Monday 8 April 2019

FSU ISLT at AERA 2019 in Toronto, Canada

Florida State University's Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies (ISTL) program within the College of Education was represented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) international annual meeting that took place in Toronto, Canada April 5-9.

Several students, faculty, and alumni were present to present and or support other colleagues as well as learn about new research being conducted in education.

FSU ISLT Presenters

  • Gender, Social Distance, and Justifications: Statistical Discourse Analysis of Evidence and Explanations in Online Debates. - Ming Ming Chiu, Jeong, A. 
  • Affect detection in Physics Playground. - Baker, R. S., D'Mello, S. K., Kai, S., Bosch, P. N., Ocumpaugh, J., & Shute, V. J.
  • Creating and refining in-game learning supports for conceptual physics understanding. - Ke, F., Shute, V. J., Smith, G., & Liu, Z. 
  • Designing game-based learning experiences: Game level design and testing in Physics Playground. - Liu, Z., Shute, V. J., Smith, G., & Ke, F. 
  • Technical underpinnings of Physics Playground. - Rahimi, S., Almond, R. G., & Shute, V. J. 
  • Physics Playground: History and Overview. - Shute, V. J.  
  • The Impact of In-Game Support on Learning: A Pilot Test for Physics Playground. - Smith, G., Liu, Z.  
  • Assessment of Learning in Action in the Game-Based Learning Environment. - Ke, F., Parajuli, B. Smith, D. 
  • Supporting learning in educational games: Promises and challenges. - Shute, V. J., Rahimi, S., Lu, X., & Smith, G. 
  • Examining student persistence when playing an online game called Physics Playground: A survival analysis. - Tingir, S., Almond, R. G., & Shute, V. J.  
  • Social Media, Teens, and Schools: Where's the Research? - Dennen, V., Choi, H., Knisely, K. 

FSU ISLT Presenters, Students, and Alumni








Tuesday 2 April 2019

CORE’s 2019 Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference

Instructional Systems and Learning Technology (ISLT) Presenters

CORE’s 2019 Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference was hosted at the Florida State University College of Education on Friday, April 293, 2019. The following are some of the conference presenters from the Instructional Systems and Learning Technology (ISLT) program.

For more information on the Council on Research in Education (CORE), visit: https://education.fsu.edu/research/core

Learning to Become a Researcher: Perspectives of Instructional Design and Technology Graduate Students

By: Lauren Bagdy with Ginny L. Smith and James D. Klein
Lauren Bagdy

Digital Distractions & Students' Performance by Age Group in Self-paced Online Learning

By: Hajeen Choi
Hajeen Choi


Social Media, Teens, and Schools: Where's the Research? 

By: Vanessa Dennen, Hajeen Choi, Kari Knisely
Kari Knisely


Understanding Game-based Learners Using Visualized Behavioral Analysis

By: Yanjun Pan with Fengfeng Ke, Zhaihuan Dai, Xinhao Xu, and Jewoong Moon
Yanjun Pan

Technical Underpinnings of Physics Playground

By: Seyedahmad Rahimi with Valerie Shute and Russell Almond
Seyedahmad Rahimi

Designing and Validating a Stealth Assessment for Calculus Competencies

By: Ginny Smith with Valerie Shute
Ginny Smith

A Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Faculty's Open Test Adoptions

By: Zhongrui Yao with Vanessa Dennen
Zhongrui Yao

Thank you to all of the ISLT students, faculty, and staff who came out to support our presenters and the CORE conference. Here are a few other pictures of some of our community interacting at CORE 2019.