FRANK LOWNEY, Ph. D.
600 Plantation Road
Gray, Georgia 31032
TELEPHONE (478)
HOME: 986-1569
OFFICE: 445-5260
E-MAIL: frank.lowney@gcsu.edu
WEB: http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~flowney
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
To serve in a leadership role with opportunities to develop faculty, curriculum and support services aimed at preparing the most effective educational systems in the world.EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1974, Florida State UniversityMajor: Social Studies Education w/Special emphasis on inquiry teaching and learning. Dissertation Title: The Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Self-Concept of Cognitive Ability.
Advanced Master of Education, 1969, Florida
State University
Major : Social Studies Education
Minors: Political Science, U.S. History,
and Economics
B.S., 1967, Florida State University
Major: Social Studies Education
AA., 1965, Miami-Dade Junior College
Major: Pre-Education
Post Doctoral Work: Content Area Reading: Appalachian State University, 1976; Educational Computing (LOGO): Technical Education Research Council, M.I.T., 1983; Educational Leadership: Association of Academic Affairs Administrators intensive workshop for new Assistant/Associate Deans, 1986. Regents' Administrative Development Seminars: Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, Summer 1987 - Spring 1988; Unix Systems Administration: Solaris 2.x Fundamentals, System Administration I & II, JMP & Associates, Ltd. (Atlanta), February - April, 1994.
EXPERIENCE
1985 TO PRESENT
GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA
(Georgia's Public Liberal Arts
University)
Senior Director for External Projects, (WER)
Web Enabled Resources (2008-Present)
Responsible for acting as liaison to the
University System of Georgia and the Digital Innovations
Group at Georgia College. Collaborating with each, the SEP
Director identifies funding opportunities,
coordinates/proposes contractual agreements and/or service
level agreements between the entities, conducts research
and development for innovative instructional delivery,
answers/investigates state-wide inquiries concerning
instructional delivery options, and participates in
conference/training activities initiated by the
University/DI Group.
Director, (WER) Web Enabled Resources (previously:
Electronic Instructional Services) (1995-2008)
Responsible for assisting faculty and
administration in the alignment of instructional
technologies with the educational goals of Georgia College
& State University, Georgia's Public Liberal Arts
University. Web Enabled Resources persues this mission
through content and systems development, training,
researching emerging technologies and deploying customized
services and facilities as well as assisting in other areas
such as the GC&SU Web Site and the
University's intranet. Facilities being built and
refined in support of distance education and regular
classroom instruction include GeorgiaVIEW Vista, a learning
management system (LMS), the Faculty Web Server, Podcasting Server,
Mailing Lists and Custom-built Web Services.
Director, (RTEC) Regional Teacher Education
Center (l991-1995)
Responsible for: Managing all funded RTEC projects
($250,000 annually) to include budgeting, reporting,
personnel decisions, supervision of project leaders and the
development of additional, supplementary funding (averaging
$150,000 annually). * Serve as system administrator for
GC EduNET, the largest and most complex RTEC project.
GC EduNET uses the full range of available Internet
services (WWW, E-Mail, News, Lists, Gopher, etc.) to bring
information and communications opportunities to the K-12
education community in Georgia and is linked with similar
projects in other states via the National School Network
Testbed. * Other RTEC projects involve efforts to improve
retention rates among first, second and third year teachers
(CSELT), efforts to model ways to involve parents as
teachers (PEACH), efforts to develop and disseminate
information on adolescent, suicide, pregnancy and child
abuse to teachers with responsibilities in these areas
(ITCAN) and efforts to develop a working full-scale
field-based teacher education model (FBPM).
Assistant Dean, School of Education (1986-1991)
Responsible for: * coordinating faculty development
activities * promoting research and providing assistance in
grant preparation to all faculty * orienting new and
part-time faculty to their responsibilities and preparing
part-time faculty budgets and payrolls * supervising the
allocation of secretaries, student assistants and graduate
assistants * maintaining channels of communication with and
among department chairs, Continuing Education and Public
Service personnel, other schools (via their assistant
deans) and with the college generally via serving on a
broad range of college-wide committees * coordinating all
administrative electronic (computer) data processing within
the school (including the establishment of a local area
network) * collecting, validating, managing, analyzing, and
reporting data on the activities and effectiveness of the
school * assisting the dean develop and promote on-campus
and off-campus programs in the school through the effective
use of catalogs, publications and other media * assisting
the dean in the development and administration of budgets,
policies and procedures for the school * being prepared to
speak for and, in some cases, act for the dean in his
absence * executing special projects (departmental
reorganization, grant management, NCATE or SACS
preparations, etc.) as necessary * Demonstrated ability to
exercise a full range of management and leadership skills
at the school and college level.
Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in psychological, social and historical foundations, computer applications, courses in educational research and research design, and conducted research seminars for sixth-year students. Conceived, established and secured extensive funding for the GC EduNET project, a statewide Internet service for the K-12 community in Georgia. This project has been in continuous operation since 1988 and has attracted significant funding from a wide variety of sources.
Acting Chair, Department of Curriculum &
Instruction (1986-87)
Responsible for: * founding the Department of Curriculum
& Instruction by combining the department of Childhood
Education with the department of Foundations &
Secondary Education * coordinating all aspects of
undergraduate and graduate curricula in programs leading to
certification in Early Childhood (K-4), Middle Grades
(4-8), K-12 programs in Reading, Art and Music, 9 Secondary
Education (7-12) programs, foundational studies and
Educational Administration & Supervision * developing
and administering budgets * supervising a large and diverse
faculty * coordinating curriculum and other matters with
academic departments outside the School of Education *
developing and staffing new positions within the department
to deal more effectively with advising, scheduling and
planning in general. * Demonstrated skill in leadership,
innovative management, organization, human relations and
effective negotiation at the department level as well as
the ability to launch large and complex new ventures.
Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in psychological, social and historical foundations, and courses in computer applications.
Chairman, Department of Foundations and
Secondary Education (1985-86)
Responsible for: * coordinating all aspects of graduate and
undergraduate curriculum in foundational studies, B.S.,
M.Ed., and Ed.S. certification programs in 9 secondary
education areas plus an Educational Administration and
Supervision program * developing and administering budgets,
supervising personnel, coordinating curriculum and other
matters with academic departments outside the School of
Education * developing the concept of educational computing
as a foundational study in education * leading the School
of Education to adopt the use of computers as an effective
tool for handling clerical and professional work as well as
an instructional tool * developed a variety of programs
aimed at improving services to degreed students seeking
certification * Demonstrated skill in leadership,
innovative management, organization, human relations and
effective negotiation at the department level.
Supervised undergraduate student teachers and graduate interns. Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in psychological, social and historical foundations, and courses in computer applications.
1974 TO 1985
WARREN WILSON COLLEGE, ASHEVILLE, N.C.
(A private, four year, liberal arts college
in the mountains of Western N.C.)
Chairman, Department of Education and Psychology
(1978 to 1985)
Responsible for: * developing and administering budgets *
supervising personnel * maintaining curriculum and program
approval by accrediting agencies * serving as certification
officer * serving as teacher education liaison to state
department of public instruction personnel, college
administration and other departments/divisions of the
college. * Demonstrated skill in leadership, innovative
management, organization, human relations and effective
negotiation at the department level.
Chairman, Division of Education and Social
Sciences (1980 to 1983)
Responsible for: * developing and administering budgets,
supervising personnel * developing policy and programs in a
unit comprised of the Departments of Education,
Anthropology and Sociology/Social Work, Business and
Economics, and Health, P.E. and Recreation * Demonstrated
skill in leadership, innovative management, organization,
human relations and effective negotiation beyond the
department level and in working effectively with diverse
constituencies.
Faculty Ombudsman (1984 to 1985)
Responsible for: * effecting clear, direct and rapid
communication between administration and faculty on matters
of central concern to the faculty (compensation and
benefits, tenure, curriculum change). The Ombudsman chairs
the faculty governance committee and sits in on all
administrative meetings, including the President's Cabinet.
* Demonstrated skill in earning the trust and confidence of
both faculty and central administration.
Director of Secondary Education (1974 to 1985)
Responsible for: * placing and supervising secondary
student teachers in all program areas * teaching courses in
secondary methods, materials and media, computer
applications and secondary reading * Additional teaching
duties included course work in general, adolescent and
educational psychology. * Demonstrated skill in working
effectively with students having diverse academic
preparations (English, mathematics, social sciences, and
physical sciences) and demonstrated a broad knowledge base
in pedagogy and content.
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY DEMONSTRATION HIGH
SCHOOL, TALLAHASSEE, FL
Social Studies Department Head: Taught
history (U.S. & World) and social problems, grades
10-12, coordinated research and development activities at
the department level, participated in school-wide research,
supervised practice teachers and provided opportunities to
students and faculty of both F.S.U. and F.A.M.U. as well as
international visitors to observe exemplary curricula,
materials and practice. Demonstrated commitment to the
principle that teachers can and should integrate the roles
of teacher-practitioner and teacher-theorist/researcher.
