HIGH POINT, N.C., July 14, 2009 – Dr. Jane Bowser, assistant professor of education and technology coordinator in the School of Education at High Point University, was recently asked to serve on an Educational Technology Advisory Council for Pearson, a textbook publishing company.
In her new role, Bowser will help review materials and formats for new Educational Technology textbooks, as well as the corresponding support Web sites.
“I was honored – and surprised – to be asked to serve on the panel, and I hope that it will lead to other opportunities, such as becoming a content contributor to one of the educational technology textbooks,” Bowser says. “I have already been asked to react to new video content and design layouts for two texts in development. I think perhaps I was asked to serve on the Advisory Council because I have a different perspective on what should be included in the textbooks. Many educational technology textbooks tend to focus on facts and information, and I tend to focus on real-world projects – how our students will use instructional technology once they are teachers in their own classrooms.”
She began serving the council in May; the position will continue for at least one year.
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 50 countries and more than 40 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” The university offers 66 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at www.highpoint.edu. Chris DudleyVice President for [email protected]