Office: Winningham 105C
Phone: (704) 687-2174
Fax: (704) 687-2172
E-Mail: mjcroy@email.uncc.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University.

B.A. in Psychology from Florida State University.

Areas of Specialization

Educational applications of computer technology, especially using computers to teach logic; philosophy of science; philsophy of education; philosophy of technology.

Current Projects

• Building an intelligent tutoring system for deductive proof construction (Co-investigator: Dr. Tiffany Barnes, Dept of Computer Science)
• Development of web based materials for teaching cognitive science.
• Interface design for deductive proof construction.
• Assessing the promise of Distance Education.

Awards

• 1983: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant ($2,700), Summer Seminar at the University of Maryland, College Park, on the philosophical implications of cognitive science.
• 1990: Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant (Ethics and Values Studies in Science Program), "The Bearing of Computer Technology on Human Interaction and Individualization in Education," ($91,013).
• 1991: Selected as one of the most successful CAI projects in the USA and Canada in a competition sponsored by EDUCOM (The Joe Wyatt Challenge).
• 1993: Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant (Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program) and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, "An Undergraduate Research Experience in Cognitive Science," ($61,000).
• 1994: National Endowment for the Humanities, funded for participation in the Summer Institute on "Re-Thinking Technology" held at Pennsylvania State University, June-July.
• 1997: Principal Investigator, "Computer Technology and Higher Education in America," National Science Foundation ($15,000).
• 1999-2001: Senior Project Team Member, "Web Based Materials for an Interdisciplinary Course in Cognitive Science," National Science Foundation ($200,000).
• 2004-2007: Project Advisory Board Member, "Building Capability in Philosophical Approaches to Ethics and Science and Technology," National Science Foundation, $81,000.
• 2006-2008: Senior Project Team Member, Research Experiences for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation ($300,000).

Selected Publications

Articles

• Croy, M. (1985). "Ethical Concerns in Computer-Assisted Instruction," Metaphilosophy, 16, 338-349.
• Croy, M. (1986). "The Current Status of Computer-Assisted Instruction for Logic," Teaching Philosopy, 9(4), 333-350.
• Croy, M. (1988). "CAI and Rule Applications for Deductive Proof Construction," Collegiate Microcomputer, VI, 51-56.
• Croy, M. (1988). "The Use of CAI to Enhance Human Interaction in the Learning of Deductive Proof Construction," Computers and the Humanities, 22(4), 277-284.
• Croy, M. (1989). "Ethical Issues Concerning Expert Systems' Applications in Education," AI and Society, 3, 209-219.
• Croy, M. (1989). "Empirical Explorations of Deductive Proof Construction," Computers and Philosophy Newsletter, 4, 111-127.
• Croy, M. (1991). "Integrating CAI Development and Empirical Research: Opportunities and Responsibilities," Computerized Logic Teaching Bulletin, IV, 2-12.
• Croy, M., Cook, J., and Green, M. (1993). "Human versus Computer Feedback: An Empirical and Pragmatic Study", Journal of Research in Computers and Education, 27, 185-204.
• Croy, M., Cook, J., and Green, M. (1995). "Assessing the Impact of a Proposed Expert System via Simulation", Journal of Educational Computing Research, 13, 1-15.
• Croy, M. (1996). "Collingridge and the Control of Educational Computer Technology," Techné: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology , 1(4), 1-15.
• Croy, M. (1997). "An Incrementalist View of Proposed Uses of Information Technology in Higher Education," Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 4, 1-9. (pdf version)
• Croy M. (1998). "Distance Education, Individualization, and the Demise of the University," Technology in Society, 20, 317-326.
• Croy, M. (1999). "Graphic Interface Design and Deductive Proof Construction," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. (pdf version)
• Croy M. (2000). "Faculty as Machine Monitors in Higher Education?," Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, 20, 106-114.
• Croy, M. (2000). "Problem Solving, Working Backwards, and Graphic Proof Representation," Teaching Philosophy, 23(2), 169-187. (Word Version)(pdf version)>
  
• Croy, M. (2002). " Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Pedagogical Technique," Metaphilosophy, 33(1/2), 49-69.
  
• Croy, M. (2004).  “Making Useful Comparisons of Traditional, Hybrid, and Distance Approaches to Teaching Deductive Logic,” Discourse, 4(1), 159-170. (rtf version)
• Croy, M. (2005).   “Incrementalism”  and “Social Engineering”  Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics, Macmillan, edited by Carl Mitcham.

Publications in Books

• Croy, M., and Amidon, J. (1991). "A Mouse-Driven Graphic Interface for Deductive Proof Construction," in Burkholder, L. (ed.) Philosophy and the Computer, New York: Westview Press, pp. 198-203.
• Croy, M. (1992). "The Ethics of Evaluating Instructional Computing", in Bynum, T. (ed.) Computer Ethics Issues in Academic Computing. New Haven: Research Center on Computers and Society, pp. 48-63.
• Croy, M. (1992). "Report on the Discussions of the Working Group on Policy Issues in Campus Computing", in Bynum, T. (ed.) Computer Ethics Issues in Academic Computing. New Haven: Research Center on Computers and Society, pp. 90-96.
• Croy, M. (1993). "CAI to Enhance Human Interaction in Learning Deductive Proof Construction", in 101 Success Stories of Information Technology in Higher Education: The Joe Wyatt Challenge, edited by J.V. Boettcher, New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., pp. 501-506.