Mark Salisbury has over 20 years of experience in designing and developing human performance solutions. Mark has published many articles related to knowledge management in engineering, business, and education journals such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Journal of Knowledge Management, and Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ). Mark has also presented at many international conferences sponsored by organizations such as American Society for Training and Development, International Society for Performance Improvement, Society for Applied Learning Technology, and Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. He has a Masters Degree in computer and information science and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Oregon. Mark also holds a Master of Arts in teaching economics from Western Oregon University. After completing his graduate studies, he worked for eleven years at The Boeing Company on developing software to improve human performance. His time at Boeing was split between research and development efforts and commercial products. After leaving Boeing, Mark founded Vitel, Inc. a knowledge management solution provider that developed knowledge management systems for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the national laboratories, and public utility companies. Currently, Mark is an associate professor in the Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology Program at the University of New Mexico where he teaches graduate courses and conducts research in the area of knowledge management. 

Research Interests

• Collaborative Knowledge Creation
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Dissemination and Application
• iLearning

Classes

• OLIT 501 Instructional Design
• OLIT 507 Knowledge Management
• OLIT 509 Collaborative Knowledge Creation
• OLIT 511 Knowledge Dissemination and Application
• OLIT 639 Advanced Instructional Technologies (doctoral level seminar)

Selected Publications

Salisbury, M. (2008). "From Instructional Systems Design to Managing the Life Cycle of Knowledge in Organizations," Performance Improvement Quarterly.

Plass, J., and Salisbury, M. (2002).  "A Living System Approach to the Development of Knowledge Management Systems." Educational Technology Research and Development 50(1): 35-57.

Salisbury, M. (2001a). "Creating a Process for Capturing and Leveraging Intellectual Capital," Performance Improvement Quarterly 13(3): 202-219.

Salisbury, M. (2001b). "An Example of Managing the Knowledge Creation Process for a Small Work Group," Management Learning, 32(3): 305-319.

Salisbury, M. (2003). "Putting Theory into Practice to Build Knowledge Management Systems," Journal of Knowledge Management 7(2): 128-141.

Salisbury, M., Hendrickson, J., Lammers, T., Fu., C., and S. Moody (1990). "Talk and Draw: Bundling Speech and Graphics," IEEE Computer, Volume 23, Number 8, August.

Salisbury, M. and Plass, J. (2001c). "A Conceptual Framework for a Knowledge Management System." Human Resource Development International.

Selected Presentations

Salisbury, M. (2007). "Workforce Collaboration Strategies" Knowledge Management 2007: Knowledge-Centric Transformation for Tomorrow's Government Workforce, E-Gov Institute and Government Information Group Conference. Washington, DC (Apr 3-5).

Salisbury, M. (2007). "Managing Knowledge Work" International Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Anaheim CA (Oct 23-27).

Salisbury, M. (2002). "Knowledge Management and the Future of Training Organizations: What Every Trainer Should Know." ASTD TechKnowledge 2002 Conference and Exposition "Truth in E- Learning" Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4-7, 2002

Salisbury, M. and Eckart, M. (2003). "Putting Rubber on the Road in Designing a Knowledge Management Solution." International Conference and Expo of the International Society for Performance Improvement, Boston, MA. (April 12-15).

Salisbury, M.  (2004). "Promoting the Exchange of Knowledge in Organizations." International Conference and Exposition of the American Society for Training and Development, Washington, DC. (May 23-27).

Salisbury, M. and Plass, J. (2000). "A Case Study on Building an Organizational Learning and Information Support System." Ed-Media 2000, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Montreal, Canada.

Salisbury, M., Plass, J., and March, J. (2001). "A Case Study on Building a Knowledge Management System." International Conference and Expo of the International Society for Performance Improvement, San Francisco, CA. (April 8-12).