Dr. Williams van Rooij is assistant professor in the Instructional Technology program of the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Dr. Williams van Rooij teaches courses in the e-Learning graduate certificate program using course formats that model the various e-Learning delivery modes and emphasizing the application of instructional design principles and learning theories to e-Learning in both educational and training settings. Dr. Williams van Rooij received her Ph.D. in Instructional Technology with a minor in Software Information Systems from George Mason University in 2007. She also has a doctorate in Quantitative Methods from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, a Masters in Political Science from the American University of Beirut, and a Bachelors degree in Romance Languages from City College New York. Prior to joining George Mason University, Dr. Williams van Rooij worked for 10 years as Director of Product Marketing at Datatel, Inc., in Fairfax, VA, where she facilitated the engineering of new e-learning technology solutions. Her corporate experience included management positions in software marketing and market research in the financial and advertising industries. As a Certified Distance Education Professional (C.D.E.P.) credentialed by Texas A&M University, Dr. Williams van Rooij is a frequent speaker on the development of Web-based education and has published in journals such as the WebNet Journal, the Journal of Modern Business, and the Marketing Research Review. She also holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential from the Project Management Institute, Inc.

•  Open source software for administrative and instructional application
• Project-based learning in virtual environments
• Project management in instructional design
• Leveraging on-campus technologies to internal and external audiences
• (Re)training older workers (50+)

 Articles

• (2009). Adopting open source software in higher education: A cross-disciplinary review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 79(2), 682-701.
• (2009). Scaffolding project-based learning with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Computers & Education, 52(1), 210-219.
• (2007). Open source software in US higher education: Reality or illusion? Education and Information Technologies, 12(4), 191-209.
• (2007). Perceptions of Open Source vs. Commercial Software: Is Higher Education Still on the Fence?Journal of Research on Technology in Education 39(4), 433-454.
• (2007). WebMail vs. WebApp: Comparing problem-based learning methods in a business research methods course. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 18(4), 555-569.      
• (2006). Building niche brands: Lessons learned from the technology Super-brands. Journal of Modern Business, University of Sarasota College of Business Administration. Available online May 24, 2006: http://www.dcpress.com. 
• (2000). Conflict management among adult learners in the computer-mediated environment. WebNet Journal, 2(4), 45-51.

Book Chapters

• (2009). Project Management for Project-based Learning: A Case Study of Course Projects with Small Virtual Instructional Design Teams. In T. Kidd (Ed.), Online education and adult learning: New frontiers for teaching practices (pp. 247-263). Hershey: IGI Global, Information Science Reference.

Selected Conference Presentations

•  Williams van Rooij, S. & Dabbagh, N. Facilitating Project-based Learning in Virtual Teams Using Project Management Methodology. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April, 2009.
• Williams van Rooij, S. & Lemp, L. Positioning e-Learning Graduate Certificate Programs: Higher Education and the Development of a Profession. E-Learn 2008: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV, November, 2008.
• Dabbagh, N. & Williams van Rooij. S. A Three Component Framework for Balancing Pedagogy and Technology in E-Learning Design. AECT International Convention, Orlando, FL, November, 2008.
• Williams van Rooij, S. Online project-based learning processes and outcomes in post-secondary education. The 6^th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2008. Orlando, FL, June, 2008.
•       _________________. Using project management to enhance project-based learning. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, January, 2008.
•   ________________. Open source software in higher education: Opportunity or illusion? Norwegian Research and Education Network, Fairfax, VA, October, 2007.
•   ________________. Open source software in higher education: Myth or illusion? 3^rd Annual Innovations in e-Learning Symposium, Fairfax, VA, June, 2007.
•   ________________. Will Open source software really level the playing field? League forInnovation CIT Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, October, 2006.

• Graduate School of Education
• Instructional Technology Program Office
• Instructional Technology

• Innovations in Distance Learning (EDIT - 611)
• Analysis and Design of Multimedia/Hypermedia Environments (EDIT - 730)

• Instructional Design (EDIT - 705)
• Scripting and Programming (EDIT - 530)
• Project Management Tools (EDIT - 573)
• Networking Tools (EDIT - 574)