Faculty Vita

Theodore Frick, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Other Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Frick, T., Richter, K., Kim, M.-H., Yang, J., and Duvenci, A. (2001). AECT Needs Survey, 2000. Proceedings of AECT 2001 Conference.

Frick, T., Joseph, R., Korkmaz, A., Oh, J.-E., and Twal, R. (2001). Relate@IU >>>Share@IU: A New and Different Computer-Based Communications Paradigm. Proceedings of AECT 2001 Conference.

Frick, T., Boling, E., Kim, K.-J., Oswald, D., Sugar, W., Zazelenchuk, T. (2001). Software Developers' Attitudes toward User-Centered Design, 2000. Proceedings of AECT 2001 Conference.

Frick, T. (2000). The Most Powerful Educational System in the World with No One in Charge. Education at a Distance, 14(11).

King, K. and Frick, T. (2000), Transforming Education: Case Studies in Systems Thinking. Education at a Distance, 14(9).

Frick, T. (2000). Criteria for Evaluating Use of Information Technology. Education at a Distance, 14(8).

Reigeluth, C. and Frick, T. (1999). Formative Research: A Methodology for Improving Design Theories. In C.M. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theories, Volume II. Lawrence-Erlbaum.

Frick, T. (1997). Artificially intelligent tutoring systems: what computers can and can't know. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 16(2), 107-124.

Corry, M., Frick. T. and Hansen, L. (1997). User-Centered Design and Usability Testing of a Web Site: An Illustrative Case Study. Education Technology Research and Development, 45(4), 65-76.

Boling, E. and Frick, T. (1997). Holistic rapid prototyping for Web design: Early usability testing is essential. In Khan, B. (Ed.), Web-Based Instruction. Educational Technology Publications.

Frick, T., Corry, M. and Bray, M. (1997). Preparing and managing a course web site: understanding systemic change in education. In Khan, B.. (Ed.), Web-Based Instruction. Educational Technology Publications.

Hansen, L. and Frick, T. (1997). Evaluation guidelines for Web-based course authoring systems. In Khan, B.. (Ed.), Web-Based Instruction. Educational Technology Publications.

Boling, E., King, K., Avers, D., Hsu, Y.-C., Lee, J. and Frick, T. (1997). Navigating Backward: Concrete vs. Abstract Representation in Hypertext Buttons. Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 25(2), 161-176.

Funded Projects

Duffy, T., Cunningham, C. Bonk, C., Keating, T. and Frick, T. Center for Research on Learning and Technology. Indiana University School of Education, August 1998-1999. Start-up funding by the Research and University Graduate School, Indiana University.

Frick, T. I-WEB: Linking K-12 Schools in Indiana on the World Wide Web. Funded by the Indiana University Strategic Directions Charter, 1996-97.

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

President-elect, Change Council, Association for Educational Communications and Technology

Member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Member, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Conference Presentations

Frick, T., Richter, K., Kim, M.-H., Yang, J., and Duvenci, A. AECT Needs Survey, 2000. Presented at the AECT National Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 8, 2001.

Frick, T., Joseph, R., Korkmaz, A., Oh, J.-E., and Twal, R. (2001). Relate@IU >>>Share@IU: A New and Different Computer-Based Communications Paradigm. Presented at the AECT National Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 9, 2001.

Frick, T., Boling, E., Kim, K.-J., Oswald, D., Sugar, W., Zazelenchuk, T. (2001). Software Developers' Attitudes toward User-Centered Design, 2000. Presented at the AECT National Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 9, 2001.

Frick, T. and Su, B. Building a Large, Successful Web Site on a Shoestring. At WebDevShare 2001, Bloomington, IN, Oct. 9, 2001.

Frick, T. and Lim, B. Strategies for Building a Large, Decentralized Web Site. At AECT, Denver, CO, Oct. 26, 2000.

Frick, T., Branon, R., Graham, C., Kim, J. and Pyke, G. Future Directions for AECT: A Member Survey. At AECT, Denver, CO, Oct. 27, 2000.

Reiser, R., Hannafin, M., Frick, T., Sullivan, H. Preparing Our Doctoral Students to Conduct Useful Research in the Field of Educational Technology. At AECT, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 18, 2000.

Frick, T., An, J.-S., Koons, A., and Ziaeehezarjeribi, Y. Wayfinding on the Web. At AECT, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 18, 2000.

Frick, T., An, J.-S., Lim, B.-R., Chen, X. and Cummings, J. Designing a School Psychology E-Journal. At AECT, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 18, 2000.

King, K. and Frick, T. Transforming education: Case Studies in Systems Thinking, paper presented at the the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, 1999.

Frick, T., Monson, J., Xaver, R., Kilic, G., Conley, A., and Wamey, B. (Feb. 99), Navigational Structure on the World Wide Web: Usability Concerns, User Preferences, and "Browsing Behavior. At AECT, Houston, TX.

Frick, T., Kisling, E., Cai, W., Yu, B., Giles, F., and Brown, J. (Feb. 99), Impact of Navigational Models on Task Completion In Web-based Information Systems. At AECT, Houston, TX.

Shi, H.-S., Yi, Q., Li, S., Hara, N., Frick, T. and Appelman, R. (Feb., 1998). Distance Education: Analysis of Far/Near-Site Interaction Patterns. At AECT, St. Louis, MO.

Frick, T., Kirk, J., Soo, K.-S., Tao, C.-W., Park, J., Xaver, R. (Feb., 1998). Creating Web-Sites for K-12 Education: Fostering Communication and Training. At AECT, St. Louis, MO.

Pershing, J., Frick, T., Michael, N. and Hansen, L. (Feb., 1997). A Lever for Systemic Change: Information Technology in K-12 Schools. At the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Albuquerque, NM.

Research Areas

I am interested in improving education and schooling in general through the design of computer-mediated products, research on interaction design, usability engineering, and educational research methodologies. I am also interested in epistemology -- i.e., ways of knowing.

Service/Outreach Projects

As Web Director for the School of Education, I coordinate the entire Web site -- about 4,000 pages. I am responsible for the overall design and have developed EdWeb publishing tools in PHP. I also train content providers to use these tools to maintain their parts of the overall Web site. The Web content is stored in XML format by the EdWeb tools.

In the year 2001, the School of Education Web site was accessed over 28 million times.

FedEx Project: I led a student team in R641 which developed a Web prototype for orienting new hires at FedEx to the company, its history, and basic knowledge required for staffing their support centers.

Medical Sciences Department, Pathology Module Evalaution: I led a student team in R690 to develop and validate a questionnaire for evaluating instructional modules which supplement the pathology course which is taken by medical students.

Medical Sciences Department, Histology Project: I led a student team in R641 which developed prototype quizzes on the Web for IU medical students in their histology course -- digital photographs of microscopic slides are presented for students to identify what kind of tissue or cell or structure is present.

Honors/Awards

Frick, T. (Dec., 1996). Keynote address to the International Symposium on New Technologies of Instruction, Taipei, Taiwan: Criteria for Evaluating use of Information Technology in K-12 Education.

More information is available on the Web for Theodore Frick at: http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/