Trey Martindale

Trey Martindale is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) program with the University of Memphis. He is a research scientist with the University of Memphis Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS), a collection of researchers from computer science, cognitive science, engineering, and linguistics who are creating intelligent tutoring and instructional systems of the future. Dr. Martindale is the Director of the IDT Studio, an e-learning business and consultancy within the College of Education.

Dr. Martindale’s research and expertise is in the design and analysis of online learning environments. His work over the past few years has been toward addressing the question: “How do the affordances and constraints of the instructional strategies and tools in online learning environments influence what students learn?” His research efforts have been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. Department of Education, the Institute of Education Sciences, Microsoft Corporation, and the State of Florida.

Dr. Martindale has contributed to the creation of three fully online masters degree programs at three universities, and has developed numerous online courses. He has pioneered the effective pedagogical use of social software tools for enabling collaborative learning environments.

He is currently on the review board for Educational Technology Research and Development, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, the Journal of Applied Instructional Design, and the British Journal of Educational Technology. More information can be found at his website at teachable.org.