Kele Anyanwu

Bio

Professor Kele Anyanwu joined UW-Stevens Point in January 2013. He graduated with a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in Instructional Technology from University of Houston. Professor Anyanwu is an assistant professor of educational technology of School of Education at UW-Stevens Point. In the years he has been here, Professor Anyanwu has focused on implementing pre-service teacher educational technology curriculum geared towards ensuring student teachers from UWSP are classroom-ready with emerging trends in pedagogically relevant technologies of the 21st Century classroom environment.

Prior to joining UWSP, Professor Anyanwu worked in Pasadena Independent School District in Houston, Texas for six years as a composite certified science teacher designated highly qualified to teach any high school science subject. Before joining the school district, he worked with a telecommunication company – MCI WorldCom, as a systems engineer. Professor Anyanwu was part of the team that saw the provisioning and support of early implementation of Voice Over IP (VOIP) in the mid to late ’90s. He has Computer Technology Industry Association and Microsoft technical certifications.

Professor Anyanwu spent his early working life in Nigeria that lasted for about a decade where he held positions as quality control manager and deputy production manager in Golden Guinea Breweries LTD. in Umuahia. While serving in these capacities, Professor Anyanwu championed utilization of sustainable indigenous carbohydrate sources in brewing of beer that saw the substitution of imported barley malt with local carbohydrate sources like sorghum to about 60 percent. His involvement in the local raw materials content committee that implemented these substitutions and interaction with local farmers, he was able to understand why both farmers and policy makers should rethink education that endures sustainable practices.

Experience and Interests

Research Interests

• Emerging and empowering technologies for instruction
• E-Learning
• Pedagogy and implementation of mobile computing in education
• Data visualization as overall system improvement tool

Involvement

Professional

• Issues and Trends in Educational Technology (ITET) – Member Review Board
• International Society for Technology in Education(ISTE)
• Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA)
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

Presentations and Publications

Presentations

• Anyanwu, K. (2015, February). Mobile Apps Development: A core competence for transforming teacher education programs readiness in 21st century learning environment. A presentation: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 67th Annual Meeting- Advancing the Imperative (AACTE). Atlanta, Georgia. (Peer Reviewed)
• Anyanwu, K. (2015, March). Interactive story mapping: Dynamic spatial visualization of stories. A poster presentation:  Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. (Peer Reviewed)
• Anyanwu, K. (2015, October). Engaging women in mobile devices app development to support e-Learning. A presentation: E-Learn 2015 – World Conference (AACE) held in Kona, Hawaii. (Peer Reviewed)
• Slemmons, K., Anyanwu, K., & Cook, P. (2015, October). How to grow a scientist: teaching pedagogies that encourage meaningful, authentic and student-directed learning. A presentation: Women and Science Program’s Opening Workshop for New STEM Educators held in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
• Earle, M., Anyanwu, K. (2015). Design of a multimodal personalizable authentic mobile tutoring app: Learner motivation. A proposal submitted to ACM SIGCH (Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction) Intelligent User Conference(IUI) 2016. Sonoma, California.

Publications

• Anyanwu, K. (2015). Teachers Perception in a Technology Integration Workshop: Implications for Professional Development in the Digital Age. Issues and Trends in Educational Technology, 3(1), University of Arizona Libraries.
• Anyanwu, K. (2015). Engaging Women in Mobile Devices App Development to Support e-Learning. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (pp. 1397-1401). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
• Anyanwu, K. & Crawford, C. (2011). Social Media and Their Potential Impact upon Learners’ Understanding of Information: The Impact of Words and Images within Distance Learning Environments, and the Associated Publishing Opportunities. International Journal of the Book, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp.187-198.