Hal Meeks
Education
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media PhD program, College of Humanities, anticipated completion date 2021
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina — Master’s Art+Design, 2011
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina — BA Speech Communications, 1984
Teaching Experience
COM/ENG 395 – Rhetoric of Design. Evaluating and critiquing designed objects and places using a combination of literature from the Humanities and Design, parsing out underlying messages in the form.
COM 267 – Writing for electronic media. Project based course on creating written media in a variety of digital contexts, including advertising, news reporting, scriptwriting and online short form writing.
COM 307 – Digital Audio Production. Project based course focusing on both the technical and aesthetic aspects of audio production. Work with Digital Audio Workstation tools, plugins, a variety of different audio formats, including Radio Spots, Music Production and Storytelling.
COM 367: Digital Media and Culture. Project based course covering digital media technologies including Web development, Web-based Video, HTML 5 Animation/Interactive Media, Multiple Branched Digital Storytelling. Reading assignments on Digital Copyright issues, Audience/Social Networking, Demographics, Interaction design, Future of Online Media/Interaction
Game Design Workshop (2019 – 2021) – One-day workshops for high school students where they make a computer-based game. Its approach is specifically low-tech, focused less on technology and more focused on solid play mechanics, storyline and character by using a design-thinking based approach. In the summer of 2020 the workshop was redesigned to be taught entirely online.
Design Camp (2009 – 2021). Design Camp is summer education program sponsored by NC State’s College of Design. It is a one-week experience offered three times during the summer, for high school students. The students are exposed to different design disciplines. I have taught the Art+Design portion of the week. Teams of two students create 60 – 90 second stop motion animations with sound in a day using a variety of materials – clay, paper and found objects.
Photography Workshop (2013). A one-day workshop that I taught twice for the NC Contemporary Art Museum. It was oriented towards middle school and early high school students. The primary focus was to learn the basics of image composition while observing the environment around us.
Journal Articles
Davis, Jude, Tyler Kendall, and Hal Meeks. 2002. The Message is the Message: Designing Information Technology for Inclusiveness and Accessibility, International Symposium on Technology and Society: Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology, IEEE. Raleigh, NC. June.
Black, B.L. and H.G. Meeks. 2000. Use of video microscopy with video computers to promote collaborative learning in developmental anatomy and histology. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 22:407-411.
Black, B.L., M.N-Feaver, and H.G. Meeks. 2001. Using handheld, wireless computers to increase interactivity and collaborative learning in large classes. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 23: 309-323.
e-Journal Articles
Black, B.L., M. N-Feaver, H. Heatwole and H. Meeks. 2002. Production of Interactive, QuickTime Movies in the Life Sciences. Syllabus (proceedings syllabus 2002 Ninth annual Fall Conference): http://www.syllabus.com/fall2002/proceedings2.asp?proceeding_code=237
Black, B. L., M. N-Feaver, Meeks, H., Kirby, B. M. and Young, T. 2002. Using wireless, handheld computers to increase interactivity and collaborative learning. Syllabus (proceedings syllabus2002 Ninth annual Fall Conference): http://www.syllabus.com/fall2002/proceedings2.asp?proceeding_code=247
Presentation Papers
Meeks, H. (2020). Low Threshold Game Development for Design Thinking. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of SITE Interactive 2020 Online Conference (pp. 379-384). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved November 6, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/218175/.
Hurley, R. J., Luurs, G. D., Hammond, R. A., Meeks, H., & Taylor, N. (2017, November). Everybody games? Network TV portrayals of video games, gaming, and gamers. Panel: Examining the State and Impact of Diversity in the Modern Media Landscape. Chair: Dr. Julius Riles, University of Missouri; Respondent: Dr. Angeline Sangalang, University of Dayton
Book Chapters
Meeks, H. (2017). FlySpace. In D. Oblinger (Ed.), Learning spaces (p. Chapter 28). Educause.
Black, B.L., Heatwole, H and Meeks, H. 2006. Using multimedia in interactive learning objects to meet emerging academic challenges. Learning Objects: Theory, Praxis, Issues, and Trends, Chapter 6. Koohang, A. and K. Harman, eds., Informing Science Press. (30 pages). Meeks, H. 2006. Flyspace. Learning Spaces, Chapter 26. Oblinger, D., ed., Educause. (5 pages).
Presentations
Meeks, H. (2020). “Low Threshold Game Development for Design Thinking”. SITE Interactive 2020 Online Conference . Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Meeks, H .2017. “Podcasting End to End.” AHECTA. New Orleans, LAI. Presentation available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_GO5XrWi4QQGEctsqhCx60dmS37jMtmK/view?usp=sharing
Meeks, H .2008. “The Age of Customization Meets Online Education.” Conference on Distance Teaching and Education, Madison, WI.
Foley, A., Meeks, H. “MySpace is Not Your Space: Promise and Pitfalls of Online Education.” Conference on Distance Teaching and Education, Madiscon, WI. Paper available at: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/07_5302.pdf
Meeks, H. 2005. “iPod For Education”, UNC-CAUSE, Wilmington, NC.
Meeks, H. 2004. “Flyspace: Student Focused, Low Cost Collaborative Workspaces”, UNC-CAUSE, Boone, NC.
Meeks, H. 2004. “Access Ability: Mobile Computing and Universal Design Convergence”, International Symposium on Technology and Society: Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology, IEEE. Atlanta, Georgia.
Meeks, H. B.L. Black, M.N-Feaver, B.M. Kirby and T. Young. 2002 “Using wireless, handheld computers to increase interactivity and collaborative learning in the classroom”. Fall Syllabus conference,
Workshops
“Vistamix: Stop motion Workshop”. NC State College of Design Design Camp, Raleigh, NC 2009 – 2019
“Game Design Workshop”. NC State University College of Design, Raleigh, NC. 2018 – 2019.
Meeks, H, Black, B.L, N-Feaver, M. 2001. “Using Handheld, Wireless Computers to Increase Interactivity and Collaborative Learning in Large Classes”. Annual meeting of ABLE (Association for Biology Laboratory Education), University of Chicago
Mini Workshop (with B.L. Black):
“Use of Video Microscopy with Networked Computers to Promote Collaborative Learning in Developmental Anatomy and Histology”. Annual meeting of ABLE (Association for Biology Laboratory Education), Clemson University, 2000.
Poster presentation (with B.L. Black and M.N-Feaver): “Production of Interactive, QuickTime Movies to Enhance Learning in the Life Sciences”. Fall Syllabus conference, 2002.
Certifications
Apple Certified in Final Cut Pro
Certified Trainer Blackmagic Design Resolve Fairlight