Phillip D. Long

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Biography

Phillip Long is a Professor of Innovation in Educational Technology at the University of Queensland, Australia, and a Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Center for Educational Computing Initiatives. At UQ he is the founding director of the Center for Educational Innovation and Technology and eLearning strategist. His portfolio at UQ includes research, development and evaluation of innovative uses of technology for research and higher/tertiary education. While at MIT he led the outreach effort projects that emerged from the MIT iCampus project.and ntegrate MIT iCampus technologies into the MIT learning experience.

His current research interests focus on designing learning spaces to support active learning, emerging technologies, the use of virtual worlds, and digital tools that extend understanding of the physical world.

Dr. Long's professional activities are numerous: New Media Consortium Board (2006-09), former chair of the NMC Board, NMC Project Horizon (2005 to present), NMC Project Horizon.au (2008) , 2006 Syllabus Conference Campus Host, 2006, the SAC Program Committee (2005-07, 06 Chair), Adobe Higher Education Advisory Board (2007 to present), Steven's Institute of Technology WebCampus board, past member of the US Army Distance Learning Subcommittee, MIT DSpace Policy Committee and many others.

Dr. Long is also a Senior Associate with the TLT Group, a non-profit dedicated to improve teaching and learning by making more appropriate and cost-effective use of information technology.

Dr. Long is a lapsed behavioral ecologist, having studied birds from the north slope of Alaska to the coast of Patagonia. His area of research was the evolution of mating systems and the biological bases for cooperation. He continues to enjoy birding and adding to his life list when his is not pursuing his other hobbies of sailing and running.

Publications

Future of the Learning Space: Breaking Out of the Box

EDUCAUSE Review

January 2005

Learning Space Design in Action

EDUCAUSE Review

January 2005

TrackBack: Where Blogs Learn Their Places

Organizations or Campuses

January 2003

Smart Classrooms, Dumb Decisions?

