Appalachian State University

Faculty Member, Leadership & Educational Studies

Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology

Reich College of Education

About

I received my Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Prior to my current appointment at Appalachian State University, I worked for several years in Japan's information technology industry and was the lead architect of online systems at the International University of Japan (国際大学). I later served as the first Visiting Professor of Instructional Technology at Shaanxi Normal University (陕西师范大学) in Xi'an, China, and most recently as Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Guam.

My teaching focus is the integration of technology into teaching and learning. All of my courses have a home in the AET Zone, a 3D collaborative virtual environment created at Appalachian State University that capitalizes on the qualities of virtual worlds to support social aspects of teaching and learning. My current research interests include social interaction within virtual worlds for education, intercultural issues related to e-learning and service-learning pedagogy, and the design of place-based mobile learning games for environmental education.

Contact Information

Homepage: http://paulwallace.us

Address: ASU Box 32086
Boone, NC 28608