College of Education and Human Development

Instructional Technology Program

Nada Dabbagh

PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor

Contact Information

Send email to ndabbagh@gmu.edu

Phone: (703) 993-4439
Fax: (703) 993-2722

George Mason University, Fairfax Campus
Commerce II 107C
4400 University Dr.
MS 5D6
Fairfax, VA 22030

Profile

Nada Dabbagh is associate professor of Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at George Mason University. She teaches graduate courses in learning theory, instructional design, and e-learning design and pedagogy in the Instructional Design and Development (IDD) track of the Instructional Technology program in CEHD. In 2003, Dr. Dabbagh received the George Mason University Teaching Excellence award.

Dr. Dabbagh's research explores the pedagogical ecology of technology mediated learning environments with the goal of understanding the social and cognitive consequences of learning design. 

Dr. Dabbagh has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and presented her work at over 100 scholarly venues participating as a keynote and invited speaker at several international, national, and regional conferences. For more information on Dr. Dabbagh's academic profile and publications visit her homepage at: http://mason.gmu.edu/~ndabbagh/

Research Interests

Dr. Dabbagh's current research areas include: (1) task structuring in e-learning; (2) problem generation and representation in case-based learing; and (3) supporting student self-regulation in distributed (blended) learning. Related publications can be found at: http://mason.gmu.edu/~ndabbagh/pub.html

Recent Publications

BOOKS

Kitsantas, A., & Dabbagh, N. (in press). Learning to learn with Integrative Learning Technologies (ILT): A practical guide for academic success. Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing.

Dabbagh, N. & Bannan-Ritland, B. (2005). Online learning: Concepts, strategies, and application. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Dabbagh, N., & Williams-Blijd, C. (in press). Student perceptions of learning in an authentic instructional design context: A case study. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning.

Beattie, M., & Dabbagh, N. (in press). Student and instructor perceptions of the usefulness of CBMW in supporting the teaching and assessment of computer networking skills: An exploratory study. Advances in Engineering Education.

Dabbagh, N., & Reo, R. (in press). Back to the future: Tracing the roots and learning affordances of social software. In M.J.W. Lee and C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Web 2.0-based e-Learning:  Applying social informatics for tertiary teaching. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Dabbagh, N., & Williams-Blijd, C. (2009). Case designs for ill-structured problems: Analysis and implications for practice. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 18(2), 141-170.

Dabbagh, N. (2007). Alan Wydell: What are you really consenting to? In P.A. Ertmer and J. Quinn (Eds.), The ID casebook: Case studies in instructional design (3rd edition, pp. 235-246). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Dabbagh, N., & Benson, A. (2007). Technology, globalization, and distance education: Pedagogical models and constructs. In J. Levy, J. Thompson, and M. Hayden (Eds.), Handbook of Research in International Education (pp. 188-198). Sage Publications.

Kitsantas, A., Kitsantas, P., Kitsantas, T. & Dabbagh, N. (2006). Enhancing student self-regulation in college classrooms with web-based pedagogical tools. Academic Exchange Quarterly, v10, n4, pp. 215-219.

Dabbagh, N., & Menasce, D. (2006). Student perceptions of engineering entrepreneurship: An exploratory study. Journal of Engineering Education, v95, n2, pp.153-163.

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