FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 3, 1999 CONTACT: Christine Y. Fitzpatrick, UITS, 278-1818

DR. GARY WITTLICH APPOINTED AS THE FIRST DISTINGUISHED CONSULTING TECHNOLOGIST

BLOOMINGTON & INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — Dr. Gary Wittlich has been appointed as the first Distinguished Consulting Technologist by Michael McRobbie, Indiana University Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. As the Distinguished Consulting Technologist, Wittlich will work closely with University Information Technology Services (UITS) Teaching and Learning Information Technologies division and assist with the implementation of Oncourse, a web-based environment for teaching and learning at Indiana University. Additionally, Wittlich will serve as liaison to the School of Music and will be closely involved with the implementation of the strategic plan for classrooms.

"Dr. Wittlich has made valuable and steadfast contributions to the development of information technology at Indiana University," said Vice President Michael McRobbie. "I am most pleased that the University will continue to benefit from Dr. Wittlich's expertise in numerous areas."

"His contribution to our division has been of inestimable value," said Garland C. Elmore, associate vice president for teaching and learning information technology and dean for information technology at IUPUI. Wittlich's most recent administrative role was that of associate dean for teaching and learning information technologies. "As a consultant to UITS, Dr. Wittlich will continue to advise the University, particularly in the implementation of strategic plans for classroom technology and assessment," Elmore said.

Wittlich is a recognized leader in technology-mediated teaching. He was a founding member of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction in 1975. During 1982-85, he was a consultant and content developer for the University of Delaware Music Videodisc Series supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The series won a CINDY (Cinema Industry) award, as well as awards for innovative use of technology from the University of Nebraska. In 1992, Wittlich was a Fellow of the Institute for Academic Technology, jointly sponsored by IBM and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1998, with a colleague from the University of Pittsburgh, he founded the Learning Technologies Consortium, a group of eight universities committed to collaborative projects supporting technology-mediated teaching and learning.

Wittlich earned a bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music in Piano and Theory, both from Southern Illinois University. He received a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Iowa. He has been a Professor of Music Theory in the IU School of Music since 1965. Wittlich has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels and was instrumental in introducing music technology to the School of Music in the 1960s. From 1989-1995, he served as director of computing for the School, as well as chair of the Music Information Technology doctoral minor program. He is the author of numerous conference papers and published articles, as well as co-author of four published books, including the first book on the use of microcomputers in music.

Involved in traditional music research as well as computer-aided music research in optical scanning and music analysis, Wittlich has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, a Meadows Distinguished Visiting professor at Southern Methodist University (Dallas), and adjunct Professor of Music, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. For several years, he was chair of the Music Test Committee, Educational Testing Services, Princeton NJ, during which time the music test was radically revised to reflect current training in music. He has served on numerous national review panels, and he has given many workshops at colleges and universities.

Wittlich is a member of the Society for Music Theory and served as its president from 1988-91. Other professional activities include the College Music Society, the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Society for Music Perception, EDUCAUSE, and the American Association of Higher Education.