Michael Willits

Current

• Instructional Technology Specialist and Adjunct Professor at University of Mary Washington

Past

• Adjunct Instructor in Communication Studies and Sociology at Christopher Newport University
• Instructional Technology Designer at Christopher Newport University
• Adjunct Instructor in Communication Studies at Thomas Nelson Community College

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Education

• Ohio University
• Ohio University

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Higher Education

Michael Willits’s Education

• Ohio University

  Master of Education, College Student Personnel with Emphasis in Higher Education Admin. and Organizational Leadership, 2001 — 2005

• Ohio University

  Bachelor of Science in Communication, Organizational Communication with Emphasis in Training and Development, 1995 — 2000

Additional Information

Michael Willits’s Interests:

• Technology training and adult learners with emphasis in emerging technologies / Web 2.0 • Intersections of emerging technologies and youth culture in the areas of relational communication, identify formation, and the changing nature of work and vocation • Ways in which innovation diffusion throughout history has affected how we think, teach, and learn about our modern society and ourselves • Hacker culture and cyberculture • Copyright and patent law, examining chilling effects in relation to culture and technological innovation

Michael Willits’s Groups:

• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• New Media Consortium
• EDUCAUSE

Michael Willits’s Honors:

• Samuel L. Becker Award for Top Graduate Student Paper in Media Studies, 2006
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005
• Ohio University Outstanding Master’s Student Award Recipient, 2004
• Ohio University Outstanding Master’s Student Award Finalist, 2002
• Order of Omega National Greek Honor Society, 2000