Dr. Robert A. Reiser is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and the Robert M. Morgan Professor of Instructional Systems in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at Florida State University. Dr. Reiser joined the Florida State faculty in January 1976, shortly after receiving his doctorate in Educational Technology from Arizona State University.

Dr. Reiser has written four books in the field of instructional design and technology. These have included Selecting Media for Instruction (written with Robert M. Gagne), Planning Effective Instruction and Instructional Planning: A Guide for Teachers (both written with Walter Dick). His most recent book, which was published in June, 2006, is the second edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (edited with John V. Dempsey). This book was awarded the James W. Brown Publication Award, the premier book award presented by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), as well as the Outstanding Book Award presented by the AECT Division of Design and Development. Most recently, it received the 2007 Outstanding Human Performance Communication Award from the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI).

Dr. Reiser has also written more than fifty journal articles on instructional design and technology. Over his career, his research interests and publications have focused on a wide variety of topics, including technology integration in K-12 settings, improving the instructional planning practices of teachers, the instructional effectiveness of educational software, the effects of Sesame Street on children’s learning, media selection techniques, the effects of mastery learning, and the history of the instructional design and technology field.

Dr. Reiser’s service activities have included a nine-year term as chairman of the Department of Educational Research at Florida State, during which time he received the highest faculty rating of any chairman in the university. Currently, he is serving a second term as program leader of the Instructional Systems program. At the national level, Dr. Reiser founded the AECT Division for Design and Development Awards Program and has served for 25 years as chairman of the awards committee. He has also served for 17 years as an editorial board member of Educational Technology Research and Development, a premier research journal in the field of instructional design and technology. In recognition of his service efforts, the AECT Division of Design and Development has presented Dr. Reiser with its Outstanding Service Award three times.

During the 31 years he has been at Florida State, Dr. Reiser has received several university awards, including a Professorial Excellence Award, a Developing Scholar Award and a University Teaching Award. In April 2000, Dr. Reiser received the University Distinguished Teacher Award, the highest teaching award at Florida State. Each year this award is given to one faculty member at Florida State who has, over his or her career, demonstrated a record of sustained teaching excellence. Dr. Reiser is the first member of the College of Education to have received this award.

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Bob Reiser
Distinguished Teaching Professor and
Robert M. Morgan Professor of Instructional Systems
Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
305 Stone Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4453

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