Sean Duncan

Current

• Instructor (Educational Psychology) at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Past

• Project Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Manager of Digital Technology, Project Dragonfly at Miami University
• Visiting Instructor at Miami University

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Bowling Green State University
• Miami University

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Connections

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Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website

Sean Duncan’s Summary

I'm a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in their Curriculum and Instruction program, with a focus on Educational Communications and Technology. In January, 2010, I begin an appointment as the C. Michael Armstrong Professor in Digital Media within Miami University's School of Education, Health, and Society and the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies.

Sean Duncan’s Specialties:

Research interests include: Games and learning; Informal scientific reasoning; argumentation; digital media literacy; learning and literacy iimplications of online participatory culture; cognitive science and simulations

Sean Duncan’s Experience

• Instructor (Educational Psychology)

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Instructor for Educational Psychology "Human Abilities and Learning" (EP301) course, covering learning theories and their application for pre-service science and math teachers.

• Project Assistant

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2006 — August 2009 (3 years 1 month)

  Project assistant for Constance Steinkuehler, employed under three-year MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning grant.

• Manager of Digital Technology, Project Dragonfly

  Miami University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  Managed tech components for NSF funded Project Dragonfly, iDiscovery, and Earth Expeditions.

• Visiting Instructor

  Miami University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — December 2005 (4 years 5 months)

  Taught across the curriculum in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies; covered instructional technologies, social systems, and cognitive approaches for interpreting popular media. Assisted with Interactive Media Studies practicum.

Sean Duncan’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  PhD , Curriculum and Instruction , 2006 — 2009

  Educational Communications and Technology (distributed minor in Learning With New Media)

• Bowling Green State University

  M. A. , Psychology , 1994 — 1997

  Focus in cognitive psychology and cognitive science.

• Miami University

  B. Phil , Interdisciplinary Studies , 1989 — 1993

  Self-designed major in cognitive science.

Additional Information

Sean Duncan’s Websites:

• My Website

Sean Duncan’s Interests:

Videogames, gamer communities, digital media, learning, literacy.

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