Simon Hooper, Ph.D.
Simon Hooper is an associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development. He teaches courses in the educational technologies program and is interested in the potential of new and emerging technologies to enable instructors to develop new forms of learning environments and tools. He is the recipient of several TEL small grants.
Teaching Activities
Interests
Hooper teaches multimedia design and development and new media studies courses.
University Courses
He has taught the following University of Minnesota courses:
- CI5362: Introduction to Educational Multimedia;
- CI5363: Introduction to Multimedia Development;
- CI5365: Contemporary Software Development Issues and Tools; and
- CI5367: Interactive Multimedia Instruction.
Research Activities
TEL Experience
Hooper's TEL publications include the following:
Hokanson, B., and S. Hooper. "Levels of Teaching: A Taxonomy for Instructional Design." Educational Technology 44, no. 6 (2004): 14-22.
Hooper, S. "The Effects of Persistence and Small Group Interaction During Computer-Based Instruction. Computers in Human Behavior 19 (2003): 211-220.
Kuo, M-L. A., and S. Hooper. "The Effects of Visual and Verbal Coding Mnemonics on Learning Chinese Characters in Computer-Based Instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development (in press).
Fellowship Project
Hooper is designing a software system to facilitate assessment in the American Sign Language (ASL) program. The system involves three applications:
- a capture tool,
- an instructor assessment instrument, and
- a portfolio environment.
The capture tool enables instructors to post various questions that require students to generate signed feedback. Students' performances will be recorded by a Web camera and transported via a computer network for storage on a server.
The instructors' instrument will include various features that improve the efficiency of the assessment process, and enable different forms of feedback to be passed along to students.
The portfolio environment will enable students to maintain performance records as they progress through a four-course sequence, view model performances and signed feedback from their instructors, and monitor and self-assess their progress.
The project will directly impact 1,800 students who enroll at the University of Minnesota in ASL courses each year. The assessment system has the potential to affect more than 30,000 students enrolled in postsecondary ASL classes in the U.S.
Consultation Areas
Hooper is available to consult with faculty members about the following educational technology topics and tools:
- teachnology-enhanced learning (TEL) teaching and learning strategies;
- tool and eLearning software design and development;
- scripting active server pages (ASPs) and coding hypertext markup language (HTML) pages; and
- using Microsoft Office, Photoshop, and SoundEdit/Sound Forge software.
Contact Information
To schedule a consultation appointment, contact Hooper:
- Office: 130 Peik Hall
- Telephone: (612) 625-0534
- E-mail: simon@umn.edu
- Web: http://umn.edu/~simon
