Victoria Lowell

Academic Record

• 2009 Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Education, Regent University
  • Concentration: Distance Education
  • Concentration: Higher Education – Research and Institutional Planning
• 2004 Master’s of Education (M.Ed.), University of Hawaii
• 1998 Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Education Program, University of Hawaii
• 1994 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Virginia Wesleyan College

Licenses, Registrations, and Certifications

• 2019 Quality Matters (Q.M.) Certification, Purdue University
• 2012 Online Instructional Design Certification, Regent University
• 2011 Blackboard Course Management System 9.1, Regent University
• 2007 Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, Major: Distance Education, Regent University
• 2007 Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, Major: Higher Education Research and Institutional Planning, Regent University
• 2006 Doctoral Teaching Certificate, Regent University
• 2006 Blackboard Course Management System, Regent University
• 2005 Certified Internet Web Professional: Master CIW Designer
• Certified Internet Web Professional: E-Commerce Designer – August 2005
• Certified Internet Web Professional: Professional – March 2005
• Certified Internet Web Professional: Associate – November 2004
• 1998 Teaching Certification – Secondary Education, University of Hawaii

• 2023 – Present: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Clinical Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Design and
    Technology
• 2018 – 2023: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Design and
    Technology
• 2012 – 2018: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Design and
    Technology
• 2012 – 2017: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Program Convener, Online MSEd in Learning Design and Technology
• 2011 – 2012: Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Director of Professional Licensure Programs
• 2009 – 2011: Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Director of Continuing Education & Instructional and Web Technologies
• 2005 – 2009: Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Instructional Designer
• 2003 – 2005: Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Curriculum Technology Support Coordinator

Research Awards and Honors

• 2025 Best Paper Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) – SIG 35: Online Teaching and Learning. “The interrelationships between social presence and cognitive presence in online courses: An epistemic network analysis.”
• 2024 Outstanding Journal Article Award, Association of Educational Communication & Technology (AECT), Systems Thinking and Change Division. “The design of immersive virtual reality (IVR) learning using systems thinking.” TechTrends 68(1), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00922-1
  2023 Emerging Learning Technologies Award, Association of Educational Communication & Technology (AECT), Division of Emerging Learning Technologies – 2nd Place. “Development and Implementation of Augmented Reality-Enhanced Instructional Resources for Taxonomy and Classification in K12 Schools and Teacher Education.”
• 2023 Outstanding Design Case Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) – SIG 31: Design & Technology. “Authentic learning experiences to improve online instructor’s performance and self‐efficacy: The design of an online mentoring program.”
• 2022 Distance Learning Article Award, Association of Educational Communication & Technology (AECT), Division of Distance Learning, Application Category. “Developing practical knowledge and skills of online instructional design students through authentic learning and real-world activities.”
• 2020 Best Research Paper Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) – SIG 35: Online Teaching and Learning: “Using personalized learning as an instructional approach to motivate learners in online higher education: Learner self-determination and intrinsic motivation.”
• 2019 Best Research Paper Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) – SIG 35: Online Teaching and Learning “Enhancing academic self-efficacy in online settings: A systematic review.”
• 2018 Distance Education Book Award, Division of Distance Learning (AECT), Leading and managing e-Learning: What the e-Learning leader needs to know. Springer.
• 2017 Best Concurrent Presentation Paper Award, Division of Organizational Training and Performance (AECT), – “Professional training in the multigenerational office for skill development – generational attitudes toward technology and learning.”
• 2015 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Cross-Cultural Research Award, Award is given for outstanding scholarly work submitted to AECT that addresses cross-cultural or cross-national issues that have implications in educational technology. Paper, “Acculturation into a collaborative online learning environment.”
• 2015 McJulien Scholar Best Research Paper Award, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Division of Culture and Technology, Division of Culture, Learning and Technology, AECT. Awarded to a paper discussing a theoretical construct or research that could guide further study and/or development in the nexus of Culture, Learning and Technology. Awarded for a conference paper, “Acculturation into a collaborative online learning environment.”
• 2002 Research Fellow, Educational Technology Program, University of Hawaii.

Teaching Awards and Honors

• 2024 Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, Senior Fellow, Purdue University (2024)
• 2024 Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship, Senior Fellow, Purdue University (2023-2024)
• 2023 Best Practices Award, Association of Educational Communication and Technologies (AECT), Division for Organizational Training and Performance, for work on the Novice Instructor Mentor-Mentee Program.
• 2023 Teaching Leadership Award, Purdue Provost’s Office, “The Teaching Leadership Award supports the pursuit of excellence in teaching and the development of teaching leaders.” Project awarded: “Enhancing Instruction Through Integrating Extended Reality (XR) Experiences for Experiential Learning Opportunities.”
• 2023 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, College of Education, Purdue University (2022-2023)
• 2023 Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, Senior Fellow, Purdue University (2022-2023)
• 2023 Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship, Senior Fellow, Purdue University (2022-2023)
• 2017 Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, Junior Faculty, Purdue University, (2016-2017)
• 2017 Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship, Junior Faculty, Purdue University, (2016-2017)
• 2016 Best Practices Award, Division of Distance Learning, Association of Educational Communications and Technologies, 2nd Place, “Building a collaborative online learning community through the development of professional and interpersonal competencies.”
• 2016 Excellence in Distance Learning Award, Graduate Credit course, Office of Digital Education and the Provost, Purdue University, EDCI 569 – Introduction to E-Learning
• 2015 Wiley Teaching Fellows Award, Wiley (2013-2015)

Engagement/Service Awards and Honors

• 2021 Presidential Special Service Award, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) – In recognition of the significant contribution to the success of the 2020 Virtual AECT Conference.
• 2008 Distinctive Service Award, Regent University
• 2006 Promotional Excellence Award, National Association of Graduate Schools Admissions Professionals. Category: Winning Strategies for Web Design
• 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award, Learning Design and Technology, University of Hawaii

Other Awards

• 2009 Outstanding Graduate of Doctorate of Philosophy in Education Award, Dual concentration in Distance Education and Higher Education Research and Institutional Planning, Regent University
• 2005 The American Association of Webmasters Gold Award, School of Psychology and Counseling website, Regent University

• 2024 – Present Woman’s Global Health Institute (WGHI)
• 2023 – Present International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)
• 2023 – Present Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
• 2017 – Present University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)
• 2013 – Present Association for the Advancement in Computing Education (AACE)
• 2013 – Present American Association of Educational Research (AERA)
• 2008 – Present Counselor Educators in Second Life (CESL)
• 2007 – Present Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
• 2007 – Present Microsoft Online Research Panel
• 1993 – Present Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society
• 1993 – Present Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society

