Charlottesvillle, Virginia
Home e-mail: vlagood@hotmail.com
Personal Website: http://www.goodkovsky.org

V L A DI M I R   G O O D K O V S KY, Ph.D.

INTERESTS:

A major area of my expertise is Instructional Research, Analysis, Design, and Development. My past experience covers all these aspects in corporate, industry and defense environments. My current work at Medical Education Department of School of Medicine, University of Virginia covers these aspects in academia.

My current Research, Analysis, and Design are focused on Competence-Based Learning Management, which means a job/tasks/competencies-oriented organization of learning content, easy authoring, learners modeling, and the most effective adaptive delivery, testing, diagnosing and remedy of competencies.

In Design and Development aspects, I created more than 50 computer/web-based courses in different domains using a variety of different learning strategies and technologies , authoring tools and programming languages. My latest online interactive multimedia courses have been created for University of Virginia students by using Macromedia Dreamweaver, Photoshop, QuickTime Pro, and Reload tools.

I have a strong interest in managing and developing curricular for computer/web-based and blended learning solutions.

BACKGROUND:

•  In Methodology: Interdisciplinary Research and Design of complex Man-Machine Systems;

•  In Science: Systems Analysis, Systems Theory, Operations Research, Control Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Test Theory, Pattern Recognition, Technical Diagnostics, Measurement Theory, Knowledge Engineering, and Fuzzy Logic;

•  In Systems Design: Customer Interviewing, Task Analysis, Requirements Elicitation, Conceptual Design, Architecture Design, Proposals Writing, Project Leading, Knowledge/Data Modeling, Algorithms Design, Interface Design, User Modeling, Prototype Development, Testing and Debugging, Authoring Helps, Tutorials and Business Presentations.

•  Adult learning theory , Didactics, Assessment, Cognitive Diagnostics, Instructional System Design, and Principles of online development ;

•  e-Learning Technologies, Knowledge/Learning Management and Job/Performance Support;

•  PC/Mac, MSOffice, CBT/Web Authoring tools, Dreamweaver, Lectora, SCORM, Reload, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, and XML.

VISION:

My vision of innovative cost-effective Learning Management is based on the following propositions:

•  Separating Logical and Media aspects of Learning Management.

•  In Logical (control) aspect, proposing a Unified Learning Manager including

•  Analyst/Author labor-saving and quality-assuring Uniform Frameworks:

•  for job/task analysis and hierarchical representation of jobs, tasks, performances and competencies;

•  for rapid design of content and testing items by filling in ready-made frameworks with only specific data;

•  for Learner modeling to support the most effective dynamic adaptive instruction;

•  a Uniform Engine for automatic individual sequencing of basic instructional modes (delivery, testing, diagnosing and remedy) and instructional assignments (of activities/resources) to achieve 100% of learning objectives by each particular learner;

•  In Media (presentation) aspect, reuse of existing paper/CBT/WBT resources, as well as Authoring Tools and Delivery Platforms.

•  Integrating the Unified Learning Manager with existing CBT/WBT Authoring and Delivery Systems for breakthrough in cost-effective instruction.

•  Use of the Unified Learning Manager for upgrading existing Learning/Knowledge Management and Job Support Systems.

EDUCATION:

EXPERIENCE:

1. Major Affiliations:

2005-Present   Instructional Scientist/Developer, University of Virginia (UVA) , Charlottesville VA.
Responsibilities: Research, design, development and support of eLearning technologies in School of Medicine, University of Virginia. Designed and developed uniform courseware frameworks and templates for rapid design of online courses in medical education using Dreamweaver, UVA proprietary Learning Management System and SCORM-conformant Reload tools. On this basis, developed 8 online multimedia courses in cooperation with Subject Matter Experts (professors), which are used by thousands of students. As a Co-Principal Investigator of "Achieving Competence Today" project focused on development of Competence-Based Learning Management System. This system is supposed to support a job/task/competence-oriented organization of learning content with uniform frameworks, easy authoring by filling in the uniform frameworks, content quality verification and providing an instructor with advise on which learning activity/resource to assign to each particular learner to bridge the gap in his/her competencies.  Provided guidance and leadership in the analysis of professional activities, design and development of learning content. Presented and published 2 full papers at international conferences.

