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DR. ROY O. WALKER, PH.D.2000-Present: Associate Professor, Emeritus (with paid up health care for life)/1986-2000: Associate Professor with tenure/1980-85: Assistant Professor/1973-79: Instructor. Presently, Associate Professor, Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Police Training Institute (PTI). My regular UIUC employment was in developing and disseminating instruction that used innovative media - and that integral parts of that effort were the utilization of computers in education and training, survey research, measurement and evaluation in teaching, and statistics.
Contact: Dr. Roy O. Walker, 2316 Winchester Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61821; e-mail: royowalker@gmail.com; Web home page: www.tencore.com/rw
EDUCATION:
1985 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Department of Human Resource Education, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Illinois USA.
- Primary Concentrations as Identified by Academic Adviser: (a) Personal and attitudinal characteristics of sworn police personnel; (b) Computer-based education (CBE), computer assisted instruction (CAI), and computer managed instruction (CMI); and (c) Curriculum development and instruction.
- Research Tools: Utilization of computers in education and training; measurement and evaluation in teaching; and educational statistics.
- Dissertation: A social psychological study of police attitudes toward violence. See, Walker, R.O. (1985, May). Exploratory investigation of police attitudes toward violence. (Published doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois USA. ASIN: B00072U092.)
1976 Master of Education (M.Ed.), Department of Vocational and Technical Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Illinois USA. Life member, UIUC Alumni Association.
1971 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE), Illinois USA. Earned public school teaching certificates in Illinois and Missouri - currently registered in Illinois. Life Charter Member, SIUE Alumni Association.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
The great majority of my 100 publication and presentation activities are in the field of educational computing, active distance and distributed learning via the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW), and computer based police education and training. These activities serve as a leading edge experience base upon which I am contacted by e-mail for information. A comprehensive listing of these and other related activities can be found in the section, Selected Publications and Presentations.
Over the years some solutions to important education and training problems have been developed by my associates and I. Our pioneering state of the audience microcomputer lessons are based on instructional techniques proven effective in training over 20,000 sworn police officers of city, town, county, state and federal agencies in the USA. Our Table of Modules consists of 6 e-courses that carry 22 e-lessons accounting for 160 equivalent classroom hours of instruction.
SELECTED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
2008: Walker, Roy O. [Internet Based Criminal Justice Education and Training Home Page, Catalog and E-Mail Hot-Line] Internet eLearning, Computer Based Police Education (CBE) and Training (CBT). Tested by over 20,000 graduates, this e-lesson catalog of 160 hours of equivalent classroom instruction features individualized computer assisted instruction (CAI), computer managed instruction (CMI), and off-campus active distance and distributed learning applications with student records system. Thirteenth Edition. Champaign, Illinois USA: Property of Dr. Roy O. Walker at: www.tencore.com/rw.
2008: Walker, R.O. [Internet Based Education and Training System] Internet records system. Ninth Edition. Champaign, Illinois USA: Property of Dr. R.O. Walker at: www.tencore.com/rw.
2005, July: Walker, Roy O., Janssen, John J., and Avner, Richard A. Computer Based Police Training: Using Time as Your Ally. Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 127-140. (An official publication of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board in cooperation with the College of Education and Human Services, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois 61455 USA.)(This publication was first presented as a paper at the Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, Illinois USA, March 17, 2005.)
2002: Walker, Roy O. Manuscript reviewer in the field of educational computing for the refereed Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Forum.
2001, August: Walker, Roy, Janssen, John, and Avner, Allen. How not to use instructional computers. Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 59-72.
2001, April 4: Walker, R.O., Hoffman, G.L., & Avner, A. Distance learning: Combining the best/most useful/most needed aspects of both criminal justice education and training. (A paper presented at the Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C. USA.)
2000-2001: Manuscript Reviewer in the field of educational computing for the refereed international Journal of Criminal Justice Education (JCJE). An official publication of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS).
2000, Fall: Van Meter, C.W., with Walker, R.O. Criminal Investigation Course at Grand Valley State University (GVSU), Allendale, Michigan USA. [Internet Based Education Program] A course featuring Dr. Walker's Internet based Investigation, and Interviewing and Interrogation Modules with Internet Records System for preservice and inservice students enrolled on-campus for college credit. (A first-of-its-kind campus Internet delivery system taught by the late Professor C.W. Van Meter. Over 1100 of Professor Van Meter's graduates benefited very highly from his usage of these and other modules of e-lessons provided by Dr. Walker, as found in Professor Van Meter's student evaluation study.)
