Nick Eastmond
Emeritus Professor
Email: nick.eastmond@usu.edu
Location: EDUC 213
Office Phone: 797-2642
Fax: (435) 797-2693
2830 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322
Research Interests | Education | Publications | Awards | Projects | Courses
Research Interests
theory, performance systems, evaluation
Education
P.h.D Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1976
Dissertation: A Model for Needs Assessment in Higher Education
M.Ed., Elementary Education (Teacher Corps), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1969
B.A., Economics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 1967
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 1964-1965
Selected Publications
Books or Chapters in Books
J. N. Eastmond The Idea Book of Computer Applications for Educators: A book with accompanying diskette(s), Logan, Utah: Utah State University, 1984.
J. N. Eastmond, "Information Technologies for Foreign Language Learning for the 21st Century" in Virgil P. Blake and Renee Tjoumas (Eds.) Information Literacies for the 21st Century. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1990, pp., 389-397.
Robert Brien and J. N. Eastmond (1994) Cognitive Science and Instruction. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology, pp. 185.
J.N. Eastmond (1994). Assessing Needs, Developing Instruction and Evaluating Results in Distance Education in Barry Willis (Ed.) Distance Education: Meeting the Challenge. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology.
Contributing Author in Paul W. Welliver (2001) A code of professional ethics: A guide to professional conduct in the field of Educational Communications and Technology. Bloomington, IN: Association for Educational Communications and Technology (4 sections).
Erin Brewer, J. N. Eastmond & Reed Geertsen (2003). Considerations for Assessing Ethical Issues, in Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Michael Orey, and Robert M. Branch (Eds) Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2003 (Vol. 28), Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, pp. 67-76.
Andrew R.J. Yeaman, J.N. Eastmond, & Vicki S. Napper (2008). Professional Ethics and Educational Technology, in Alan Januszewski & Michael Molenda (2008). Educational Technology: A definition with commentary. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 283-826.
Refereed Journal Articles:
J. N. Eastmond and Dr. J.A. Kadlec, Undergraduate Educational Needs in Wildlife Science. The Wildlife Society Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2 Summer 1977, pp. 61-66
Douglas D. Alder, Michael L. DeBloois, J. N. Eastmond "Teacher-Made Tests in History," Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 4:1, Spring 1979, pp. 24-30
J. N. Eastmond The New Revelation: A Personal View. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 12:2. Summer 1979, pp. 50-53
J. N. Eastmond and Brien E. Norton, Guiding A Range Curriculum with an Educational Needs Assessment, Journal of Range Management 34(6), November 1981, pp. 475-479
Alfred S. Forsyth and J. N. Eastmond An Assessment of Professional Skill Needs of International Graduate Students Attending American Universities. Journal of International Student Personnel, 2:1, February 1985, pp. 15-20
J. N. Eastmond and Richard Mosenthal, The World Center for Computing's Pilot Videodisc Project for French Language Instruction, CALICO Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, June 1985, pp. 8-12, 48.
J. N. Eastmond and R. S. Russon, "Professional Advancement for Instructional Development Professionals: The Inside-Outside Connection," Journal of Staff, Program, and Organization Development, 4:2, (Summer 1986), pp. 41-45
L. Grant Reese, J.N. Eastmond, and Richard Sutherland, (September 1988), Integrated Use of Videodisc for Intensive Spanish Language, CALICO Journal 6:1, pp. 69-81.
Belle Ruth Witkin and J.N. Eastmond, (winter 1988) Bringing Focus to the Needs Assessment Study: The Pre-Assessment Phase, Educational Planning, 6:4, pp. 12-23.
J. N. Eastmond, Saunders, W. and Merrill, D. Teaching Evaluation Through Paid Contractual Arrangements. Evaluation Practice, 10:2, May 1989, pp. 58-62
J. N. Eastmond and Jeffrey Mitchell. Working Smarter: Two Case Studies Using Foreign Language as a Tool and Subject Matter as Focus. CALICO Journal, 7:4 (June 1990), pp. 19-25.
Walter Saunders, J. N. Eastmond, & Kay Camperell (1994). Elements of Improvement in Secondary Science Teacher Preparation. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 5:4 (Fall), 146-151.
