The Internet in the Workplace (Cambridge University Press) 
The Psychology of the Internet (Cambridge University Press)
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Current Research How Are Digital Natives Using Technology? This ongoing project explores how talented young students are adopting digital technologies at home, at school, and as mobile devices. It investigates how students perceive the role that information and communications technologies play in their own lives and the lives of their families, friends, and teachers. The project also explores how students engage in social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, virtual worlds, and online forums. Technologies include computers, mobile and smartphones, videogames, music players, game consoles, graphics tablets, and other devices. |
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Patricia Wallace is Senior Director, Information Technology and CTYOnline, at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth. She heads the Information Technology department, and also directs the online programs which provide challenging, technology-based courses to students in more than fifty countries around the world. Before joining JHU, Wallace was Chief, Information Strategies, at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to that position, she was Chief Information Officer and Associate VP at University of Maryland University College. |
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Her educational background and career span information technology, education, business, and psychology. Her research and writing focus on the role of the Internet and netcentric technologies in organizations and society. She is the author of over 40 articles, 3 published software programs, and nine books, including The Internet in the Workplace: How New Technology Is Transforming Work (2004, Cambridge University Press) and, The Psychology of the Internet(1999/2001, Cambridge University Press), now translated into nine other languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and others. She has taught courses in information systems, technology management, and psychology throughout her career as a full-time or adjunct faculty member, and has led many executive leadership seminars. As principal investigator on several grants, she has conducted research and developed software for virtual learning environments. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and holds an M.S. in Computer Systems Management from the University of Maryland University College, Graduate School of Management and Technology. |