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Dr. Charles M. Reigeluth has a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology from Brigham Young University. He taught science at the secondary level for three years and spent ten years on the faculty of the Instructional Design program at Syracuse University, ending as chair of the program. He has been a Professor in the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University since 1988, and served as chairman of the department from 1990-1992. He has also served as a systemic change consultant for state and local education agencies, and as an instructional design consultant for corporate, health, public, and higher education institutions.
Dr. Reigeluth's interests include redesigning educational systems and designing high quality learning resources. He has published eight books, 38 chapters, and about 78 articles on those subjects, and has produced several educational software programs. He has developed a vision of a new educational system to better meet the needs of learners in the information society of the 21st century, and he has developed and refined guidelines for the change process to help educational stakeholders to bring about the changes most appropriate for their community. He is also the major developer of several instructional design theories, including the elaboration theory and simulation theory. Two of his books received an "outstanding book of the year" award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. He also received the Distinguished Service Award from AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) in 2001 and the Honored Alumni Award from Brigham Young University 's School of Education in 2002.
Dr. Reigeluth co-founded the Division for Systemic Change in Education in AECT (the Association for Educational Communications and Technology). He founded the School Restructuring Consortium and the Restructuring Support Service at Indiana University. He has been facilitating a systemic change effort in the Indianapolis Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township since January 2001.
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