J. N. Eastmond (1997), Portraits of Technikon Faculty in Transition. Academic Development, 3:2, pp. 129-140.
J.Nicholls Eastmond, Tom J. N.el, Jacques du Plessis, & Linda D. Smith (2000). An Incremental Approach to implementing a web course. TechTrends, 44:3, (April), pp. 40-45.
J. N. Eastmond (2000) Second-hand equipment and social responsibility. Educational Technology Research & Development, 48:4, pp. 109-110.
J.N. Eastmond and Olivia Lester (2001). Exploring important issues through keypal connections: South Africa and the USA. TechTrends, 45:6 (Nov.-Dec.), .
Kay Kyeongju Seo, Nick Eastmond, and Hal Cain (2002). Twenty Years (and More) of International Review: A retrospective view. Educational Technology Research & Development, 50:4, 72-93.
J. N. Eastmond & Joanne Bentley (2005). Democratic Technology Advancement for all: Contrasting views of American and International Students. Educational Technology Research & Development, 53:3, 107-113. (Received award as the Outstanding article published in International Review for 2005).
Nick Eastmond (2006). Faculty member reflections: Professional involvement in Mauritius. Educational Technology Research & Development, 54:4, 434-437.
Recent Non-Refereed Journal, Articles, Papers
J. N. Eastmond (2000). On treating students as adults. NISOD Innovation Abstracts, 22:22 (Oct. 6).
J. N. Eastmond (2001). Interviews with Drs. David Berg and Jan Visser, recipients of the AECT International Council Best Article in International Review, on the International Division webpage at http://www.cameron.eud/ic/
J.N. Eastmond and Brian Astorga (2001). Ethically Speaking: No one will ever know . . . well, maybe not. TechTrends 45:4 , pp. 8-9.
J.N. Eastmond (2001). Ethically Speaking: What is a Cyberpredator? TechTrends,. 46:4, 8-10.
J.N. Eastmond, Erin Brewer, & Reed Geertsen (2002). Ethically Speaking: A framework for judging and acting ethically. TechTrends, 47:2, 7-9.
J. N. Eastmond (2003). A Nobel Prize in Education: Why not? The Back Burner, TechTrends, 48:1, p. 72.
J. N. Eastmond (2006). Multiculturalism in Mauritius: Idyllic or not? Logan, Utah: Utah NAME Newsletter [Utah Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education], 3:1, March, pp. 1, 3.
J. N. Eastmond and Robert Hayden (2006). Professional Ethics: How can I tell the truth? TechTrends, 50:3, p. 13.
J. N. Eastmond & Andrew R.J. Yeaman (2006). Professional Ethics: In Memory of R.W. “Buddy” Burniske. TechTrends, 50:4, p. 8.
Recent Research Reports, Technical Papers
Zachary Tippetts, Debora Escalante, J. N. Eastmond, & Byron Burnham (2004). Utah Educator Supply and Demand Study. For the Utah State Office of Education and the Board of Regents, by the Instructional Technology Department, USU, (May).
Shane DeMars, Mark D. Mason, Jose Gomez, Corbin Bell, Preston P. Parker, Shelley Henson, J.N. Eastmond. Report of the Needs Assessment – Phase 1 – for the USU Department of Instructional Technology, 2004. Logan, UT: Utah State University.
Jennifer Jorgensen, Kerry Quinn, John Dehlin, Megan Wilcken, Tory Neiwert, Jonathan Thomas, & Debora Escalante (2005). Educator Supply and Demand in Utah: Focus Group Research for the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers. Logan, UT: USU Instructional Technology Dept.
Wei Zhai & J.N. Eastmond (2005). The USU ADVANCE Grant Department Effort: A Qualitative View. Logan, UT: Dept. of Instructional Technology, USU.
Debora Escalante, J.N. Eastmond, & Byron R. Burnham (2005). Utah Educator Supply and Demand Study, 2005. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Office of Education (November).
Nick Eastmond and Irene S. Eastmond (2006). An evaluation of the International Teacher Education Program (ITEP) of the Church Education System (CES) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Brigham Young University, Hawaii School of Education. Laie, Hawaii: Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO), June 5, 2006.
