Alison A. Carr-Chellman

Dr. Alison Carr-Chellman (Ph.D) is an instructional designer and author.
Personal Life:
Alison A. Carr-Chellman worked as a former third-grade teacher in the elementary school system. She realized the traditional elementary school classrooms did not facilitate some students and worked to their disadvantage. She saw the traditional system as lacking innovation and therefore having the inability to change. with her children, her husband, and her in-laws. She has twin sons and a daughter.
Education and academic career:
Alison Carr-Chellman obtained her elementary education at Ohio State University for Elementary Education. She worked at this institution for some time, before attending Syracuse University, where she pursued a master's degree in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation. She completed her Doctorate at Indiana University in Bloomington. Her graduate studies focused on Educational Systems Design and was completed under the direction of Charles Reigeluth. Carr-Chellman has also worked in private industry for McDonnell Douglas in Denver, Colorado, where she designed jet fighter pilot training for the Navy.
Research Interests:
Alison Carr-Chellman's work is focused around instructional design and instructional design theory. She has written extensively on the subject. Carr-Chellman's interest has led her to become more interested in the place of boys in the education system. Her explanation of the gender gap in the education system is that it is a gender-culture problem. Carr-Chellman sees a mismatch between the school culture and boy culture. She has been addressing the larger system and has been making recommendations on how to make changes and how to sustain these changes. and distance education technologies.
Publications:
Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2011). Power, expertism, and the practice of instructional design: Empowering the users. In Instructional Technology: Past, present and future 3rd. Edition, Anglin G. (Ed.). Libraries Unlimited: Santa Barbara, CA.
Carr-Chellman, A.A. & Carr-Chellman, D.J.. (2011). Mr. Jones’s E-Z Elixir: Marketing higher education on the web19. In Instructional Technology: Past, present and future 3rd. Edition, Anglin G. (Ed.). Libraries Unlimited: Santa Barbara, CA.
Reigeluth, C.M. & A. Carr-Chellman (Eds.), (2009) Instructional-Design Theories and Models, Volume III: Building a Common Knowledge Base. New York: Routledge.
Reigeluth, C.M., Carr-Chellman, A.A., Beabout, B., & Watson, W. (2007). Creating shared visions of the future for K-12 education: A systemic transformation process for a learner-centered paradigm. The Journal of Educational Alternatives, 2(3), 34-66.
Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2006). User-Design. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Carr-Chellman, A.A., Dyer, D. & Breman, J. (2000). Burrowing through the Network Wires: Does distance detract from collaborative authentic learning? Journal of Distance Education, 15 (1), 39-62.

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