Michael
G. Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
The Pennsylvania State University
411C, Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802-3202
mgmoore@psu.edu
Michael G. Moore is known in academic circles for leadership in conceptualizing
and developing the scholarly study of distance education. He published
the first statement of theory about distance education in 1972, and has
achieved a number of other notable “firsts” in this field.
While teaching the first course in this subject at University of Wisconsin-
Madison in the mid 70’s he was contributory to founding the national
annual conference there.
Coming to Penn State in 1986 where he holds the rank of Professor
in the
College of Education, he established The American Center for Study
of Distance Education . He founded the first American journal (American
Journal of Distance Education), established the first sequence of taught
graduate courses, a national research symposium, a popular on-line community
of interest (Distance Education Online Symposium) and a national leadership
institute. With approaching a hundred publications (including the 2007 Second Edition of the
Handbook
of Distance Education and the 2005 Second Edition of Distance
Education: A Systems View) and a larger number of major presentations
in more than 30 countries, Moore also has down-to-earth practical knowledge
of teaching and training in all technologies and for most client groups.
In recent years he has designed and teaches graduate courses on-line for
Penn State's World Campus. As a consultant he specializes in setting up,
evaluating and training in large distance education systems, as well as
program level needs analysis, course design and development, training
the trainers, and evaluation. Originally trained as an economist and grounded
in an early adult education career of seven years in East Africa, Moore
maintains a special interest in economic and social development, undertaking
various research, evaluation and training projects for the World Bank,
the IMF, UNESCO and several national governments.
Moore served as Vice President of the International Council for Distance Education, 1988-92. He has been recognized with awards from the University Continuing Education Association, including the Mid-Atlantic Region's Outstanding Leadership award (2004), as well as the American Society for Training and Development, and Penn State University's International Achievement Award. In 2002 he was inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association's Hall of Fame. Presenting the Award, below, is John Flores, Executive Director of USDLA.
Michael Moore's teaching and research focusses on the points of contact between two sets of forces—adult education and distance education—with a special interest in how these meet in the context of developing economies.
Dr. Michael G. Moore honored by appointment as Consulting Professor at Shanghai RTV University, China on October 10th 2006.
Dr. Michael G. Moore with fellow pioneer theorists, Professor Borje Holmberg and Professor Otto Peters prior to a special appearance at the European Distance Education Network research workshop in Castelldefels, Spain on October 27, 2006.
Dr. Michael G. Moore giving a keynote address to the Asian Association of Open Universities in Kunming China on October 12th, 2006.
