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Academic degrees and prior research positions:
Current Position
Undergraduate Teaching Focus
My undergraduate classes focus on the effective integration of technology into classrooms, with special focus on how pre-service teachers can learn to design and develop digitally-based learning activities that promote deep student understanding. The technologies we study include online collaboration tools (e.g., blogs and wikis), digital learning objects(e.g., online activities and ebooks), and electronic work products that reach beyond the walls of the classroom (e.g., videos and animations).
- 2010: M.S. in Educational Psychology (McGill University)
- 2013: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (McGill University)
- 2014: Postdoctoral fellow, Learning Environments Across Disciplines (LEADS)
- Studied the adaptive capabilities of instructional technologies in the medical education domain
Current Position
- Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology (University of Utah)
- Faculty member in the Instructional Design and Educational Technology program
Undergraduate Teaching Focus
My undergraduate classes focus on the effective integration of technology into classrooms, with special focus on how pre-service teachers can learn to design and develop digitally-based learning activities that promote deep student understanding. The technologies we study include online collaboration tools (e.g., blogs and wikis), digital learning objects(e.g., online activities and ebooks), and electronic work products that reach beyond the walls of the classroom (e.g., videos and animations).