About PACER

Principal Investigators

Michael Spector, Ph.D.

Project E1: Higher Education

Michael Spector, Ph.D.Dr. Michael Spector, Ph.D. is Associate Director of the Learning Systems Institute, Professor of Instructional Systems, and Principal Investigator for the International Center for Learning, Education and Performance Systems at Florida State University. He is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin. His recent research is in the areas of intelligent performance support for instructional design, system dynamics based learning environments, assessing learning in complex domains, and technology integration in education. Dr. Spector served on the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (ibstpi) as Executive Vice President, is on the Executive Committee of the IEEE Learning Technology Task Force, is a past-President of the Design and Development Division of the Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT), is Editor of ETR&D-Development, and edited the third edition of the Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology.

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