Courses Taught

• TBE 550 Computer Managed Instruction
• TBE 540 Programming Applications
• TBE 518 Current Topics in Educational Technology
• TBE 520 Introduction to Computers in Education
• GED 500 Research Methods

Degrees

• Ed.D. USC, Los Angeles
• M. S. California State University, Long Beach
• B.A. Ed. Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Publications \ Presentations

• Desberg, P. & Fisher, F. (2001, 1998, 1995) Teaching with Technology. Allyn & Bacon.
• Will Technology Transform Education? (March, 2004) Webcast for OLLIOnline.
• Special Education and Technology Presentation Series (November/December, 2003 and April/May, 2004), LAUSD PDS Districts G, I, J, K
• Education and Information Technology (November, 2003), Omnilore, CSUDH
• Using QuickThinks (October, 2000) International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, Redondo Beach, CA.
• Diversity of Distance Taking a Course Online (March, 2000) AAHE National Conference on Higher Education, Anaheim, CA.
• We’ve Gone about as Far as We Can Go – Or Have We? (January, 1999) AAHE Faculty Roles & Rewards Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Instructional Leader Curriculum Modules (revision, 1997), Henson Publishing.
• Web Pages as Multimedia Reports: Using HTML Offline (May, 1997), CUE Conference, Palm Springs, CA
• Desberg, P. & Fisher, F. (1996). Using Technology in Case Methodology, in Colbert, J., Desberg, P. & Trimble, K. (eds). The Case for Education: Contemporary Approaches for Using Case Methods, Allyn & Bacon.
• Assistive Technology Specialist Certificate Program: A Collaborative Effort (June, 1996, with L. Belkin). National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC.
• Computers and the Special Education Teacher: Creating Individualized Education Plans, in E. Murdock & P. Desberg, Computers and the Curriculum: Exercises for Integrating Technology into the Curriculum, Business and Educational Technologies, 1994.
  Fisher, F. Blackaller, C. & Jackson, J. Case Studies in Special Education, The TAM newsletter, Spring 1992.

Professional Associations

• American Educational Research Association
• Computer Using Educators
• Council for Exceptional Children
• American Association for Higher Education
• Phi Delta Kappa
• Phi Kappa Phi

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