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Terry Anderson
Professor Emeritus of Distance Education,

Athabasca University,

Edmonton, Alberta

Canada

Biography
Terry Anderson is an education researcher and teacher, who lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and currently works at Canada’s Open University of the Athabasca University. Dr. Anderson is an avid researcher and blogger in the area of Distance Education. His research and teaching focuses on ICT tools in teaching and learning. Presently, Dr. Anderson teaches in the Masters and Doctoral Education programs in Distance Education. Dr. Anderson (TEKRI) research and academic career is outstanding. He is the editor emeritus of the Open Access Journal, the International Review of Research on Open and Distance Education (IRRODL), and a member of the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University. He is a regular keynote speaker at education and training conferences online and face-to-face. He specializes is the areas of research, teaching and social networking.

Dr. Terry Anderson’s academic journey:
Dr. Anderson's early years were spent at the Viscount Bennett High School Calgary, Alberta Canada. After High School, he attended The University of Alberta, which is ranked amongst the Top 5 Canadian universities and one of the Top 100 universities in the world. This University offers rigorous undergraduate programs and is considered to be "One of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering, and health sciences." There he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education and Teaching. In 1984, he attended the University of Oregon. A Public Flagship Liberal Arts University in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America where he studied for his Masters in Education Technology for three years. Back in Canada, The University of Calgary was graciously blessed with his presence for three years as he began his PhD studies in Education Psychology in 1991. The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is known for its top undergraduate and graduate programs, also its diverse educational and research experiences for Canadian and International students.

His work experience:
Dr. Anderson has a wealth of work experience which began as a Director with Contact North (Ontario's community-based bilingual distance education and training network) in April 1987 and ended in July 1991 a total of 4 years 4 months. In 1992 he returned to the University of Calgary, this time in the capacity of Continuing Education Instructor. This job lasted for 2 years. The next 7 years 2 months from July 1994 to August 2001, Dr. Anderson performed duties at the University of Alberta as a  Director for Academic Technologies for Learning. In 2013 for less than a year he assumed duties as Visiting Professor at the Open University of Catalonia (Virtual Campus). "The Open University of Catalonia is a private open university based in Barcelona, Spain. The UOC offers graduate and postgraduate programs in Catalan, Spanish and English in fields such as Psychology, Computer Science, Sciences of Education, Information and Knowledge Society, and Economics." From June 2001 he joined the Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University as Professor in Distance Education, to date makes it 20 years 5 months. Dr. Anthony's duties include "research, teaching and innovation development related to e-learning and other forms of distance education." September 2015 He became Professor Emeritus which makes it 6 years 2 months.

Dr. Terry Anderson's Research
Dr. Terry Anderson's Theory of Online Learning explains that effective learning environments should contain four overlapping components. These are community-centered, knowledge-centered, learner-centered, and assessment-centered learning

Dr.Terry Anderson, is the Principle Researcher in multiple research & development initiatives including: "Editor of International Review of Research in Distance Education, EduSource Pan Canadian Network of Learning Object Repositories, Campus Alberta Repository of Education Objects (CAREO) and Alberta Supernet Research Network." At Athabasca University. Dr.Terry Anderson is a renowned teacher and advisor to his students in the world's largest Masters of Distance Education program. Further, he functions on  Editorial Boards of Journals such as the "Journal of Distance Education, Internet in Higher Education, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Canadian Journal of Educational Communication and Journal of Interactive Media in Education." He also performs exemplary functions on advisory committees with the Alberta and Canadian Governments.

For all Dr. Anderson's famous work to date, he has a total of 37524 views of which the top viewed research is the Modes of interaction in distance education: Recent developments and research questions Handbook of distance education, 2003; with 6461 views. Next is A Theory of critical inquiry in online distance education, … of distance education, Jan 1, 2003; with 5477 views, and the third highest is Learning outcomes and students' perceptions of online writing: Simultaneous implementation of a forum, blog, and wiki in an EFL blended learning setting, 2010; with 3290 views. The latter mentioned paper "examines the effectiveness of three different online writing activities in formal university education: forums, blogs, and wikis. Constructivism–reflective and collaborative learning fostered by scaffolding–provides a main support for their use in education. Prior research regarding the use of blogs and wikis, especially in language education, is reviewed.'

Dr. Terry Anderson's Publications
Dr. Anderson’s Publications are numerous. These include 5 books,156 papers and 1 talk.

Of the five books, the Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda is an OER resource. Its highlights are based on prioritized areas, major issues and trends in online distance education research. One of two co-authored books Teaching crowds: learning and social media by Terry Anderson and Jon Dron, is available as Open Access, and focuses on helping persons to gain knowledge of online learning. The second of 2 co-authored books is '''E-Research: Methods, Strategies, and Issues [Paperback] Terry Anderson (Author), Heather Kanuka (Author). "E-Research teaches students how to become both active practitioners and informed consumers of Net-based research" Online Conferences: Professional Development for a Networked Era [Paperback],''' is the ideal book for effective continuing professional education, in relation to the economical aspect of interactive technologies.

Not only are Dr. Anderson’s publications currently viewed online by users of his work. His popular research papers are also cited by researchers and students alike. Following, are just a few of his research papers and the number of times they have been cited by users of his work.  Towards a Theory of Online learning and The Theory and Practice of online learning by T Anderson, both have a total citation of 1497 and 2384 respectively. While the Critical Inquiry in a Text-based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education by Dr. Garrison, T. Anderson and W. Archer has a total of 7271 citations.

View the following link to see a full listing and learn more about Dr. Anderson’s Publications https://athabascau.academia.edu/TerryAnderson