Carl F. Berger

Carl F. Berger, Sr. is Professor and Dean Emeritus at the University of Michigan. and Director of Advanced Academic Technologies in the Collaboratory for Advanced Research and Academic Technologies (CARAT) in the Provost's Office. Additionally, he is the National Research Fellow for the Apple Digital Campus program with Apple Computer Inc. In 2006 he was honored being named as an NMC (New Media Consortium) Fellow the second such fellow in the 14 year history of the award. In 2001, he was honored with the EDUCAUSE Leadership in Information Technology Award. Carl has made significant contributions to not only the University of Michigan family but to the entire EDUCAUSE community. Carl is probably best known for working to understand how people learn using technology and assessment of the appropriate use of technology in teaching and learning. However, he was also a founder of EDUCAUSE's National Learning Infrastructure Initiative's (NLII) - Academic Educational Support Objects Project (AESOP) in 1995. AESOP evolved, along with other projects, to be the IMS Global Learning Consortium Project of today. Carl served as the founding chairman of the board for IMS from 1996 through 2004. Carl also serves on the Advisory Board of the Multimedia Educational Resources for Research and Online Teaching (MERLOT) and was the Michigan project director for MERLOT from 1999 to 2003. From 1958 to 1966, Carl was a high school science teacher. Then, from 1966 to 1971, he was an Associate Research Scientist at UC-Berkeley. From 1972 to 2003, Carl has been an Associate Professor and Professor of Science Education at the University of Michigan. He was the Associate Dean and Dean of Education from 1979 to 1988, the Director of Instructional Technology from 1989-1995, and the Director of Academic Information Processes from 1989-1999. From 1999-2002 he was Academic Liaison for the Office of the CIO and appointed as Director of Advanced Academic Technologies. Carl received a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Denver in 1958, a M.A. in Physics and Science Education from California State University in 1966, and his Ed.D. in Science Education from UC-Berkeley in 1971. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Mu Epsilon. He is the author of twentyone books, over sixty chapters and articles, and holds two patents. Carl was recognized at the EDUCAUSE meeting in 1999 for his leadership and involvement in NLII and his work on the IMS Project. In 1996, Carl received the Distinguished Contributions to Science Education Research Award from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.