Ali
Rezaei, Ph. D. Professor & Assessment Coordinator
College of
Education
California
State University, Long Beach
Present
Status
I'm an
instructional technologist, teaching at California State University, Long
Beach. During the last 25 years, I have been teaching and doing research in
University of Calgary in Canada, City University of New York, Shiarz, and Ahwaz
University. Computer applications in education, educational psychology,
research methods, statistics and assessment (evaluation) are among the courses
that I teach.
Research
Projects
2020-2022
Writing a textbook in applications of technology in
assessment and research.
2016-2022
Students group work
2018
Active Learning
Classrooms
2014-2018
Assessment: Group Work
2012-2014
Assessment: Collaborative Quiz Taking
2010-2011
Gender and Academic Achievement in Iran
2009-2010
Using Social Networks in Language Learning
2008-2010
Implicit Association Test (validity &
reliability)
2005-2010
Language and Literacy Development in Bilingual Settings
2004-2006
Developing Software to Teach Farsi
Services
2023-present University Resources Council (PARC)
- 2018-2020
International Education Committee
- 2018-2019Beach
2030 Action Team
- 2013-2020
Assessment coordinator
- 2016-2019
Faculty Council (Chair)
- 2017-2019
University Resources Committee
- 2018-2019
International Education Committee
- 2007-2013Assessment
Consultant (College f Education)
- 2010-
(General Education Governance Committee)
- 2007-
CED Assessment Committee
- 2011- Faculty
Council
- 2008-
Students Affair Committee
- 2005- 2006 CED
Representative at Excellence in Teacher Preparation Project
- 2005-2006
Faculty in Schools Project
- 2003-2006
Oracy/Literacy Development in Spanish-speaking Children
- 2004-2004
Quality of Advising Survey
- 2005-2006
Educational Technology program assessment survey
- 2001-02
PCS-CUNY grant. Conceptual Science Instruction; an Integrated approach.
This research that investigates science education methods courses in
teacher education institutions is still running.
- 2001-02
Consultant, Collaborative Open Learning Technologies (COLT) project
- 1999-00
Coordinator of a collaborative research project among Four Minnesota State
Universities. Rural Integration of Technology in Education (RITE).
- 1999- I
worked on the Learning Enhancement Envelope (LEE) project as one of the
instructional designers. This project was a joint project by several
universities organized by Consortium of Alberta
- Physicists. I
work collaboratively with instructional designers from other universities
to develop an On-Line interactive multimedia computer tutorial in
first-year physics.
- 1999 I
completed my doctoral program in Computer Applications in Education,
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada in
April, 1999. My dissertation title was
- "Computer
assisted instruction approaches to conceptual change in science
education".
- 1996-1999 I
worked on the Collaborative Electronic Learning (CEL) research project
under the supervision of Dr. Larry Katz. This project uses
tele-communication technology in teaching science and social
- studies to
elementary and junior high students. I worked as a researcher,
instructional designer, and also as a teacher for this project.
- 1997
Participating in a research project "WWW-based course delivery
systems". (Under the supervision of Dr. Ian Winchester, University of
Calgary).
- 1997 I
was awarded a scholarship to teach elementary school teachers and students
about issues in science, technology, and society (STS), and to do research
in this regard.
- 1996
Participating in a survey project "Technology-based instruction on
University of Calgary campus". (Under the supervision of, Dr. Ian
Winchester, University of Calgary)
- 1995-1996
Taking part in a research project in the SHAD program to evaluate the
academic achievement of Canadian Gifted Students. (Under the supervision
of Dr. Judy Lupart, 1995-1996; University of Calgary)
- 1984 Research
Project Parental role in students socialization. The results are published
in International Journal of Psychology. (1990) 25- 397-416.
Qualifications
- Twenty
five years of experience in teaching at higher education level and 3 years
of experience in K-12 teaching.
- Fifteen
years of experience in distance learning with focus on collaborative
learning and web based instructional design.
- Fifteen years
in authoring programs including Flash, Dreamweaver, Authorware, Director,
Premiere, Photoshop, Zebrazapps, and to some extent in Toolbook.
- Ten years of
experience in Professional Development.
- Twenty years experience
in conducting research using a wide variety of research methods and using
different statistical packages (especially SPSS)
- Ten years
teaching experience in grant writing and project management.
- Completed a
comprehensive study in cognitive learning theories and developed a model
of instructional design, the "Inventive Model", for Computer
Based Instruction.
215005
Number of visitors since 1995
Contact
Ali Reza Rezaei ,
College of Education,
#ED2-259
1250 Bellflower Blvd
CSULB
Phone: (562) 985-5432
Fax: (562) 985-4534
Last Update: October, 2,2021