Ellen's World

I work at Penn State in the College of Liberal Arts in the department of
Communication Arts and Sciences
, at University Park,  Pennsylvania USA. My office is located:


227a Sparks Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814)865-9317 My office phone  865-3461(main office)
(814)863-7986 FAX

email: ext2@psu.edu


I teach the following courses:

CAS 283, CAS 383, CAS 470, CAS 483, CAS 497E

CAS 283 online(world campus)

Instructional Systems 400, 441, 446, 447 and 448

Project Designer and Implementation for CAS 100a Online Workbook (OLLE)

I also work in instructional design and development.


Some of my projects include:

Communication Arts and Sciences Workbook for CAS 100a: http://cas.la.psu.edu/speech/100a/index.htm

Food Product Development Course: http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/casover/aefs497/main.html

Wetlands/Riparian: http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/rippage.html

Concept Mapping: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/ext2/cmap/cm-page.html

Teamwork: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/ext2/teams.htm

Identifying Trees: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/ext2/TREES/identify.html

I have my PhD  in Instructional Systems from Penn State. My research interests include: the generation and use of concept maps to assist in learning, hybrid forms of distance learning, postmodern thinking as related to the process of education, issues of communication and technology, human communication issues, web development, user perceptions, cultural and social activity, Internet training and education; and aspects of networked communication..


ext2@psu.edu / 14 January 2008
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