I am a Senior Project Manager and Instructional Designer with the COMET ^® Program, within the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

My primary interests are instructional design, design thinking, aesthetics, and how these overlap.

Papers

As First Author

Teaching Culture: The Challenges of Multi-cultural Education and Training (2009, manuscript in preparation) with Jennifer Ann Linder VanBershot

The Cultural Dimensions of Learning Framework Questionnaire (2009)
The CDLF Questionnaire Analysis Form (2009)

Assessing Engagement and Aesthetic Qualities in Learning Experiences (2009, Manuscript in preparation) with Luca Botturi

A Design and Research Framework for Learning Experience (2009, manuscript in preparation) with Brent Wilson

Aesthetic Decisions of Teachers and Instructional Designers
(In Press, 2009)

Designing Compelling Learning Experiences (Dissertation, 2008)

Experiences of Engagement with the Online Learning Module, Using the WRF Mesoscale Model (2008)

Aesthetic Principles for Instructional Design
Parrish, P. E. (In Press). Educational Technology, Research and Development

Plotting a Learning Experience (2008)
Parrish, P.E. (2008) Plotting a Learning Experience. In L. Botturi & T. Stubbs (Eds.), Handbook of visual languages in instructional design (pp. ). Hershey PA: IDEA Group.

Learning as Aesthetic Experience: John Dewey's Integration of Art, Inquiry, and Education (2006)

Learning with Objects (2008)
Parrish, P. E. (2007) Learning with Objects. In Shank, P., & Carliner, S. (Eds), The e-Learning Handbook: Past Promise, Present Challenges (pp. 215-241). San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer.

Design as Storytelling (2005)
Parrish, P. E. (2006). Design as storytelling. TechTrends, 50 (4), 72-82.

Embracing the Aesthetics of Instructional Design (2005)
Parrish, P. (2005). Embracing the Aesthetics of Instructional Design. Educational Technology Magazine , March 2005

Aesthetic Experience as Growth (2004, unpublished)

The Trouble With Learning Objects (2004)
Parrish, P. (2004). The Trouble with Learning Objects. Educational Technology, Research and Development, 52(1)

Making a Case for Object-Oriented Instructional Design:
A Case-based Learning System on Winter Weather Forecasting
(paper presented at AECT 2003 Annual Convention)

Four Parables of Technological Change (2003)

Instructional Illustrations
(Paper prepared for CALMET Conference, 1999)

As Co-author

Raising the Bar for Instructional Outcomes:
Toward Transformative Learning Experiences (2008) Brent G.Wilson, Patrick Parrish, George Veletsianos

Beauty and Precision: Weaving Complex Educational Technology Projects with Visual Instructional Design Languages (2008) Michael Derntl, Patrick Parrish,
Luca Botturi