Demonstrated skill in working successfully with
multicultural/multiracial populations.
NORTHSIDE (PRESENTLY HAVANA) HIGH SCHOOL,
HAVANA, FL
Social Studies Teacher: Taught U.S.
History, Economics and American Government, grades 8-12.
This school was unusual in that 85% of the students came
from families earning less than $3,000 per year.
Demonstrated commitment to principles of educational equity
and skill in working successfully with
multicultural/multiracial populations.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
(selected in reverse chronological order from most representative and important work)
PUBLISHED WRITING :
Book: Revolutionary QuickTime Pro 5 &
6 with Bradley Ford, Andy Grogan, Frank Lowney,
Manual Minut, Jonathan Pucky, Jurgen Schaub, Francisco
Schiavon and Barb Roeder.
Publisher: Friends of Ed; ISBN: 1903450527; Bk&Cd-Rom
edition (April 2002)
General Editor: The GC EduNET Information Base , a 850 megabyte (and growing) body of organized educational information presented so as to maximize the advantages of making information available in electronic format. (1988 - present)
"GC EduNET: Building an Electronic Community" Educational Technology ( with Edward M. Wolpert), April, 1991.
"A Conceptual Framework for Consumers' Education" commissioned by the Florida State Department of Education (with Dr. J. Charkins of California State College), (1977).
"Construct Validity in Self-Concept Measures" Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, Vol. 10, No. 2, Autumn, 1975.
"A Guide to Teaching Religion in the Public Schools" by the Florida State Department of Education ( 1972).
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS:
Article: QuickTime for Educators:
Beyond Video Clips The educational applications and
implications of the QuickTime media architecture are
discussed, especially with reference to its less well known
capabilities including wired sprites for interactivity, the
ability to control web pages, and contain searchable text.
Preview the Article Here
Article: Webliographies: Helping
Students Deal With the Quality and Quantity of Information
on the Web Like the traditional bibliography typically
found on the last pages of a syllabus, a webliography
represents a professor's carefully considered opinion about
where good, relevant information on a given subject may be
found. Bringing this experience and wisdom to bear on what
a search engine indexes can be a major boost to faculty
research and student scholarship alike.
Preview the article here
Book: What's Worth Knowing An analysis and evaluation of the most basic operating definitions used in educational research and policy making, i.e., the goal(s) of education)
CONSULTING :
Alma College (June 2003) Alma, Michigan
On line Learning and the Liberal Arts (full day). Workshops and discussions centering on the role of interactive on line educational experiences and the Liberal Arts curriculum.
Athens Technical College (2002)
Distance Education Consultation (full day) aimed at helping this institutions DE efforts include higher levels of student-content interactivity.
Georgia School Boards Association (1996-97) Design and implementation of interactive World Wide Web pages.
Georgia Department of Education, Div. of Public Library Services (1992-96) Numerous projects, the most notable of which was "Expanding the Vision" with the Office of Information Technology where the model for state wide implementation of PeachNet/Internet connectivity was developed.
Georgia School Superintendents Association (1994-96) Design and implementation of interactive World Wide Web pages.
National Middle School Association (1995-96) Design and implementation of strategies to host distant World Wide Web sites (NMSA is located in Columbus, OH).
Prentice-Hall Publishing (1994) Reviewing several CD-ROM based learning systems.
Governor's Task Force on Education and
Technology (1994).
Educational Technology Work Group (1994).
DEEP 2000 Task Force (Joint Council on
Economic Education) December 12-14, 1991.
Roger Wagner (Software) Publishing to review HyperStudio, a hypermedia authoring program (1988-present) for the Apple IIgs, Macintosh and Windows computing environments.
The Telementoring and Teletutoring Project for the Center of Excellence in Elementary Education, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C. (1990).
The Florida State Department of Education to evaluate curriculum materials generated by the Economic Education Project (1975).
The Florida History Project (Sarasota County Schools) to conceptualize and write objectives for a course in Florida History (1972).
PRESENTATIONS:
Authoring Interactive Materials with QuickTime-Based Applications , MERLOT International Conference, Atlanta, GA (9/27/2002).
QuickTime Interactive Media: Beyond the Imitation of Text Books , University System Computing Conference (Rock Eagle), Eatonton, GA (10/22/2001).
Interactive QuickTime for Educators: Beyond Video Clips (2000) , University System Computing Conference (Rock Eagle), Eatonton, GA (10/22/2000).
Interactive QuickTime for Educators: Beyond Video Clips (1999) , University System Computing Conference (Rock Eagle), Eatonton, GA (10/22/1999).
