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A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Jim Mladenovic/Steven Heinen

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Molenda, Michael.

Collection No.
C508

Extent
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Michael Molenda was a professor of Instructional Systems Technology at the School of Education at Indiana University from 1972 until his retirement in 2005. During his career he co-authored the foundational textbook in his field, "Instructional Media and the New Technologies of Instruction," which is still in use today. This collection contains materials relating to Molenda's research, including editions 1 through 8 of his major textbook, articles he wrote, and presentations he made. The collection also contains his teaching material.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research, except for one folder of biographical information. Advance notice required to access items in this folder.

Advance notice required for access to collection.

Biographical Note

Dr. Michael Molenda was born on November 19, 1941, in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Marquette University High School, a Jesuit school in Milwaukee, majoring in classics. Following High School he attended Marquette University with an interest in writing and journalism. He earned a BA, cum laude, in Speech (Television) and English in 1963. After his graduation from Marquette, Molenda competed for and was awarded a doctoral fellowship to study instructional technology at Syracuse University under the National Defense Education Act. While at Syracuse his mentor Donald P. Ely helped Molenda gain a Ford Foundation internship at the National Education Association in Washington D. C. in 1965.

In 1967, Molenda earned his Master of Science in Instructional Technology from Syracuse. During his doctoral studies Molenda accepted a position as an Assistant Professor with the School of Education at the University of Northern Carolina at Greensboro. At UNC-G he developed and taught graduate courses in instructional media, served as Coordinator of the Center for Instructional Media, and planned its new facilities. His work at UNC-G brought him to the attention of the major professional association, the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction (later the Association for Educational Communications and Technology-AECT), where he met association leaders that included Indiana University professor Robert Heinich. After completing his doctorate at Syracuse in 1971, Molenda joined the Instructional Systems Technology faculty at IU. Molenda spent the rest of his career at IU.

Molenda compiled a long list of achievements while serving as faculty at IU. Some of his major achievements included nationally recognized workshops, his foundational publication, "Instructional Media and the New Technologies of Instruction," and consulting in Europe, Latin America, Northern Africa, and Asia. Molenda was also a leader in the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).

Along with all of his accomplishments as a researcher, Molenda received much recognition for his teaching including the Student Choice Teaching Award. Molenda served as the chairmen of the department of Instructional Systems Technology from 1988-1991. Molenda retired as Associate Professor Emeritus in 2005.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into five series: Biographical information, Writings, Teaching files, Presentations, and Textbook subject files.

Scope and Content Note

The collection is organized into five series: Biographical information, Writings, Teaching files, Presentations, and Textbook subject files.

Biographical Information includes Molenda's notes about the collection, annual faculty reports compiled by Molenda from 1973-2004, and biographical information Molenda collected over the years, including evaluations of his performance as a scholar and teacher. Because of these evaluations and other confidential information, access to this latter file is restricted.

The Writing series is divided into two sub-series: Books, and Articles, book reviews and reports. The Books sub-series consists of all eight editions of Molenda's Instructional Technology and Media for Learning textbook. The Article sub-series includes articles, review, reports and bibliographies written by Molenda during the period from 1968-2008.

The Teaching files series of the collection includes samples of his teaching filed under course number. Included in this series are records documenting modules he developed in the early 1970s, including a set of self-instructional modules to be used by students of the School of Education who were studying various topics related to media and technology.

The Lectures series include a keynote presentation for EduTec in 1986, held in Tokyo on education technology, along with materials for his lectures in Spain in 1987. There are also presentation materials such as manuals, transparencies, and notes within this series.

Finally within the Textbook subject files series, there are records documenting Molenda's work on the various editions of the Instructional Technology and Media for Learning textbook and workshops that he taught on that topic. Papers in this series include agreements and contracts, reviews and awards, photos and newsletters, and workshop curriculum material.

• Indexing Terms

• The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

• • Names
  • Molenda, Michael --Archives.
  • Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Instructional Systems Technology --Faculty --Archives.
• • Topics
  • Educational technology --Study and teaching (Higher) --Indiana --Bloomington --History --Sources.
  • Instructional systems --Study and teaching (Higher) --Indiana --Bloomington --History --Sources.

Photographs Pulled

Several photos of Molenda and colleagues were transferred from this collection to the Photographic Collection.

Related Material

Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database

Administrative Information

Folder List