Irene S. Eastmond and Nick Eastmond, International Teacher Education Program (ITEP) Evaluation (DVD). Laie, Hawaii: Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO), June 5, 2006.
Irene S. Eastmond and Nick Eastmond, International Teacher Education Program (ITEP): A partnership for Teacher Training (DVD). Laie, Hawaii: Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO), June 5, 2006.
Joel Gardner, Nathan Sanders, Jeremy Haddock, Jessica Freeman, Eric Hjorten, Tiffany Ivins Spence, Brooke Robertshaw, Nathan Sanders, Alex Stoddard, Kristin Stokes Strong, Nathan Terry, Jiayi Wan, Wei Zhai & Nick Eastmond (2006). Evaluation report for the LSTA (Library Services Technology Act). Logan, UT: Dept. of Instructional Technology, USU.
Recent Papers at Conferences
J. N. Eastmond & John Louviere, “Using Path Simulations in WebCT and Flash to Teach, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 26, 2000.
J.N. Eastmond, Nicolas Sorheitz, and Ron Woodland , Using Web-based Trigger Videos to teach AECT Ethics, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Eductational Communications and Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, No. 9, 2001.
J. N. Eastmond (2003) Electronic Teaching and Electronic Learning: Role and potential of E-Teaching and E-Learning in Transatlantic Projects. Lisbon, Portugal, Transatlantic Education and Training Conference, Dec. 9.
Andrew Yeaman, J. N. Eastmond, Vicki Napper, & R.W. Burniske (2004). The Past is Prologue: Re-Defining the ethics of educational technology. At the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, Illinois, October 21.
Donn Ritchie, J. N. Eastmond, Susan Pedersen (2004). Transatlantic cooperation for exchange of student interns, faculty, and knowledge in Instructional Technology, at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, Illinois, October 21.
J. N. Eastmond and Kay S. Seo (2003). Building Internationalism: A 50-Year Retrospective on the International Review Section of ETR&D. at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Anaheim, California, October 23.
J. N. Eastmond (2003). Electronic Teaching and Electronic Learning: Role and potential of E-Teaching and E-Learning in Transatlantic Projects. Lisbon, Portugal, Transatlantic Education and Training Conference, Dec. 9.
Andrew Yeaman, J. N. Eastmond, Vicki Napper, & R.W. Burniske (2004). The Past is Prologue: Re-Defining the ethics of educational technology. At the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, Illinois, October 21.
Donn Ritchie, J. N. Eastmond, Susan Pedersen (2004). Transatlantic cooperation for exchange of student interns, faculty, and knowledge in Instructional Technology, at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, Illinois, October 21.
J. N. Eastmond (2006). A snapshot evaluation of the Instructional Technology Department at Utah State University 2004. Poster session at the Hawaii International conference on education, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 6-9.
J. N. Eastmond, Debora Escalante, Zach Tippetts, Jenifer Jorgensen, & Kerry Quinn (2006). A Two-Year Study of Teacher Supply and Demand Factors in Utah. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Awards & Honors
2004 Outstanding Editorial Service award (1987-2002). Presented by the Research and
Theory and Design and Development Divisions of the Association for Educational
Communications and Technology (AECT),
2003 University Diversity Award, Faculty member category,
2001 Golden Mouse Award, for Outstanding Innovation in Technology, Teaching and Learning
2001 WebCT Exemplary Course Project, for course “Educational Research for the Classroom
Teacher,”
1999 Honors Senior Seminar Faculty Award,.
1993 "Professor of the Year" by the International Student Council, Utah State University
Projects
Xanadu simulation
Brazil video
Discover Brazil
Performance Report for Dominican Republic
AECT Presentation -- Oct. 2009
Courses
INST 6510: Research and Evaluation in Instructional Technology
INST 7000: Pro-seminar I in Instructional Technology
INST 7010: Proseminar II in Instructional Technology
INST 7150: Advanced Seminar in Instructional Technology
INST 6570: Performance Systems
INST 7300: Research in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
INST 6240: Instructional Analysis
INST 6505: Foundations of Instructional Technology
INST 7870: Current Issues Seminar
INST 6870: Current Issues Seminar