Blog Reflection 1: STEM Expert Chris Dede (UNT Spring 2022 LTEC 3000)
Q1: Can you please give an introduction of your selected expert? Chris Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technology, Innovation, and Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is an expert in the field of Learning Technology with immersion technologies – such as digital education programs that simulate real world scenarios for learning key life and job skills – as his primary focus for the past 30 years. Q2: Why did you choose Chris Dede as your expert? I selected Professor Dede because he has a large breadth of experience and research in a field that fascinates me. The concept of making learning environments more engaging, attractive, immersive, and most importantly effective for teaching valuable skills for life is a chief focus of Professor Dede’s work, and that project is exciting to me. An area of particular interest to me in the technology field is augmented reality along with the melding ...