Joe Wetterling is an instruction and performance professional, educator, and writer. His career has crossed many information technology and instructional paths, providing him experience with needs assessment, software design, instructional design, program evaluation, web programming, data analysis, and project management. In whatever field Joe works, his greatest strengths have been in bridging between people and technology, and presenting complex concepts in a way that facilitates real understanding.

Joe's passion for education reflects throughout his life: as a professional instructor, as a catechist and blogger, and as a proud homeschooling dad.

He lives in New Jersey with his wonderful wife and son, a tremendous pile of books, and a very laid-back cat.

Education & Interests

He earned a Master of Science in Instructional and Performance Technology from Boise State University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rowan University, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He holds certificates in Training & Development, Strategic Human Resources, and Human Performance Technology.

Joe's instructional interests include cognitive psychology applied to learning, especially metacognition; collaboration and knowledge management; teaching by analogy; and qualitative and quantitative performance assessment.

Publications & Presentations

Wetterling, J. (2011, August). A Catholic Imagination: Typology and the Subtly Catholic Story. Presented at the Catholic Writers Conference, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Hendey, L., Mladnich, L., Wetterling, J. (2011, August). Beyond the Blog: You Have a Blog, Now What?. Panel discussion. Presented at the Catholic Writers Conference, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Wetterling, J. (2010, November). Evaluating and Demonstrating Value with Excel. Presented at the BYOL e-Learning Conference, Montclair, New Jersey.

Wetterling, J. (2010, August). Three philosophies of writing: Rowling, Meyer, and Pullman. Presented at the Catholic Writers Conference, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Wetterling, J. (2010, May). Creating a study guide for your book. Published in Karina Fabian's 30 Minute Marketer.

Wetterling, J. (2010, February). Typology: Finding God in Fiction Presented at the Catholic Writers Conference Online.

Wetterling, J. (2010, February). How to Create a Study Guide for Your Book Presented at the Catholic Writers Conference Online.

Wetterling, J. (2009, August). How to Create a Study Guide for Your Book Presented at the Catholic Writers Conference, Somerset, New Jersey.

Chyung, S. Y., Diaz, C., Downing, J. & Wetterling, J. (2009, April). The joy of survey design, data collection and analysis! Presented at the 47th ISPI Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Wetterling, J. (2009, April). Wiki Wiki Wow!: The Do-It-Yourself, Collaborative Job Aid Presented at the 47th ISPI Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Wetterling, J. (2008, November). Tales from the field: The Prevention of Medication Errors in Surgery PerformanceXpress, November Issue.

Chyung, S. Y., Kirk, R., Letourneau, J., & Wetterling, J. (2008, April). Gilbert's leisurely theorems applied to human performance in healthcare. Presented at the 46th ISPI Conference, New York.

Wetterling, J. (2006, September). The Other IT: A Synthesis of Instructional Technology Fundamentals. Proceedings of the Trenton Computer Festival, Trenton, New Jersey.