Martin Siegel
Director of Graduate Studies, Informatics
Professor of Informatics
- Phone
- (812) 856-1103
- Office
- Informatics East, Room 242
- Hours
- By appointment; very flexible and welcome student meetings. Send email to set up a meeting.
Other Titles
- Professor of Cognitive Science, College of Arts and Sciences
- Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, School of Education
Research Interests
Design pedagogy; design of digital learning environments; e-learning; new collaborative discussion spaces; and visualization tools for time- and space-based data.
Education
- Ph.D., 1973, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (in Educational Psychology)
Biography
Marty is a Professor of Informatics, Education, and Cognitive Science. From 1991-1999 he was the director of research and development at the Center for Excellence in Education. In this context he founded Indiana University's first start-up company, WisdomTools (founded in 1999). The WisdomTools Scenarios product is designed to develop deep, insightful learning, a kind of practical intelligence or tacit knowledge.
Marty is among a group of pioneers in computer-based learning, beginning with his work in the 1970's and 1980's on the PLATO system. At the University of Illinois, Marty was a professor in the Departments of Information Science and Educational Psychology. Additionally, he was the assistant director of the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory (CERL) and head of CERL's Curriculum and Applications Group. Between 1990 and 1991, he served as director of professional services at Authorware (now Macromedia, Inc.). In 1988, he was Microsoft's first faculty fellow.
At the School of Informatics, Marty's research focuses on the design of Digital Learning Environments, including the development of deep conversation spaces as well as and time- and space-based visualization tools. His current focus is on design pedagogy, the education of next generation interaction designers.
