Nic Nistor
Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Degree Program
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Nicolae Nistor, Dipl.-Ing. Univ., Dr. phil. habil., is senior contributing faculty supervising doctoral students at Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership. Since 1995, he has been teaching Educational Sciences, Educational Psychology and Media Psychology at multiple universities. His research focus includes teaching and learning with technology, educational technology acceptance, knowledge building communities, and learning analytics. He is currently an associate editor of the journal Computers in Human Behavior.
Courses Taught
EDUC 8090-329 - Doctoral Study Intensive
EDDD 8990-127 - Completing Doctoral Capstone
Education
Engineer (equiv. MSc), Technical University Politehnica, Bucharest, Romania
PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Habilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Awards / Honors
Award for Excellence in Teaching of the Bavarian M, 2000
European e-Learning Award, 2007
International German Training Award of the Federal, 2006
Publications
Nistor, N., Stanciu, I. (2017). “Being sexy” and the labor market: Self-objectification in job search related social networks. Computers in Human Behavior.
Nistor, N., Dascalu, M., Trausan-Matu, S., Mihaila, D., Baltes, B. R., Smeaton, G. (2013). Virtual communities of practice in academia: Automated analysis of collaboration based on the social knowledge-building model.
Nistor, N., Wagner, M., Istvanffy, E., Dragota, M. (2010). The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology: Verifying the model from a European perspective. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning.