Publications

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Nelson, B., Ketelhut, D., Clarke, J., Dieterle, E., Dede, C., & Erlandson, B. (in press). Robust design strategies for scaling educational innovations: The River City MUVE case study. In Shelton, B. & Wiley, D. (Eds.), The educational design and use of computer simulation games. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Nelson, B. & Erlandson, B. (2008). Managing cognitive load in educational multi-user virtual environments: The River City case study. Educational Technology Research and Development, 56(5-6), 619-641.

Erlandson, B. (2008). Socio-technical system design for learning: Bridging the digital divide with CompILE. In Chen, I. & Kidd, T. (Eds.), Social information technology: Connecting society and cultural issues. Hershey, Pennsylvania: Information Science Publishers.

Erlandson, B., Dolgov, I. & Weatherspoon, E. (2007). Molecular design studio: An interactive multimodal chemistry education environment. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.), Proceedings of world conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications 2007 (pp. 3520-3525). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Conference Presentations

2009

Erlandson, B. (2009, October). Appropriate virtual technologies for ecological literacy, systems thinking, and naturalistic identity. Paper to be presented at NAAEE Research Symposium in Portland, OR.

Erlandson, B. (2009, August). Virtual ecological literacy? Appropriate technologies for guided naturalistic inquiry of complex ecological systems. Poster to be presented at ESA Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM.

Erlandson, B., & Nelson, B. (2009, April). Fostering ecoliteracy: Virtual worlds for guided naturalistic inquiry of complex ecological systems. Paper discussion held at AERA in San Diego.

Erlandson, B., & Nelson, B. (2009, April). Design and development of a virtual world for learning life skills. Poster session presented at AERA in San Diego.

Nelson, B., & Erlandson, B. (2009, April). Managing cognitive load in educational multi-user virtual environments through cognitive processing-based design. Paper presented at AERA in San Diego.

2008

Erlandson, B., Nelson, B., & Savenye, W. (2008, November). The effect of collaboration modality on cognitive load in a situated inquiry environment. Paper presented at AECT in Orlando, FL.

Nelson, B., & Erlandson, B. (2008, April). Managing cognitive load in educational multi-user virtual environments: The spatial contiguity design principle. Poster presented at AERA in New York.

2007

Erlandson, B., & Alarcon, C. (2007, October). The multimedia principles tutorial: A computer-aided instructional program for demonstrating multimedia learning principles. Poster presented at AECT in Anaheim, CA.

Erlandson, B., & Nelson, B. (2007, October). Design for learning with multimedia principles in educational multi-user virtual environments. Paper presented at AECT in Anaheim, CA.

Erlandson, B., Dolgov, I., & Weatherspoon, E. (2007, June). Molecular design studio: Designing a multimodal interactive educational design environment for chemistry. Brief paper presented at ED-MEDIA in Vancouver, Canada.

Clarke, J.E., Ketelhut, D.J., Nelson, B.C., Erlandson, B.E., Dieterle, E., & Dede, C. (2007, April). Investigating students’ behaviors, patterns, and learning in a multi-user virtual environment designed around inquiry. Paper presented at AERA in Chicago.

Nelson, B.C. & Erlandson, B.E. (2007, April). Multimedia design principles for learning in multiuser virtual environments. Paper presented at AERA in Chicago.

Nelson, B.C., Ketelhut, D.J., Clarke, J.E., Dieterle, E., Dede, C., & Erlandson, B.E. (2007, April). Robust design strategies for scaling educational innovations: The River City MUVE case study. Paper presented at AERA in Chicago.

Erlandson, B., Savenye, W., Nelson, B., & Kelliher, A. (2007, January). AME faculty presentations: Improved research through mediated communication tools in a transdisciplinary community of practice. Paper presented at TKS: Technology, Knowledge, and Society in Cambridge, England.