Dr. John Cowan
Program Director and Faculty
cowanj@csus.edu
Dr. Cowan began his career in human service in 1981 as an educational assistant in a special education program that served severely emotionally disturbed children. His background also includes work in group homes, psychiatric hospitals, K-12 public schools and colleges and universities; institutions in which he has served in diverse roles such as: case manager, crisis intervention instructor, K-12 classroom teacher, staff development specialist, technology coordinator and university lecturer and professor.
In the early 1990s, Dr. Cowan began his work in the field of educational technology. Midway through his Master's program, the world wide web was invented and he began exploring the use Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and the creation of web sites for educational purposes. Since that time he has been developing and teaching lessons, courses and staff development programs related to teaching and learning with technology and the Internet. Topics for which he has created technology based content include: computer applications, technology integration, web page design, desktop publishing, instructional video and computer networking.
Dr. Cowan is currently a Professor of Educational Technology at Sacramento State where, in addition to serving as the as the Director of the Internet-Based Master's Degree in Educational Technology (iMET) Program, he is also the Graduate Technology Programs Coordinator. He has an active interest in social justice issues and practitioner research and teaches courses in educational research, education for a democratic and pluralistic society for the iMET program.
Dr. Cowan started his career in Peoria, Illinois and comes to Sacramento State after having lived and worked for 20 years in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, he earned a Bachelor's in Multicultural Teacher Education, a Master's Degree in Training and Learning Technologies and a PhD in Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies.
 Joyce Dibble
Faculty
jdibble@csus.edu
Joyce Dibble is a new member of the iMET faculty and brings over 20 years of full-time high school teaching experience to the program. Joyce recently reinstituted and is chair of her school's technology committee. She is an elected member of her school's leadership committee and district website committee. In addition to her committee work, Joyce continues to teach high school science full-time.
Joyce is also an alumna of the iMET program and her master's project was accepted for presentation at the International Society for Information Technology in Education (SITE) in March of 2005. Her professional affiliations include the Sacramento Computer Using Educators Association (CapCUE), The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and the Society for Information Technology in Education (SITE).
A Sacramento State alumna from back in the day, Joyce is committed to the professional development of teachers through the fusion of technology, teaching, and learning.
 Vickie Carr
Faculty
vcduax@gmail.com
Vickie Carr has been interested in technology and media since she
learned how to program Fortran with punch cards. She was among the
first women admitted to Lane Technical High School in Chicago. After
a brief radio career in Iowa in the early 80s, she attended CSUS where
she wrote her own major in Desktop Publishing and Multimedia to finish
her BA in Communication Studies.
At about that same time she started working as a volunteer in the
technology education program at Birch Lane Elementary in Davis, CA.
She was hired to work at Valley Oak Elementary in Davis in 1999. While
there she co-developed several programs for integrating technology
into the curriculum using video and multimedia. In 2001 she helped
produce a video for the that won a state wide award for California
Student Media and Multimedia Festival. Her work for DJUSD includes
EETT grant facilitation, technology integration workshops and instructional technology support at Birch Lane Elementary.
Vickie is a graduate of iMet and was in Cohort 7. Her Action Research
project was an exploration on blending storytelling with multimedia to
teach English language learners. She has had the honor of helping
iMet students with their Literature Reviews for the 507 class, and for
this semester she will be teaching the 282 class.
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