Dr. Paul Resta Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for his Work in Technology and Teacher Education - April 3, 2007

Dr. Paul Resta

Dr. Paul E. Resta, Director of the College of Education’s Learning Technology Center and Ruth Knight Millikan Centennial Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). Dr. Resta was honored with the award at SITE’s annual conference, which was held March 27-30 in San Antonio. It is only the fourth lifetime achievement award that the organization has bestowed in its 18-year history.

SITE President Ian Gibson praised Dr. Resta, describing him as a “gentle giant” for his many years of leadership in the field of technology use in teacher education. Among many notable achievements, Dr. Resta is the founding president of The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). He serves as Chair of the Association of Teacher Educators National Commission on Technology and the Future of Teacher Education. He is also Chair of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Working Group on E-Learning for Teacher Education and editor of the UNESCO book, Information and Communication Technologies in Teacher Education: A Planning Guide (2003). The book has been translated into seven languages. He is the author of Toward Digital Equity (Allyn and Bacon, 2002), and currently is editor of Teacher Development in an E-Learning Age (UNESCO, in press).

Dr. Resta teaches advanced graduate courses in instructional technology planning and management and computer-supported collaborative learning. His current research interests include the design and implementation of Web-based collaborative learning environments and planning and policy issues in the use of technology in teacher education.

—Laurie Caldwell, LTC Communications Coordinator