Stephen C. Ehrmann
serves as vice president of
The Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Group, and as director of its
Flashlight Program for the Study and
Improvement of Educational Uses of
Technology. One of his better known
articles is “Asking the Right Questions:
What Does Research Tell Us About
Technology and Higher Learning.” That
title says a great deal about his
career. Since 1975, Dr. Ehrmann has
worked on two interdependent themes: (1)
how best to use technology to improve
education and (2) how educators can use
evidence to see how they can make
better, easier progress in those
directions.
From 1985-96, Dr.
Ehrmann served as the Senior Program
Officer for Interactive Technologies
with the Annenberg/CPB Projects in
Washington, DC. There he helped fund
pioneering work in networking,
educational restructuring, multimedia,
faculty development, and evaluation of
technology. From 1991-94, Ehrmann also
served as senior program officer with
the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science
Project, an initiative to improve the
teaching of math and science in the
public schools.
From 1978-85, Dr.
Ehrmann was a program officer with the
Fund for the Improvement of
Post-secondary Education (FIPSE), his
work dealt mainly with educational
technology, evaluation, and strategies
for program improvement. He received his
PhD in management and higher education
from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.