Articles

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Aligning Game Activity with Educational Goals: Following a Constrained Design Approach to Instructional Computer Games (with Jon Scoresby), Educational Technology Research and Development (2011)

We discuss the design, creation and implementation of an instructional game for use in a...

 

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Expert Versus Novice Tutors: Impacts on Student Outcomes in Problem-Based Learning (with Heather M. Leary, Andrew E. Walker, and M. Harrison Fitt), ITLS Faculty Publications (2009)

The tutor is an essential part of problem based learning (PBL). However, tutor characteristics and...

 

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Literary and Historical 3D Digital Game–Based Learning: Design Guidelines (with D. Neville), Simulation and Gambling (2009)

As 3D digital game–based learning (3D-DGBL) for the teaching of literature and history gradually gains...

 

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Problem-Based Educational Games: Connections, Prescriptions, and Assessment (with Andrew Walker), Journal of Interactive Learning Research (2008)

The overwhelming success of the commercial game market has brought increased attention to emerging work...

 

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Challenges, Frustrations and Triumphs of Remixing an Open Source Game Engine for Educational Purposes (with Timothy Stowell), TechTrends (2008)

The use, reuse, and remixing of commercial games has influenced the field of educational gaming....

 

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Design and Development of Virtual Reality: Analysis of Challenges Faced by Educators (with Kami Hanson), Educational Technology & Society (2008)

There exists an increasingly attractive lure of using virtual reality applications for teaching in all...

 

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Is Educational Game Research Doomed to Fail?, Tech Trends (2008)

Perhaps the largest criticism of education research in general is that despite the thousands and...

 

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Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Resources for Teaching Educational Games the Wiki Way (with Shelley Johnson and David Wiley), Innovate: Journal of Online Education (2007)

As a reaction to the growing number of teachers using games in their curricula and...

 

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Technology for Care Networks of Elders (with Sunny Consolvo, Peter Roessler, Anthony LaMarca, Bill Schilit, and Sarah Bly), Pervasive Computing (2004)

Computer-supported coordinated care uses technology to aid the network of people who support an elder...

 

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Augmented Reality and Education: Current Projects and the Potential for Classroom Learning, New Horizons for Learning (2002)

I still remember vividly my experience with the big purple dinosaur. It didn't look friendly...

 

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Technology Adoption as Process: A Case of Integrating an Information-Intensive Website into a Patient Education Helpline (with Jennifer Turns and Tracey S. Wagner), Behaviour & Information Technology (2002)

This study followed the introduction of the Arthritis Source website into the existing teaching practices...

 

Books

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The Design and Use of Simulation Computer Games in Education (with David Wiley), ITLS Faculty Publications (2007)

This book, edited by Brett Shelton and David Wiley, is a view of models and...

 

Contributions to Books

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Designing Educational Games for Activity-Goal Alignment, The Design and Use of Simulation Computer Games in Education (2007)

What indeed, can we expect from our newest trend in education, implementing moving pictures and...

 

OpenCourseWare

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INST7870 - Data Visualization Theory & Practice, Fall 2006, Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (2006)

In this course you will explore the question of what visualization is, and why you...

 

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INST5400 - Computer Applications for Instruction and Training, Spring 2005, Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (2005)

Introduction to basic computer applications on a Macintosh computer, with special emphasis on software that...

 

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INST7870 - Instructional Games, Spring 2005, Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (2005)

The goal of this course is to explore the field of instructional gaming through a...

 

Paper Presentations

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Expert versus Novice Tutors: Impacts on student outcomes in problem based learning (with Heather Leary, Andrew Walker, and M. Harrison Fitt), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2009)

Problem based learning (PBL) is well known for the large amount of literature in Medical...

 

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Integrating an OpenCourseWare and Institutional Repository (with Heather Leary), Library Faculty & Staff Presentations (2009)

This presentation was given at the 2009 Open Education Conference in Vancouver, BC. It shows...

 

Other

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Axe (with Interdisciplinary Media Research Consortium and Jeff Maxwell), ITLS Images (2006)

The Institute of Emergency Services & Homeland Security (IESHS) at Utah Valley State College (UVSC)...

 

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Hazard Emergency & Accident Training Firefighter (with Interdisciplinary Media Research Consortium and Jeff Maxwell), ITLS Images (2006)

The Institute of Emergency Services & Homeland Security (IESHS) at Utah Valley State College (UVSC)...

 

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HEAT environment, outside view 5 (with Interdisciplinary Media Research Consortium and Jeff Maxfield), ITLS Images (2006)

"The Institute of Emergency Services & Homeland Security (IESHS) at Utah Valley State College (UVSC)...

 

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HEAT movie - Phase I (Overview) (with Interdisciplinary Media Research Consortium and Jeff Maxfield), ITLS Videos (2006)

The Institute of Emergency Services & Homeland Security (IESHS) at Utah Valley State College (UVSC)...

 

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Working on 3D enironment (with Interdisciplinary Media Research Consortium and Jeff Maxwell), ITLS Images (2006)

The Institute of Emergency Services & Homeland Security (IESHS) at Utah Valley State College (UVSC)...