Collaborating Researcher: Mike Carbonaro

Contact Information

• Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
• 1.780.492.5245 (voice)
• 1.780.492.1318 (fax)
• mailto:[email protected]
• http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/edpsychology/

GRAND Projects

• Multi-Modal Augmented Reality for Training Healthcare Professionals (HLTHSIM)
• Believable Character Behaviors and Stories in Story-based Games

Biography

Dr. Carbonaro is interested in the interrelationship between learning and technology (computational models of cognition, and the integration of technology into teaching). He is also interested in the application of technology to support and enhance the research process.

Currently Dr. Carbonaro is involved in a number of research and teaching projects: professional development of academic staff, integration of e-learning technologies across the University of Alberta, educational research in Health Sciences, use of LEGO robotic technology in teaching and learning http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/legorobots/, use of video game development tools for interactive story-writing http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~script/, and design and building computational (neural network) models of cognition.