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Women's Voices in the Field of Educational Technology

Our Journeys

  • Offers women's stories from leaders in the field of educational technology

  • Presents historical perspectives of surviving in a professional “good-old-boys” world

  • Women in higher education discuss their professional journeys and lessons learned

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Individual Voices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Kay’s Voice: Never in My Wildest Dreams

      • Kay A. Persichitte
      Pages 9-13
    3. Sharon and Mary’s Voices: Sisterhood—The Journey

      • Mary C. Herring, Sharon E. Smaldino
      Pages 15-24
    4. Marcy’s Voice: The Road Less Traveled

      • Marcy P. Driscoll
      Pages 33-37
    5. Ali’s Voice: Pathways Toward Balance

      • Alison Carr-Chellman
      Pages 51-56
    6. Pat’s Voice: A Journey Towards Wisdom

      • Pat Smith Ragan
      Pages 81-85
    7. Gayle’s Voice: My Journey of How I Got to Now

      • Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers
      Pages 115-120
    8. Willi’s Voice: The Academic Road—Thorns and Roses

      • Wilhelmina (Willi) Savenye
      Pages 121-129

About this book

In a professional world that has a tradition of the “good old boy” network, women long have fought for recognition in the educational technology field. In this book authors discuss the women in their own lives who have made the difference for them in their professional development. A group of 31 individuals from the USA, Canada, Northern Cyprus, the UK, and South Korea were asked to be part of this endeavor. The breadth of the list was intended to bring together as many perspectives as possible. Some stories included in this book are deeply private, others offer historical perspectives of women's roles in educational technology, while others focus on mentoring. This book is intended as a resource for all individuals in the field of educational technology, instructional design, and learning design at a national and international level.  


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Northern Iowa - Retired, Cedar Falls, USA

    J. Ana Donaldson

About the editor

Dr. Ana Donaldson was the AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) President for 2011-2012. She retired in 2009 as an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology from the University of Northern Iowa. Besides her years of classroom and online experience in creating web-supported learning environments, she is a published author, keynote speaker and international presenter. Donaldson is currently a contributing faculty member for Walden University in their online Ph.D. Educational Technology program. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women's Voices in the Field of Educational Technology

  • Book Subtitle: Our Journeys

  • Editors: J. Ana Donaldson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33452-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33451-6Published: 14 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81516-9Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33452-3Published: 05 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 208

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Technology

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