Supporting Teaching & Learning with Internet Facilities , University System Computing Conference (Rock Eagle), Eatonton, GA (10/22/1998).
"Preparing for Web-based Learning " to the Educational Web Server Workshop (Sponsored by the Board of Regents' Office of Information and Instructional Technology) , Macon, GA (4/28-4/29/1998).
"A Real Partnership..." to 4th Annual GSAMS Programming and Training Conference , Atlanta, GA (3/9-3/10/1998).
"Free & Inexpensive Internet Services from GC EduNET" to Ga DOE Technology Leadership Conf. , Atlanta, GA (11/28/95).
"GC EduNET, Still Great, Still Free" to Micros On Line for Education , Atlanta, GA. (3/17-19/94).
"The New GC EduNET" to RESA TechStep program participants, Milledgeville, GA
"The New GC EduNET" to attendees of ALLTEL Media Tour (incl. radio spot), Milledgeville, GA (12/13/94).
Presentation of GC EduNET to Micros On Line for Education , Atlanta, GA. (3/15-16/93).
Full day workshop on GC EduNET for Georgia Educational Technology Conf. , Columbus, GA. (4/19-21/93).
"Disseminating the Olympics Curriculum" to The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) , Atlanta, GA (6/14/92).
"GC EduNET and Professional Development" to Valdosta RESA , Valdosta, GA. (1/16/92).
Full day workshop on GC EduNET for Georgia Educational Technology Conf ., Columbus, GA. (4/14/92)
"GC EduNET system & K-12 Networking" to American Library Assn ., San Francisco, CA.June 28-29, 1992:
"Serving Valuable Information to Georgia Educators" to BellSouth "TecKNOWLEDGEy '92" Conference, Atlanta, GA. (7/26-28/92).
GC EduNET and Other Internet Services to the National Council on Economic Education, Orlando, FL.(10/4-6/92)
Searching the TESS database on GC EduNET to System Media Contact Conference, Warner Robins, GA. (10/7/92)
GC EduNET, PeachNet and NovaNet to Georgia 2000 Technology Workgroup, Milledgeville, GA.(11/10/92)
Executive briefing on GC EduNET to the Georgia
Council on Economic Education, Atlanta, GA.
(4/1-2/91) .
Conducted on-line GC EduNET workshops during the two day
conference of Micro Computers in
Education, Atlanta, GA. (4/14-15/91) .
The Role of Telecommunications in School Reform to
the America 2000 Task Force on
Telecommunications (11/ 13/91).
"PeachNET and the Responsibility of Higher Education to the K-12 Education Community" to University System Computer Network Annual Conference at Rock Eagle, Edenton, GA. (11/14/90).
'Telecommunications: A Cost-effective Link Between Higher Education and the K-12 Education Community" to Association of Small Computer Users in Education (w/ D. Hawkins), Myrtle Beach, S.C. (6/10-6/14/90).
"Moving Electrons Instead of Moving Bodies: the Use of
Telecommunications in Staff Development" Keynote
Speech to the Telementoring & Teletraining
Conference hosted by the Center of Excellence in
Early Childhood Education at Winthrop College, Rock Hill,
S.C. (9/28/89) .
"GCEduNET: an Electronic Job Market" Georgia
College Placement Association, Amelia Island, FL
(6/14/89).
"Disseminating Curricular Materials in Health Education via Modem-equipped Computers" American Association of Health, P.E., Recreation and Dance, Boston, Mass. (4/20/89).
'What the GCEduNET Project Offers the K-12 Education Community" Georgia Educational Technology Conference, Columbus, GA (4/18/89).
"GCEduNET: Building an Electronic Community" Sixth International Conference on Technology In Education, Orlando, Fla. (3/31/89).
"Using Computers in Publishing Student Writing" Georgia Council of Teachers of English, Milledgeville, GA (2/27/88)
"Educational Reform in the U.S.: Are We Asking the Right questions? The South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society at its 1985 annual meeting (Oct. 18-19, 1985, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.).
"An Exemplary Cooperative Teacher Education Project at Warren Wilson College" First Annual (1983) North Carolina Teacher Education Conference, Winston-Salem, N.C. (1984).
"Educational Implications of Cognitive Theory" , National Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, Orlando, Fla., (1972).
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:
"Interactive QuickTime Movies Online: Enhancing the 50
Minute F2F Hour"
"Educational Object Economies: A Cure for Duplication of Effort in the Preparation of Educational Materials?"
"Real-time vs Deferred-time Online Education Strategies: Identification of Appropriate Objectives for Each"
"Teacher-authored Hypermedia, Is This the End of Publisher Mediated Curricula?"
