Co-founder and Chief Learning Scientist, Kidaptive, Inc.
I've spent my life learning, playing, and helping people learn by playing. At Kidaptive, we create playful educational experiences for kids built upon a comprehensive early-learning curriculum and assessment framework. What I'm passionate about is extending that work to support early...
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Research Associate, WestEd
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Assessment Developer, Educational Testing Service
University of Miami
Knock! Knock! Who’s there? Radio. Radio who? Radio not, here I come!
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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teaching Professor, Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Identity & Learning
Computational Thinking
Design & Aesthetics
President and CEO, The Concord Consortium
Chad Dorsey is President and CEO of the Concord Consortium, which has been an innovation leader in researching and developing STEM educational technology for the past twenty years. Chad's experience ranges across the fields of science, education, and technology. In addition to overseeing...
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Vice President for Educational Outreach, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Associate Professor, University of Miami
I'm the director of the New Experience Research and Design Lab (NERDLab), a social impact game studio at the University of Miami. I work with students to design and develop games for public health and social justice. Our lab also works with health communication researchers to evaluate...
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Field Day Lab Director, Field Day Lab
Associate Professor of Literacy, Sam Houston State University
Applied Sciences Librarian, James Madison University
I love talking about game-based learning!
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Director of Assessment, Kidaptive
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico
Christopher Holden is an Associate Professor at the Honors College of the University of New Mexico. His PhD is in number theory, but his current research focuses on place based game design for learning. He has been doing this since 2006, originally using MIT’s Outdoor AR Engine...
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GLS Playful Learning Summit Co-Chair, University of Colorado Denver
Instructor, Arizona State University
Jeff Holmes is a Founding Graduate Fellow at the Center for Games and Impact at Arizona State University, a PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition in the Department of English, and a life-long gamer. His research focuses on how games demonstrate good principles of teaching outside...
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Digital Applications Lead, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
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Higher Education Institution, Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University
Educational Testing Service
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Lecturer, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
PhD Candidate, Educational Technology, Arizona State University
Eric is completing his PhD in Educational Technology at Arizona State University. At ASU, Eric worked on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's iCivics project. He is an alumnus of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a programmer for the award...
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Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Neil E. Lamb, PhDVice President for Educational Outreach & Faculty InvestigatorHudsonAlpha Institute for BiotechnologyTwitter – @neillambBlog – www.shareablescience.orgDr. Neil Lamb is an award-winning science communicator who leads the educational outreach efforts at the HudsonAlpha...
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Doctoral Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doctoral Student, Teachers College, Columbia University
An aspiring instructional game designer earning a Doctorate in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. My research focuses on conveying abstract concepts (i.e., depression and relativity) through game-based learning environments. I have a particular interest in designing...
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Integrating technology to increase learning in higher education in various roles since 1998, John is currently a Senior Teaching & Learning Consultant at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Academic Technology, where he teaches, and develops socioculturally-rich teaching and...
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Senior Researcher, STEM
Helping developers create and test educational games for formal and informal education environments.
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Instructor, UW Biocore
I teach intro Biology for honors undergrad students at UW Madison as well summer science camp for K-12 students. Ecology, Cell Bio, Botany, Restoration, and Molecular Bio Techniques and some of my interests.
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Director of Digital Learning, Iridescent
The science research interests of Kevin Miklasz are using physics and engineering to understand why organisms look the way they do. His PhD dissertation is on how size and shape effect the physics of small algae. He currently works for Iridescent as Director of Digital Learning...
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Professor of Psychology, Towson University
Teacher, Sam Houston State University
Doctoral Student
High School English Teacher
Student Manager/Undergraduate Writing Consultant, Howe Writing Center
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University of California, Irvine
STEP Lab/Education Arcade, MIT
Judy currently oversees design, development and research for several projects involving games and simulations for mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. Her research interests include location-based games and ubiquitous “casual” games. When she is not making or playing...
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PhD Candicate, Georgia Institute of Technology
Technical Director, USC IMGD, Videogame Researcher
Research Scientist, The Concord Consortium
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When I was in high school, I played Miss Lynch, the curmudgeonly old teacher, in our production of Grease. I was memorably funny, but the part I really wanted to play was Rizzo, the bad girl. These days, though, I realize that Miss Lynch was the real badass. In no particular order...
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Oxford, Ohio, United States, Miami University
I'm a designer, researcher and teacher. My research interests are game design, the older audience of digital games, and the use of games for non-entertainment purposes.
Graduate Student, UW-Madison, Digital Media
Hello! I’m Sean. I’m a young graduate working towards a Master’s degree in Curriculum & Instruction (Digital Media) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Broadly put, my interests are about education, philosophy, and videogames, so if you like that sort of stuff, we can...
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Lecturer, Doctoral Student, Towson University
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game
Executive Producer, Learning Games Network
I create educational games and digital learning products. I'm Executive Producer at the Learning Games Network, a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Games+Learning+Society program. I produced the award-winning ethical-thinking...
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Senior Research Associate, WestEd
Associate Professor, Bloomfield College
Tom Toynton is an associate professor of Creative Arts & Technology and the coordinator for the Game Development program at Bloomfield College in New Jersey. His students have worked at all levels within the games industry – starting their own indie studios or working for triple-A...
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Researcher, UC Irvine
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Assistant Professor, University of Miami
Game Design. Social Impact Games. Social Change. Higher Education.
Assistant Professor, High Point University
PhD Student at Arizona State University.
Ph.D. Student, Teachers College, Columbia University
Co-founder of Greenify:
Greenify is a mobile phone app where players complete eco-friendly challenges and earn rewards in the process. The game works in three simple steps: 1) Take action on various sustainability missions -- for example, recycling, reducing power use, or conserving...
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Distinguished Presidential Appointee, Educational Testing Service
Diego Zapata-Rivera is Distinguished Presidential Appointee in the Learning and Assessment Foundations and Innovations (LAFI) Center at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science (with a focus on artificial intelligence in education) from the...
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