Faculty Vita

Elizabeth Boling, M.F.A.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Other Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Boling, E., Cai, W., Brown, J.P., & Bolte, J. (2000). Knowledge base development: The life cycle of an item in the Indiana University Knowledge Base. Technical Communications, 47(4), pp. 530-543.

Misanchuk, E., Schwier, R., & Boling, E. (2000). Discourse on designing a hypermedia book. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 9(3), pp. 223-251.

Boling, E. and Frick, T. (1997). Holistic rapid prototyping for Web design: Early usability testing is essential in B. Khan (Ed.). Web-based Instruction (pp. 319-328). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Press.

Boling, E., King, K., Avers, D., Hsu, Y., Lee, J., and Frick, T. (1997). Navigation backward: Concrete vs. abstract representation in hypertext buttons. Canadian Journal of Educational Communications, 25 (2), 161-176.

Boling, E., Beriswill, J., Xaver, R., Hebb, C., Kaufman, D., and Frick, T. (1997). Text labels for hypermedia navigation buttons. International Journal of Instructional Media, 25 (4), 407-421.

Boling, E. and Lee, S.H. (1996). Motivational design guidelines for computer-mediated instruction. Proceedings, 18th Annual Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Presentations at the 1996 Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (pp. 401-412).

King, K., Boling, E., Annelli, J., Bray, M., and Frick, T. (1996). Relative perceptibility of HyperCard buttons using pictorial symbols and text labels. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 14(1), 67-81.

Boling, E. and Sugar, W. (1995). User-centered innovation: A model for early usability testing. Proceedings, 17th Annual Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Presentations at the 1995 Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (pp. 563-570).

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA)

Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)

Usability Professionals Association (UPA)

Conference Presentations

“Software Developers' Attitudes toward User-Centered Design.” - with Ted Frick., , K.-J. Kim, Dan Oswald, William Sugar, and Todd Zazelenchuk at Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), Atlanta, Georgia, 2002.

"Technology and Visual Designers: How Must We Respond to the Changes?" - keynote speaker at Design and Technology Conference, YuanZe University, Taiwan, October 12, 2001. http://www.indiana.edu/~iirg/ARTICLES/keynote1/keynote1.html

"Information Design Support for Knowledge Bases," presentation at Annual International Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT); Atlanta, November 8, 2001.

"Software Developers' Attitudes towards User-Centered Design," presentation at Annual International Conference of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT); Atlanta, November 9, 2001.

“Navigating backward: Concrete vs. abstract representation in hypertext buttons” with Heike Schaumburg, Cengiz Askun and Ted Frick, Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), Houston, Texas, 1999.

“Filling the gap: Rapid prototyping as visualization in the ISD process” with Barbara Bichelmeyer, Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), St. Louis, Missouri, 1998.

“Usability testing for a WWW site: A real world case” with Mona Masood, Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), St. Louis, Missouri, 1998.

“Visual design for interactive learning tools: Representation of time-based information” with J.P. Brown, Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), St. Louis, Missouri, 1998.

“Visual design profiles: Making sense of Web design guidelines” with Barbara Bichelmeyer, Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1997.

“Information providers in the knowledge system: Key competencies and knowledge capture models.” China America Conference on Training and Educational Technology, University of Astronautics and Aeronautics, Beijing, China, 1996.

“Syntactic relationships and perceptibility in navigational icons” with Michael Corry, Tony Betrus and David Winer, Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996.

“A model for early usability testing” with William Sugar, Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), Anaheim, California, 1995.

“Issues in multimedia for language learning” Chonnam National University, Kwang-ju, Korea, English Language Research Center, Summer, 1995.

“Function and form: reducing ambiguity in on-screen navigation buttons” with Kira Nedzel, Association of Educational Communications and Technology Convention (AECT), Anaheim, California, 1995.

Research Areas

I study topics in visual design for interactive information and instruction, specifically the design of icons and other graphical elements for representing information. I am also interested in design process and methods, including those used to develop information systems and those used to teach other designers.

Service/Outreach Projects

In 2000/2001 I directed several service learning projects connecting students to campus and community organizations in need of instructional product development, including:

2001

• Safety Procedures Study and Exam Website Prototype Bloomington Hospital System

• Orientation Online Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America

• New Community Members Information CD La Casa Cultural Center

2000

• “Alcohol 101” Time-Revealed Scenario (web) Martin Siegel, WisdomTools, Inc.

• Usability Session Demonstration Cathrine Spiaggia, Director, UITS Usability Services

Honors/Awards

2000 CIC Academic Leadership Institute Fellow

1997, 1998 TERA Award for Teaching Excellence, Indiana University

1996 Golden ARC Award for Product Design

1996 National Agriculture Research Council

1991 Award of Achievement: Job Aid Design

1991 Society for Technical Communications; Puget Sound

1991 Technical Art and Publication Competition

1988 Classroom Computer Learning Software Award of Excellence

More information is available on the Web for Elizabeth Boling at: http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~eboling/home.html