Dr.
Jan L. Plass, Director
Dr. Plass
is the director of the Consortium for Research and Evaluation of
Advanced Technologies in Education (CREATE) and Associate Professor
of Educational
Communication and Technology. He holds an MA in mathematics and
physics education and a Ph.D in instructional technologies from
Erfurt University
in Germany. His primary research areas span multimedia and web-based
learning,
cognitive science and educational technology, second-language acquisition,
and instructional systems design.
Dr. Ricki Goldman, Co-Director ricki@nyu.edu
Ricki Goldman joined the Educational Communications and Technology Program, and CREATE in 2005. Her research focuses on digital video ethnography and learning communities. She earned her Ph.D. at the MIT Media Lab in the Epistemology & Learning Group, her M.A. at Hebrew University, Jerusalem in Education/Language, and her B.A. at University of British Columbia in English Literature. More
Dr.
Bruce Homer, Director for Research bruce.homer@nyu.edu
Bruce Homer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology
at New York University. Previously, he was a Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the Graduate School and
University Center, City University of New York. He received a B.Sc. in Psychology
from Dalhousie University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Human Development and
Applied Psychology from the Ontario Institute for Studies of Education of
the University of Toronto. More
Dr. Minchi Kim, Post Doctoral Scholar
minchi.kim@nyu.edu
Minchi Kim joined CREATE and the Educational Communications and Technology Program in 2006 as a Post Doctoral Scholar. Her research focuses on scaffolding students scientific problem solving with technology-enhanced learning environments, advancing pedagogical framework for learning and teaching in technology-rich classes, and integrating emergent technologies into K-12 classes. Previously, she worked on several NSF and DOE funded projects as a Research Assistant at the Learning and Performance Support Laboratory. She earned her Ph.D. and M.Ed in Instructional Technology at University of Georgia and her B.A. at Ewha Woman's University. Her research has been published in numerous journals such as Journal of Computing in Higher Education, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Instructional Science, and Distance Learning.
Jonathan deHaan , Coordinator
Jonathan’s background is in English literature, second language acquisition, and computer assisted language learning, and he is currently working on his dissertation on learning foreign languages through video games. Before coming to NYU as a Founders Fellow, he taught English as a Foreign Language in Japan. Jonathan earned his BA in English Literature from Dordt College, Iowa, and his MA from Michigan State University in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
W. Michael Reed, Professor and Director of the Educational Communication and Technology Program, has focused his recent research on hypermedia/multimedia development and developers' learning styles. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Reed's research has focused on problem-solving and authoring, integrating technology in teacher education, and cognition and hypermedia. More
Associate Professor Francine Shuchat Shaw has been a member of the faculty of the Program in Educational Communication and Technology since 1976. She served as Program Director from 1986 until 1998, and she now serves as Coordinator of the Master of Arts program. Associate Professor Francine Shuchat Shaw earned her A.A. in Liberal Arts at Stephens College; her B.S. Ed. at The Ohio State University in English and Science Education; her M.A. at The Ohio State University in English and English Education; and her Ph.D. at The Ohio State University in Humanities Education. Prior to joining the NYU faculty, Associate Professor Francine Shuchat Shaw was a member of the faculty of the Department of Filmmaking and Television at Rochester Institute of Technology, from 1973 until 1976.
Dr. Jordan is Associate Director of the Morse Academic Plan, NYU’s general education curriculum, with responsibility for the Foundations of Scientific Inquiry program. He regularly teaches non-majors science courses including Energy and the Environment, Human Genetics, and The Molecules of Life. Dr. Jordan is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry. His teaching and research interests focus on creative approaches in science education, especially for undergraduate liberal arts students. These include curriculum design, molecular simulations, and exploring the connections between science and societal issues. Dr. Jordan has received NYU’s Outstanding Teaching Award and his work has received grant support from the National Science Foundation and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
Catherine Milne is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at New York University. Her research interests include identity, teaching and teacher education, learning science in urban schools and the role of history and philosophy of science in school science.
Dr. Moreno is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico. Her research includes software agents in interactive multimedia learning environments, virtual reality environments for science learning, deriving instructional design principles from cognitive theory, and visual metaphors for meaning making in mathematics. More
ECT Program Graduate Assistant
Hyuk Soon Song hss258@nyu.edu
Rachel Eunjoon Um rachel.um@nyu.edu
