Dr. Harvey Long, independent consultant, and Corporate Fellow of America Tomorrow retired in 1992 from IBM after more than 35 years of experience with the corporation and its technology in education/training-related business ventures. In the intervening years he served as Technology Consultant to the American Federation of Teachers.His IBM activities ranged from that of Manager of Instructional Systems to Education Industry Consultant. He pioneered in corporate programmed instruction and free-standing teaching machine development and wasresponsible for the research, development and early implementation of IBM's internal computer-assisted training system, the first such system in corporate America. This system reflected his pioneering involvement in national education networks, an experience utilized in his later contributions to the National Education Association's School Renewal Network and the Mathematical Science Education Leadership Network. Dr. Long was also involved with the corporation's original work with laser videodiscs where he was responsible for national marketing programs and applications to education and training.

Dr. Long received his baccalaureate degree in Mathematics and Science Education from Millersville State Teachers College; Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University; and Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from New York University. He has served as an adjunct faculty member of IBM's Systems Research Institute where he was a fellowship recipient, and has served in adjunct faculty positions at several other colleges and universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, Dutchess County Community College, and Columbia Teachers College. Dr. Long is currently an Affiliate Research Professor in the Graduate School of Education of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and a member of the faculty of Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland.

A partial list of publications, presentations and appearances include:

BOOKS

• Guide to Learning: Resources For Users of IBM Personal Computers
• IBM Self-Teaching FORTRAN (Co-author)
• Introduction to Boolean Algebra and Logic Design (Co-directed)

ARTICLES

• Should the Digital Computer Be a Teacher?
• The Development and Use of Three Self-Teaching Books
• The Potentials of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Industry
• Instruction by Computer: Motives and Methods
• Numeric Encoding of Verbal Information
• A Perspective on the Videodisc
• A Pioneer's Perspective: Technology in Education

FUTURE PRESENTATIONS/KEYNOTES

• American Management Association
• Arizona State Conference on Microcomputers
• California Association for the Gifted
• Canadian Conference on Computers in the Classroom
• Chief State School Officers Conference
• Danish Conference on Programmed Instruction
• European Conference on CAI
• European Symposium on CAI
• Expo '86
• Indiana Governor's Conference
• International Conference on Computers in Education, Republic of China
• Kentucky in the 21st Century
• Louisiana AECT Conference
• Massachusetts Computer Users in Education Conference
• McGraw-Hill Conference on Computers in the Classroom
• Montana Conference for Computers in Education
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• National Hispanic School Board Association Conference
• National School Board Association Conference
• North Carolina Educational Microcomputer Conference
• Pennsylvania Conference on Remedial Education
• Rhode Island Education Computing Conference
• Texas Computer Users in Education Conference
• U.S. Department of Education FIRST Conference
• Virginia Business Educators Conference
• Virginia Educational Media Association
• Buffalo Private Industry Council Conference
• Michigan Institute for Educational Management Conference
• GAO Training Institute

Television Appearances

• ABC News Series on Technology
• The David Suskind Show