Laurence F. Johnson
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Dr. Larry Johnson (born December 17, 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American futurist, author, and educator. Since 2001, Dr. Johnson has served as Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium an international consortium of more than 250 universities, colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies. (member list)
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[edit] Contributions
The NMC’s annual Horizon Report, is the most visible component of the Horizon Project, which has been led by Johnson since its inception in 2002. The report has since become one of the leading tools used by senior executives in universities and museums to set priorities for technology planning. Since 2005, Johnson has collaborated with Rachel S. Smith in the writing of this report. In 2006, Alan Levine joined the production team.
Johnson has organized summits and large-scale projects around topics such as visual literacy, learning objects, educational gaming, the future of scholarship, and the 3D web.
In early 2006, Johnson conceived and implemented the NMC’s experimental campus in the virtual world of Second Life.
An author several books, numerous chapters, dozens of articles, and principal investigator for several important national and international studies, he has been recognized for his research by the American Association of Community Colleges and the American Association of University Administrators.
[edit] Background
In 2006, Johnson marked 25 years of service in higher education, most recently as CEO of the New Media Consortium, and previously as president and CEO of Fox Valley Technical College, a community college serving more than 20,000 FTE in Appleton, Wisconsin. His experiential base includes service at both very large and very small institutions and positions at every level and across all the major areas of college and university work.
Between 1993 and 1996, he served as vice president for the League for Innovation in the Community College, working at the national level to take the story of community colleges to governmental, foundation, and corporate leaders across the country. As director of the League's Information Technology Initiative, he coordinated what was at the time the world’s largest higher education technology conference, the international Conference on Information Technology.
He serves on a number of boards, including the Adobe Systems Higher Education Advisory Board, the Advanced Defense Learning Initiative National Advisory Board, the virtual International Spaceflight Museum, and the Academic Commons Board of Directors.
[edit] Education
Harvard Institute for Educational Management, 1998, Harvard University. Postdoctoral study of leadership issues in higher education.
Executive Leadership Institute, 1995, The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the League for Innovation in the Community College. Postdoctoral study of leadership issues in community colleges.
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Administration, 1993, Community College Leadership Program, The University of Texas at Austin. Dissertation: “Relationship of Performance in Developmental Mathematics to Academic Success in College-Level Algebra.”
Master of Business Administration in Finance, 1988, Southwest Texas State University. Thesis: “The Evolution of Asset Pricing Theory.”
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, with a minor in Computer Science, 1975, The University of Texas at Austin.
[edit] Recognitions
Distinguished Graduate, The University of Texas at Austin, 2000
American Association of Community Colleges Sloan Research Award, 1997
American Association of University Administrators Goodman-Malamuth Research Award, 1994
[edit] Selected Publications
2007 Horizon Report (with Rachel Smith and Alan Levine)
2006 Horizon Report (with Rachel Smith)
2005 Horizon Report (with Rachel Smith)
A Global Imperative: The Report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit (with Rachel Smith)
Embracing the Tiger (with John and Suanne Roueche)
Elusive Vision: Challenges Impeding the Learning Object Economy
Maximizing Campus Impact: Lessons from the Trenches (with Rachel Smith)
[edit] Selected Keynote Speeches
"Seriously Engaging: The Story of the NMC's Virtual Campus in Second Life." Keynote address to the Second Life Community Conference, San Francisco, California, August 2006.
"It's in your Pocket: The 2006 Horizon Report." Keynote address to the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Conference, San Diego, Califorania, January 2006.
"The Elephant in the Room…" Keynote address to the National Science Digital Library Annual Convention, Denver Colorado, November 15, 2005.
“On the Horizon...” Keynote address to the 2005 Annual Meeting of the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII), New Orleans, Louisiana, January, 2005.
“Taking Technology by the Tusks.” Keynote address to the 2004 Annual Technology in the Humanities Meeting, Ithaca College, New York, May 2004.
“Thinking in Future Tense.” Keynote address to the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Consortium of the North Carolina State University System, Charlotte, North Carolina, March, 2004.
“The Long and Winding Road: After Twenty Years of Personal Computing, What Next?” Keynote Address to the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Arizona Academic Administrators Association. Tucson, Arizona, September 2001.
“Five Star Faculty: A National Study of Award-Winning Teachers.” Keynote address to the 1998 Annual Meeting of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. Austin, Texas, May 1998.
“Reaching Out: Strategies for Vision-Based, Community-Focused Governance.” Address to the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Association of Community College Trustees. San Francisco, California, September, 1998.