• Li, B., Lowell, V. L., Wang, C., & Li, X. (2024). A systematic review of the first year of publications on ChatGPT and language education: Examining research on ChatGPT’s use in language learning and teaching. Computer & Education: Artificial Intelligence, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100266
• Lowell, V. L. & Yan, W. (2024). The design of immersive virtual reality (IVR) learning using systems thinking. TechTrends 68(1), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00922-1
• Lowell, V. L., & Tagare, D. (2023). Authentic learning and fidelity in virtual reality learning experiences for self-efficacy and transfer. Computers and Education: X Reality, 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cexr.2023.100017
• Lowell, V. L., & Ilobinso, A. (2023). Virtual reality in higher education, creating authentic learning experiences. In S. Wa-Mbaleka, K. Thompson, & L. Casimiro (Eds). The Sage Handbook of Online Higher Education. Sage.
• Lowell, V. L., & Yan, W. (2023). Facilitating foreign language conversation simulations in virtual reality for authentic learning. In T. Cherner & A. Fegely (Eds.), Bridging the XR Technology-to-Practice Gap: Methods and Strategies for Blending Extended Realities into Classroom Instruction, Volume 1 (pp. 119-133). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education and Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. https://www.learntechlib.org/p/222242/
• White, S., & Lowell, V. L. (2023). Instructional design practice considerations for augmented reality (AR) content creation and implementation in undergraduate science. In A. Fegely & T. Cherner (Eds), Bridging the XR Technology-to-Practice Gap: Methods and Strategies for Blending Extended Realities into Classroom Instruction, Volume 2, (pp. 197-209). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education and Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. https://www.learntechlib.org/p/222242/
• Lowell, V. L., & Yang, M. (2022). Authentic learning experiences to improve online instructor’s performance and self-efficacy: The design of an online mentoring program. TechTrends. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-022-00770-5
• Lowell, V. L., & Moore, R. L. (2020). Developing practical knowledge and skills of online instructional design students through authentic learning and real-world activities. TechTrends, 64(4), 581-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00518-z
• Alamari, H., Lowell, V. L., Watson, B., & Watson, S. (2020). Using personalized learning as an instructional approach experience to motivate learners in online higher education: Learner self-determination and intrinsic motivation. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 52(3), 322-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2020.1728449 †
• Yang, M., Lowell, V. L., Talafha, A., & Harbor, J. (2020). Transfer of training, trainee’s attitudes and best practices in training design: A multiple-case study. TechTrends, 64(1).
• Lowell, V. L., & Hanshaw, G. (2019). Improving performance, self-efficacy, and motivation: Structured online training and authentic learning. In J. Stefaniak (Ed.) Cases on Learning Design and Human Performance Technology. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global.
• Hanshaw, G., & Lowell, V. L. (2019). Leading edge training for leading edges: Experiential learning to improve human performance and product quality. In J. Stefaniak (Ed.) Cases on Learning Design and Human Performance Technology. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global.
• Lowell V. L., & Morris. J. (2019). Leading changes to professional training in the multigenerational office: Generational attitudes and preferences toward learning and technology. Performance Improvement Quarterly. doi: 10.1002/piq.21290
• Lowell V. L., & Morris. J. (2019). Multigenerational college classrooms: Equity and learning with technology. The International Journal of Information and Learning Technologies, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJILT-06-2018-0068.
• Lowell V. L., & Alshammari, A. (2018). Experiential learning experiences in an online 3-D virtual environment for skill development: Interviewing and mental health diagnosis role-playing. Educational Technology Research and Development, 67(4). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-018-9632-8
• Lowell, V. L., & Ashby, I. V. (2018). Supporting the development of collaboration and feedback skills of instructional designers. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 30(1). 1-21. doi:10.1007/s12528-018-9170-8
• Pina. T., Lowell, V. L. & Harris, B. (Eds.) (2017). What the e-Learning leader needs to know: Leading and managing e-Learning. Springer Publishing.
• Lowell, V. L. & Exter, M. (2017). Leading a collaborative effort: Providing effective training and support for online adjunct instructors. International Journal of Designs for Learning.
• Ashby, I. V., & Walker, V. L. (2015). Acculturation into a collaborative online learning environment. 38th Annual Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Association of Educational Technologies, Volume 2: Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology, Indianapolis, Indiana. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED570118.pdf#page=8
• Walker, V. L. (2010, Winter/Spring). Virtual Leadership. Thoughts on the Matter. Regent University.
• Walker, V. L. (2009). Traditional and 3D virtual learning activities: Evaluating cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning. Learning Technologies Conference, Mooloolaba Queensland, Australia.
• Walker, V. L., & Rockinson-Szapkiw, A. J. (2009). Educational opportunities for clinical counseling simulations in Second Life. Innovate, 5(5). https://nsuworks.nova.edu/innovate/vol5/iss5/5/
• Walker, V. L. (2009). 3D virtual learning in counselor education: Using Second Life in counselor skill development. Journal of Virtual World Research, 2(1). https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/423/463
• Rockinson-Szapkiw, A. J., & Walker, V. L. (2009). Web 2.0: Facilitating interactivity and collaborative relationships in an online human service counseling skills course. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 27(3), 175-193. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15228830903093031?journalCode=wths20