Expertise

I conduct research in the area of emergent technology, cognition, learning and instruction. I develop new learning technologies (robotics, virtual reality, and web-based video) and use a strong social-cultural theoretical base to explore, develop and research new ways to understand and learning that are enabled by these technologies. I work in science, mathematics education and teacher professional development. Learning, cognition and emerging technologies; virtual reality, modeling-based learning; MMORPG and computer games.

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Cognitive Science Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Department of Career and Information Studies, College of Education, University of Georgia (past)

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, Learning Sciences, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Cognitive Science
Degrees
PhD, Ohio State University, Instructional Design and Technoogy, 1991
BS, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Elementary Education, 1985