Dr. Samantha Penney

Dr. Samantha Penney
Learning Design Manager
Indiana State Online
Extended Learning
UH 333A
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812-237-8479

Education

  • Ph.D. - Curriculum and Instruction, Indiana State University - 2020
  • Other - Curriculum and Instruction, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - 2003
  • M.A. - Curriculum and Instruction/ Educational Technology, Austin Peay State University - 2000
  • M.A. - Mass Communications, University of South Dakota - 1996
  • B.A. - Journalism, South Dakota State University - 1994

Teaching Interests

  • My teaching interests include multimedia use in the classroom, distance education techniques and best practices, learning theories, community of inquiry in the online classroom, and instructional design foundations and theories.

Research Interests

  • My research interests include how student and instructor perceptions of instructor presence differ, the use of benchmarks with program evaluation, the development of program evaluation models, andragogy, and the use of social collaborative and other technologies in education.