An Award winning researcher, Dr. A holds a traditional definition of what research in communication education is. To him, research means publishing in peer-reviewed academic journals, presenting in peer-reviewed academic conferences, writing research proceedings and scholarly books containing a multitude of academic citations.
He is currently investigating the effects of narration and feedback in an online environment for the achievement of different educational objectives, a project approved by the IRB office at Lee University.
Dr. A is a teacher/scholar who has presented numerous times in competitive peer reviewed conferences in the United States. He has also published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals in his career. In addition, he has served as a consulting editor for ETR&D for over a decade among many other assignments.
He has published articles in the following peer-review academic journals:
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British Journal of Educational Technology
- American Journal of Distance Education
- Journal of Digital Games Research (DiGRA)
- International Journal of Educational Reform
- Education Horizons
- Tech Trends (AECT)
- International Journal of Instructional technology and Distance Learning
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Journal of Communications Media
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Educational Research International
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Journal of Liaoning Normal University (China)
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Midwestern Journal of Education Communications and Technology
He has also presented in the following peer-reviewed conferences:
- Association for Education Communications and Technology
- International Society For Technology In Education
- American Educational Research Association
- Original Lilly Conference On College Teaching
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Communication and Media Studies Conference
- Eastern Communication Association
- Mississippi Communications Association
- AAF (Pittsburgh)
- Digital Citizenship Summit (Twitter Headquarters)
- Pennsylvania Education Technology Conference
- One-To-One Computing Conference
I addition to having published peer-reviewed academic articles and presented in peer-reviewed competitive conferences, Dr. A has also written a book chapter and chapter entries in a number of academic books.
- The Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in The U.S.
- It Worked For Me Creatively Series (In multiple occasions)
He has investigated a number of research questions and hypothesis in his career in academia. Some of his presentations and academic article publications are:
- The effects of educational games on the achievement of factual knowledge
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Empowering gifted students to learn through game design
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The effects of different learning strategies to facilitate achievement of different educational objectives
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User-design in systemic change
Dr. A has received almost 400 thousand dollars in funding to conduct his research in instructional communication and gaming. He is a trained quantitative or qualitative researcher who keeps seeking answers to society’s most important problems.