GRANTS:
Developing the WebMBA Curriculum (2002). A
$150,000 contract from the Georgia Board of Regents
Advanced Learning Technologies office and the WebMBA
Consortium to develop new courses and re-develop extant
courses in the on line WebMBA Curriculum to meet current
standards of accessibility, usability, navigability,
interactivity as well as conform to W3C Standards relating
to HTML and other web page coding techniques. Branding and
the inclusion fo interactive multimedia were also important
parts of the contract.
The Faculty Web Server (1997). A $20,000 grant from the Georgia Board of Regents Office of Instructional and Information Technology to purchase a Sun Ultra 2 Server to enable faculty to have a platform for delivering instruction and instructional supplements via the ubiquitous World Wide Web.
GC EduNET via the World Wide Web (1995). A $6,000 grant from ALLTEL, Inc. to purchase hardware and software to expedite the transition of the GC EduNET System to an information system that uses the World Wide Web as its primary interface.
Internet access via PPP (1994). A $10,000 grant from ALLTEL, Inc. to conduct a pilot study to evaluate the impact of virtually direct Internet access upon the teaching and professional development of K-12 teachers.
Internet Services Expansion for GC EduNET (1994). An in-kind grant (approximate value of $40,000) from Sun Microsystems, Inc. of a high performance Unix server to enable GC EduNET to provide Internet e-mail accounts and other valuable Internet services to the K-12 education community in Georgia.
Teacher Preparation/Innovation (1993) A grant from Coca-Cola ($12,000) awarded via competitive application to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia to develop strategies for involving teacher education faculty in the production and use of HyperMedia in their teaching.
Linking The GCEduNET Project with Higher Education (1993), A grant from GTE, General Telephone & Electronics, ($15,000) to acquire the hardware and software necessary to link the operations of The GCEduNET Project with the School of Education local area network and, by extension, with PeachNET (a state wide network linking institutions of higher education throughout the Georgia University System) and, through the "Internet", with higher education throughout the world.
Using Computer Technology to Prepare and Disseminate AIDS Curriculum Materials (1992). A grant from the Georgia Department of Education ($40,000) to prototype and establish pilot sites to develop HyperMedia AIDS education materials and disseminate same using the telecommunications facilities of the GCEduNET project. (With Dr. James Wolfgang)
Expanding GC EduNET Dial-up Facilities (1991) A grant from General Telephone & Electronics G.T.E. ($7,000) to acquire telecommunications and networking equipment.
Expanding The GCEduNET Project (1989). A grant from the BellSouth Foundation ($100,000) to provide for the expansion of The GCEduNET Project from local to state wide proportions converting what was essentially a BBS (bulletin board system) into a terminal-based Internet service providing toll-free access to K-12 education-oriented information from anywhere in the state.
Regional Teacher Education Center (RTEC), (1988) With Special Initiative funding from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia ($225,000),the Regional Teacher Education Center ( RTEC) provided for, among other things, the de-isolation of pre and inservice teachers, and administrators throughout the state of Georgia by networking their schools with a sophisticated electronic information system called GCEduNET. (With Dr. Edward M. Wolpert)
GRANT PROPOSALS IN PROGRESS:
Engaging faculty in online learning: Identifying Incentives
and Disincentives. A proposal to support a small team of
instructional developers to work with faculty using the
WebCT or TopClass CMS to assist in developing online
educational materials and, at the same time, gather
qualitative data leading to useful generalizations about
the perceived incentives and disincentives of faculty.
Developing Models for Asynchronous Learning Using Interactive QuickTime Movies. A proposal to support a small team of multimedia developers who will produce interactive QuickTime movies (wired sprites) that will be contributed to an EOE (educational object economy) such as MERLOT for review, evaluation and sharing.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
(ASCD) * National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) *
Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) * Association of
American Colleges of Teacher Education AACTE) * Society for
Technology and Teacher Education (STATE) (member of STATE's
national planning board, section editor for annual journal)
* International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE)
MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. Army, 1960-63, Automotive Mechanic and Troop
Information Specialist. Graduate of the 7th U.S. Army
N.C.O. Academy and the Army Troop Information School.
COMPUTER LANGUAGES
Conversant in LOGO, BASIC, MACRO command languages for
various applications, scripting languages (HyperTalk,
AppleScript, Javascript), and the Hyper Text Markup
Language (HTML) plus various extensions of HTML .
HOBBIES & MISC. SKILLS
Gas and electric welding, automotive: mechanical, paint and body.
Antique auto restoration, metal sculpture, antiques and collectables.
Digital photography and film making.
