. Simonson (Ed.), 32nd Annual proceedings: Selected research and development papers presented at the annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Washington D. C.: Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

Lowenthal, P. R., & Dunlap, J. (2010). From pixel on a screen to real person in your students’ lives: Establishing social presence using digital storytelling. The Internet and Higher Education. doi:10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.10.004

Lowenthal, P. R., & Wilson, B. G. (in press for Jan.-Feb. 2010 publication). Labels do matter! A critique of AECT’s redefinition of the field. TechTrends. Preprint - http://patricklowenthal.com/publications/LabelsDoMatter--CritiqueAECTsRedefinitionOfTheField.pdf

Dunlap, J. C., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Horton hears a tweet. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 32(4). Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/HortonHearsaTweet/192955

Dunlap, J., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Instructional uses of Twitter. In P. R. Lowenthal, D. Thomas, A. Thai, & B. Yuhnke, B. (Eds.), The CU Online handbook. Teach differently: Create and collaborate (pp. 46-52). Raleigh, NC: Lulu Enterprises.
http://www.cudenver.edu/Academics/CUOnline/FacultyResources/Handbook/Documents/2009/Chapter_8.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Improving the design of PowerPoint presentations. In P. R. Lowenthal, D. Thomas, A. Thai, & B. Yuhnke, B. (Eds.), The CU Online handbook. Teach differently: Create and collaborate (pp. 61-66). Raleigh, NC: Lulu Enterprises.
http://www.cudenver.edu/Academics/CUOnline/FacultyResources/Handbook/Documents/2009/Chapter_12.pdf


Dunlap, J. C. & Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Tweeting the night away: Using Twitter to enhance social presence. Journal of Information Systems Education, 20(2), 129-136. http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/Using_Twitter_to_Enhance_Social_Presence.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R., & Leech, N. (2009). Mixed research and online learning: Strategies for improvement. In T. T. Kidd (Ed.), Online education and adult learning: New frontiers for teaching practices (pp. 202-211). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/mixed_research_online_learning.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). The evolution and influence of social presence theory on online learning. In T. T. Kidd (Ed.), Online education and adult learning: New frontiers for teaching practices (pp. 124-139). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/evolution_social_presence.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Digital storytelling—An emerging institutional technology? In J. Hartley & K. McWilliam (Eds.), Story circle: Digital storytelling around the world (pp. 252-259). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/DigitalStorytelling_%20preprint.pdf

White, J., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2009, Spring). The cyclical rhetoric of educational reform and the rationalization of a failed zeitgeist. eJournal of Education Policy.
Retrieved from https://www4.nau.edu/cee/jep/journals.aspx?id=282

Lowenthal, P. R., & White, J. W. (2009). Enterprise model.In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distance and online learning (2nd ed., pp. 932-936). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/enterprisemodelEDOLpre-print.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Social presence.In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distance and online learning (2nd ed., pp. 1900-1906). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/socialpresenceEDOLpre-print.pdf

Wray, M., Lowenthal, P. R., Bates, B., & Stevens, E. (2008). Investigating perceptions of teaching online & f2f. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 12(4), 243-248. http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/Investigating_Perceptions_of_Teaching_Online_and_F2F.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R. (2008). Online faculty development and storytelling: An unlikely solution to improving teacher quality. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 4(3). Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/vol4no3/lowenthal_0908.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R., & Parscal, T. (2008). Teaching presence.The Learning Curve, 3(4), 1-2, 4.
http://patricklowenthal.com/publications/TeachingPresenceFacilitatesLearning.pdf

Lowenthal, P. R., & White, J. W. (2008). [Review of the book The cognitive style of PowerPoint: Pitching out corrupts within]. Education Review. http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/jan08.html#7

Lowenthal, P., & Muth, R. (2008). Constructivism. In E. F. Provenzo, Jr. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the social and cultural foundations of education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. http://www.patricklowenthal.com/publications/Constructivismpreprint.pdf

Lowenthal, P., & Wilson, B. G. (2008). Labels DO matter: A critique of AECT’s redefinition of the field.In M. Simonson (Ed.), 31st Annual proceedings: Selected research and development papers presented at the annual convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (Vol. 2, pp. 297-306). Washington D. C.: Association for Educational Communications and Technology. http://www.aect.org/pdf/proceedings08/2008I/08_14.pdf

Lowenthal, P., Christopher, L., Connors, S., & O’Reilly, L. (2007). [Review of the book What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy]. Education Review. http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev591.htm

Lowenthal, P., & Dunlap, J. (2007). Digital Stories.In P. Shank (Ed.), The online learning idea book: 95 proven ways to enhance technology-based and blended learning (pp. 110-111). San Francisco: Pfeiffer.

Lowenthal, P., Stevens, E. & Dunlap, J. (2005). Digital Storytelling—the missing key to online faculty development? In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 1187-1190). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.