Organizations or Campuses

January 2002

Moore's Law and the Conundrum of Human Learning

EDUCAUSE Review

January 2002

Needed: Creative Teaching and Commitment

EDUCAUSE Review

January 2002

Building "Open" Frameworks for Education

EDUCAUSE Review

January 2001

Presentations

Recent Presentations

Event	Session	Date
EDUCAUSE 2008	Learning Space Design	10/31/2008
ELI 2008 Annual Meeting	Implementing a Presence in Second Life: Pitfalls, Procedures, Policies, and Promises <i>(Innovative Practice)<i/>	01/30/2008
EDUCAUSE 2007	Learning Space Design	10/26/2007
Seminars on Academic Computing 2007	Radical Learning with Constructivist "3.0" Tools	08/08/2007
Seminars on Academic Computing 2007	Technology Ecosystems: Informing Teaching and Learning	08/08/2007
ECAR 2007 Summer Symposium	This Ain't Your Daddy's Classroom For Sure: Serious(ly Fun) Living and Learning in the Virtual World of Second Life	06/13/2007
ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session	Virtual Learning Environments in 3D	03/28/2007
ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session	The Bar May Not Be as High as You Expect: Considerations in Implementing an Immersive Learning Environment	03/28/2007
ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session	Remote Labs	03/28/2007
ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session	Concurrent Sessions	03/28/2007
ELI 2007 Annual Meeting	Achieving Wider Use of Innovations in Educational Technology: Findings from the MIT/Microsoft iCampus Study	01/24/2007
EDUCAUSE 2006	Learning Space Design	10/12/2006
EDUCAUSE 2006	Seminar 12P - Informal Team Collaboration: Forces Driving Advanced Learning Space Design<br><b>PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.</b>	10/12/2006
Midwest Regional Conference 2006	Seminar 01 - Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning <br><b>PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee are required to attend this seminar.</b>	03/15/2006
EDUCAUSE 2005	Learning Space Design	10/21/2005
EDUCAUSE 2005	Seminar 16A - Evaluating and Planning Learning Spaces: Physical, Virtual, and Blended<br><b>PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.</b>	10/21/2005
EDUCAUSE 2005	MIT iCampus: Sharing Educational Innovation	10/21/2005
ELI 2005 Fall Focus Session	Trends in Informal Learning Spaces	09/15/2005
Seminars on Academic Computing 2005	Collaboration Tools: What's Out There?	08/10/2005
Midwest Regional Conference 2005	Seminar 03A - Learning Space Design for the 21st Century <br><b>PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee are required to attend this seminar.</b>	03/23/2005
NLII Annual Meeting 2005	Implementing and Assessing Studio Physics at MIT	01/25/2005
EDUCAUSE 2004	High-Performance Cluster Computing: A Tool for Undergraduate Instruction?	10/22/2004
EDUCAUSE 2004	Learning Space Design	10/22/2004
NLII September Focus Session 2004	Principles of Learning Space Design Illustrated by Case Studies	09/10/2004
NLII September Focus Session 2004	Overview and Introductions	09/10/2004
NLII Annual Meeting 2004	Learning Space Design	01/27/2004
EDUCAUSE 2003	The Open Knowledge Initiative in Practice	11/07/2003
EDUCAUSE 2003	Services Alignment in Faculty Support	11/07/2003
NLII Annual Meeting 2003	How (and Why) to Listen to "Heavy Metal": IMS, OKI and other standards and specification projects	01/28/2003
NLII October Focus Session 2002	What are the marketplace issues associated with e-portfolios?	10/25/2002
EDUCAUSE 2002	Teaching and Learning (First Session)	10/04/2002
EDUCAUSE 2002	Teaching and Learning (Follow-up Session)	10/04/2002
EDUCAUSE 2002	The Open Knowledge Initiative	10/04/2002
EDUCAUSE 2002	Technology Futures	10/04/2002
Seminars on Academic Computing 2002	Open Source Learning Systems	08/07/2002
NERCOMP 2002	What Is Content Management for an LMS?	03/19/2002
EDUCAUSE 2001	Teaching & Learning (First Session)	10/31/2001
EDUCAUSE 2001	Teaching & Learning (Follow-up Session)	10/31/2001
EDUCAUSE 2001	Open Knowledge Initiative Summit: Do Current Learning Management Systems Promote Good Pedagogy?	10/31/2001
EDUCAUSE 2001	Looking Around the Corner: Moore's Law and the Conundrum of Human Learning	10/31/2001
NERCOMP 2001	SEM02P - Teaching, Learning, Technology Centers: Toward Collaboration in Bits and Mortar	03/20/2001
NERCOMP 2001	1:1 Computing at MIT: Alternative Student Computing Environments	03/20/2001
Ubiquitous Computing Conference	Future Developments in Higher Education and Technology	01/06/2001
Ubiquitous Computing Conference	Hot Topics Presentation - Student Computing at MIT	01/06/2001
EDUCAUSE 2000	Now That We've Wired Everything, You Want to Connect Where? A Wireless Pilot Story	10/13/2000
EDUCAUSE 2000	Implementing Ubiquitous Computing at Seton Hall University: A Case Study	10/13/2000
EDUCAUSE 2000	Seminar 4A - Teaching, Learning, Technology Centers: Toward Collaboration in Bits and Mortar	10/13/2000
EDUCAUSE 2000	Seminar 8F - Project Planning for Ubiquitous Computing: A Case Study of Ubiquitous Computing at Seton Hall University	10/13/2000
EDUCAUSE '99	Seminar 1A - Assessing Mobile Computing and Formation of the Mobile Computing Assessment Repository at Seton Hall's Institute for Technology Assessment	10/29/1999
NERCOMP 1999	Assessing the Impact of Technology on Teaching and Learning	03/23/1999

Blogs

Phil's blog

Cross Media Annotation System - xMAS

Interests

Membership Information

General Info

General Info

Current Involvement

Committee	Role	Start	End
Constituent Group Leaders	Member	2005

Membership Information

Organization	Status
EDUCAUSE	Participating Representative
ELI	Participating Representative

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