2000, August 21: Earned emeritus status at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Police Training Institute (PTI), 1004 South Fourth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 USA. Approved by the Board of Trustees, UIUC.
2000, March 22: Walker, R.O., Avner, A., Hoffman, & Van Meter, C.W. Why should I (and how do I) develop and utilize a teacher-made Internet Records System? (A Workshop co-convened by Lt. Gary Hoffman, presented at the Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), New Orleans, Louisiana USA.) Also on the program as a Participant at the same ACJS 2000 Meeting on the same date in the Roundtable, The future of distance learning in criminal justice: A view of the experts in 2000 - to be continued in 2005, with Steven H. Cooper, University of California, Irvine; Cecil Greek, Florida State University, Tallahassee; Tom O'Connor, North Carolina Wesleyan, Rocky Mount; and Frank Schmalleger, Justice Research Association, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
1999: Primary author of the 60-hour Managing Criminal Investigations Course lesson materials; and author of the Study Guide for a 60-hour Introduction to Computers in Criminal Justice Course. Boca Raton, Florida USA: National Institute for Paralegal Arts and Sciences, Kaplan Educational Centers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C. USA.
1999, March: Demonstration of my 24-hour Internet-based Interviewing and Interrogation Course with new Internet Records System using TenCORE Runtime operating from a server in Albany, New York to the demo site at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida USA, as part of the CBT Distance Learning Seminar on March 16, 1999. Also announced this breaking Internet-based police education and training application while on the program at the Law Enforcement and Internet Seminar before a live audience of 150 participants at the Holiday Inn, Elk Grove, Illinois USA, March 30, 1999, sponsored by the Law Enforcement Internet Intelligence Report.
1999, January: Elected as an honorary member of the Board of Directors, Criminal Justice Distance Learning Consortium.
1996-1999: Senior Author with co-authors John Janssen and Allen Avner in an exploratory investigation of computer based distance learning using the Internet and World Wide Web, as reported in the literature.
- Walker, R., Janssen, J., and Avner, A. (1999, March 11). How NOT to use instructional computers. (A paper presented at the Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, Florida USA.)
- Walker, R., Janssen, J., and Avner, A. (1998, March 12). Creating effective distance learning environments on the World Wide Web for police and allied criminal justice personnel. (A paper presented at the Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.)
- Walker, R., Janssen, J., and Avner, A. (1997, March 13). Early (1996-97) experiences in the utilization of the Internet: Distance learning. (A paper presented at the Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky USA.) See excerpt, Walker, Roy, Janssen, John, and Avner, Allen. (1997, May/June). [Internet Based Newsletter] Mary Michaels (Ed.), Distance learning: One solution to increasing quality of instruction while lowering cost. Instructional Microcomputing. Champaign, Illinois USA: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Educational Technologies Assistance Group (ETAG).
1997, July/August: Impulse control and cue words. American Jails, XI(3), 76-79. (An official publication of the American Jail Association, Hagerstown, Maryland USA.)
1996: Project Coordinator of a $7,000 software development grant from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services awarded to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board with the Police Training Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Responsible for the supervision of four professionals. See, Major, Shirley, and Walker, Roy O. (1996). Custody of juveniles course. [Computer Based Training Program] Fourth Edition. A statewide computer managed instructional (CMI) program available for downloading by bulletin board to local juvenile officers in Illinois USA.
1994-95: Co-author with Professor's Brian Johnson and Clifford W. Van Meter in a student performance study utilizing my management software lessons funded by Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan USA. See Johnson, B., Van Meter, C.W., and Walker, R.O. (1995). Computer based education in criminal justice: Evaluation of performance. Police Computer Review, 4(3), 11-18. (A journal article based on a paper with the same title presented by the authors at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts USA, March 10, 1995.)
