Dr. Brad Mehlenbacher, Associate Professor of Distance Learning, Leadership, Policy
and Adult & Higher Education (LPAHE), College of Education, Box 7801
NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
919.515.6242 (ph) 919.515.4039 (fax)
My title at NC State University is Associate Professor of Distance Learning (Leadership, Policy and Adult & Higher Education), Primary Area Faculty Member with Human Factors & Ergonomics (Psychology), Affiliated Faculty Member with Communication, Rhetoric, & Digital Media (English and Communication), and Affiliated Faculty Member with the Digital Games Research Center (Computer Science). I have a PhD in Rhetoric and Document Design from Carnegie Mellon University (where I focused on online information design, usability, and human-computer interaction), and a BA and MA from the University of Waterloo (where I focused on computer-assisted learning and computational text analysis).
It takes a little initiative to become an affiliated faculty member with departments other than one's own, but these affiliations highlight my commitment to working across disciplines where the most interesting problems exist.
Brad Mehlenbacher's (2010) Instruction and Technology: Designs for Everyday Learning. The MIT Press. September 2010, 7 x 9, 504 pp., 26 illus. $35.00/£25.95 (cloth). ISBN-10: 0-262-01394-0. ISBN-13: 978-0-262-01394-9 [more...].
"May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours"
(John O'Donohue, Beannacht / Blessing)
My research emphasizes how technology influences human communication and, specifically, how we use technology to design effective instruction. Research on how we design usable interfaces and on how adults learn is critical to this challenge [more...].
I am currently teaching EAC 581-601 (Advanced Instructional Design) and EAC 586-601 (Methods and Techniques in Training and Development). These and other courses I teach stress that, while the technological landscape of the last several decades has changed dramatically, many of the fundamental challenges facing technologists, researchers, educators, and users remain the same (cf., Obsolete Occupations or Early Office Museum Exhibits) [more...].
"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows.
For love is the beauty of the soul" (Saint Augustine)
