Moursund worked as an Instructor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, between January and June, 1963, and then was an Assistant Professor, and later Associate Professor, in the Department of Mathematics and in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. He then moved to the University of Oregon as an Associate Professor, for two years in the Department of Mathematics and then as the first head of the Department of Computer Science. From 1976 until his retirement in 2002, he held the position of full professor, first in Computer and Information Science, and later in the Department of Education. During his career Moursund has been major or co-major supervising professor of six doctoral students in mathematics and 76 doctoral students in education. In 1971 Moursund and Keith Acheson, a faculty member in the University of Oregon's College of Education, established a College of Education doctoral program in the field of Computers in Education.
Associations and publications
In 1974, while teaching at the University of Oregon, Moursund established The Oregon Computing Teacher publication, the publication for the Oregon Council for Computer Education. The publication was renamed The Computing Teacher when it became the main publication of the newly established International Council for Computers in Education which he founded in 1979. Moursund was editor-in-chief and chief executive officer of this organization, 1979-1989. In 1989, ICCE changed its name to International Society for Technology in Education, and in 1990 The Computing Teacher was renamed Learning and Leading with Technology. Moursund led ICCE/ISTE and served as editor-in-chief of its publications for its first 19 years, retiring in 2001. In 2007, Moursund established an Oregon non-profit company, Information Age Education. It provides free educational material designed for preservice and inservice K-12 teachers of teachers, and parents of K-12 students. Its publications include the IAE Blog, IAE Books, IAE-pedia, and IAE-Newsletter. All of these materials are available free online. Moursund currently serves as the CEO of the 501 non-profit corporation Advancement of Globally Appropriate Technology and Education. Information Age Education is wholly contained in AGATE.
Books
Moursund is author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than 70 books, about 45 of which are now free online. His early books were textbooks in areas such as Numerical Analysis, computer programming, calculators, and computer literacy. Most of his more recent books were written for use in preservice and inservice teacher education. Here is a list of the most popular online books: The Fourth R . The 4th R of Reasoning/computational thinking makes use of both human brain and computer brain to answer questions, represent and solve problems, and accomplish tasks. The book presents arguments for and “how to” suggestions for fully integrating the 4th R into the entire PreK-12 curriculum. La Cuarta R is the Spanish version. Brain Science for Educators and Parents There are brief introductions to a wide range of topics relevant to K-12 teachers and their students, teachers of preservice and inservice teachers, and parents. Includes an annotated list of about 50 related videos. Learning Problem-solving Strategies Through the Use of Games: A Guide for Teachers and Parents. The book includes a number of activities for preservice and inservice teachers, and a number of activities to use with K-12 students.