2004-2005   Independent Reseacher, Greenbelt MD.
In the field of Learning Technology Standards, researched on issues of Dynamic Adaptive Sequencing and Navigation of learning activities/resources within an instructional unit. Developed "Unified Generator of Intelligent Tutoring" for easy design and the best possible dynamic adaptive seqiencing/navigation of learning resources. Solely authored and applied for corresponding US patent. Developed a number of the patent extentions and new applications. Presented his new results on "Training for Tomorrow: Intelligent, Adaptive, Collaborative" NASA conference, Houston TX, 2004. Worked on extension of Learning Technology Standards, SCORM particularly, for intelligent sequencing of learning resources.

1997-2004   Senior Research Scientist, LNK Corporation, Riverdale, MD
1999-2004   Visiting Senior Research Scientist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Responsibilities: Under contracts with US NAVY developed an Intelligent Tutoring Suite (ITS) including a generic framework, tutoring engine and authoring tool for easy design and delivery of cost-effective dynamic adaptive CBT in different domains. Leading a programmer group realized three different versions of this suite each based upon latest available technologies. Transformed complex/technical information from NAVY into professional, effective adult learning content . Coordinated the content, graphics, and programming efforts on projects. Personally developed 25 units of "Maintenance & Troubleshooting" course for US NAVY as well as a number of demo courses for potential customers implementing interactive multimedia, HTML and VRML content. Under contract with TEDCO developed a Task Analysis and Visualization Tool "TAViT" for NAWCE to support easy analysis and specification of complex job/mission/tasks. Used TAViT for the pilot mission analysis to perform pre-authoring stages of instructional system design. Participated in ADL SCORM development.

1990 - 1997     Principal Scientist, Moscow Engineering & Physics Institute Moscow, Russia. Responsibilities:: Marketing, management, research, design, development and implementation of adaptive CBT for Nuclear Power Plant personnel training. Built relationship with customers, consulted customers, elicited requirements, collaboratively designed systems concepts. Developed learner models, mathematical methods, algorithms, and software prototypes of a generic framework, engine and tool for easy design, release and playback of dynamic adaptive CBTs. Leading a programmer group developed a software package "Intelligent Tutor" that has been used for dynamic adaptive CBT design in variety of different domains, presented on many conferences and exhibitions. Leading Subject Mater Experts (SME) and coordinating production of instructional materials by graphic designers developed 5 full-scale courses for nuclear power plants in Russia and Ukraine. Worked in IEEE Learning Standard Committee developing e-learning standards. Was a member of the working group for development of "Standard for Learning Object Metadata" and an active member of Standard Dictionary Group.

1983 - 1990     Senior Research Scientist, Scientific-Technical Center for Systems Modeling, Moscow, Russia.
Responsibilities: Research and Development in the field of mathematical modeling man-machine systems and their human components for implementation in aeronautical training simulators. Developed simulator-based systems for human-operator's performance, knowledge, and skills assessment, for dynamic adaptive diagnosing, and remediation of operator fault causes.

1975 - 1983     Senior Engineer and Research Scientist, Inter-University Department of Innovative Methods and Tools for Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Moscow, Russia
Responsibilities: Worked with the best Russian scientists and practitioners in Educational Technologies specializing in CBT design, CBT teaching and Cognitive Diagnostics research. Developed a number of CBT courses for CBT teaching. In parallel, studied Cognitive Diagnostics developing mathematical models, methods, algorithms, software systems, and applications for a learner knowledge/skills adaptive assessment, testing, diagnosing, and remediation.

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3. Invited Talks:

4. Teaching:

Also supervised numerous graduate and doctorate students in Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute. 1990-1995.

5. Consulting:

Provided a professional consulting for Educational and Training departments of major industrial partners such as:

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS:

Holder of 5 patents:

Author of 3 books and 3 book chapters;

Author of 47 other publications in the field of Learner Modeling, Knowledge/Skills Assessment, Adaptive Testing, Cognitive Diagnosing, and Intelligent Tutoring Systems.

AWARDS RECEIVED:

STATUS:

Permanent resident of USA (Green Card holder)

REFERENCES:

Refrences are available upon request.