1994-95: Designed and delivered 22 hours of proprietary computer based police training using selected lessons from my Crisis Management Leadership, Interviewing and Interrogation, and Investigation Modules for training 70 student police officers on-site at 11 regional police department locations in Nova Scotia funded by a $1,500.00 contract from Henson College, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Note. A comprehensive listing of 100 of these and other related activities can be found in the section, Selected Publications, Presentations, Courses and Activities. Dr. Walker reported exceedingly strong learning treatment effects, in a 1992 study of students in his law enforcement classes, all substantially above the 3 standard deviation effect size sometimes mentioned as an ideal goal for institutional treatments. Also, his findings, in a 1990 sabbatical research study, indicate impulsivity scores related to attitudes toward violence of his students. His doctoral dissertation, in an exploratory investigation of police attitudes toward violence, was reported successfully to committee and published in 1985 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Finally, Dr. Walker was the Project Coordinator in 1980-81, supervising 3 professionals and 3 computer programmers, in the development of individualized, computerized, generic police training materials on a contract by and between Control Data Corporation and the University of Illinois.
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
2000-Present: Associate Professor, Emeritus (retired) with paid up health care for life/1986-2000: Associate Professor with tenure/1980-85: Assistant Professor/ 1973-79: Instructor. Currently, Associate Professor, Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Police Training Institute (PTI), 1004 S. Fourth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 USA.
My regular employment was in developing and disseminating instruction that used innovative media - and that integral parts of that effort were the utilization of computers in education and training, survey research, measurement and evaluation in teaching, and statistics.
During my years of service in PTI with over 6,400 clock hours of direct contact teaching law enforcement and corrections, I made significant contributions toward the development of microcomputer and Internet-based techniques proven effective in training over 20,000 sworn police officers of city, town, county, state and federal agencies.
Some of the more challenging assignments during this period included PTI Coordinator of several advanced courses including criminal investigation for 10 years; Division Chair of the Investigation, Human Behavior, and Computer Committees; and Project Coordinator, Director, Primary Investigator, and consultant for numerous grants/contracts involving external and internal funding sources. I was a sitting member of the PTI Executive Committee.
I have taught the instructional areas of criminal investigation, traffic accident investigation, and the behavioral aspects of policing and corrections. With other PTI faculty and associates, I made significant contributions toward the first major successful attempt to incorporate computer-based education (CBE) into an existing educational structure of a police-training academy in the U.S.
I continue to make myself available through my Internet home page to respond to any questions which might be answered based on my experience in training over 20,000 sworn police officers by computer since 1978. My home page consists of a catalog of my 22 software e-lesson titles that can be divided into 6 e-courses for immediate Internet delivery accounting for 160 equivalent classroom hours of instruction, 100 publications and presentations, an explanation of the "iterative" design process, history of computer based police education and training, acknowledgments, and over 300 other Internet links.
Contact Dr. Roy O. Walker for a list of references.
1972-1973: Project Coordinator/Instructor: Mobile In-Service Police Training Project, Lewis and Clark College, Godfrey, Illinois USA. Project Coordinator of off-campus, mobile in-service police training for Lewis and Clark College on a contract from the Southwestern Illinois Law Enforcement Commission (SILEC) (Belleville, Illinois USA) funded on a $49,570 grant from the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, Springfield, Illinois USA. Responsible for project administration and implementation of off-campus in-service training for police in a 7 county area of southwestern Illinois; and, the supervision of 2 professionals and a secretary. Specifically, directed and coordinated teaching and instructor identification and assignment; administrative records; curriculum options; resource and facility procurement; and student advising. This project served as a pilot upon which continuous funding was based not only in the SILEC region but also statewide.
1970-1972: Instructor, Law Enforcement, Lewis and Clark College, Godfrey, Illinois USA. (A part-time position instructing the course, Crime Prevention and Patrol Techniques.)
1965-1974: Deputy Sheriff/Patrolman/Detective. In the Greater St. Louis Area, police service with the Madison County (Illinois USA) Sheriff's Department included a wide range of assignments in a multi-jurisdictional setting. Assignments included the jail, dispatching, patrol, juvenile, and investigation. Intermittent supervisory job descriptions included that of Chief Jailer, patrol Shift Commander, and lead investigator of crimes against property and persons including homicide. Also served conjunctively for two years in the position of Investigator, Major Case Squad of the Greater St. Louis Area, St. Louis, Missouri USA.
Revised September 28, 2008.