Ryan Watkins, Ph.D.

 

 

 

Ryan Watkins is a professor at George Washington University. He received his doctoral degree from Florida State University in Instructional Systems Design. He has additional formal training in both change management and program evaluation. Ryan has design and taught courses (both online and in the classroom) in instructional design and development, needs assessment, distance education, system analysis and design, as well as technology management. Previously, he was a professor of instructional technology and distance education at Nova Southeastern University.

Ryan has also been a member of the research faculty in the Office for Needs Assessment and Planning at the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University. There he led and managed efforts on several research agendas, including the development of a costs-consequences analysis for Florida's work-force development programs, a quality management self-assessment for Florida's Department of Corrections, a return-on-investment study of the policy advice of Florida TaxWatch, and a needs and assets assessment for human services in Leon County, Florida. Additional projects included the development of performance evaluation system for leadership training in the U.S. Navy as well as the assessment, design, and development of technology based facilitator training.

He has published more than 35 articles on the topics of return-on-investment analysis, evaluation, needs assessment, and strategic planning; and is a co-author of Strategic Planning for Success: Aligning People, Performance, and Payoffs (2003) and Useful Educational Results: Defining, prioritizing, and achieving (2001). He is an active member of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) and has served as vice president of the Inter-American Distance Education Consortium (CREAD).

Ryan maintains an interactive online resume, which includes downloads of recent articles, that is available at http://www.megaplanning.com/rwatkins.html