Department of Media, Career Studies and Leadership Development

Dr. Patrick O’Shea is a professor and serves as the interim assistant chair for the Department of Media, Career Studies, and Leadership Development. 

Joining the RCOE faculty in 2010, he teaches educational technology courses for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. He is also the program director for the media, technology, and learning design graduate program. 

His research interests focus on two areas:

• the impact of using augmented reality technologies in educational settings and
• the design and implementation of distributed learning environments where students are creating rather than consuming content. 

Dr. O’Shea has worked with master's and doctoral students to present at conferences, publish academic work, write grants, and create podcasts and websites dedicated to better understanding augmented reality tools.

In 2021, Dr. O’Shea was selected for the Board of Governors Appalachian State University School/College Award.