Motive :: Purpose
The Creative Learning Environments Lab (CLE) is a dedicated
research space of interdisciplinary emphasis located within the
Department of Instructional Technology and in conjunction with the
Center for Open and Sustainable Learning (COSL). CLE is comprised of
educators and students dedicated to researching educational
applications of rich sensory-based technological media. Our focus is to
provide a creative outlet for students and faculty to explore new
topics of interest through advanced technological means and employing
interdisciplinary research and teaching methods.
Research strands currently include:
- Instructional simulations – Investigation into the
particular attributes and administration of computer based simulations
that promote learning
- Educational gaming -- Effective creation, development and
study of how people instruct and what people learn from computer-based
games
- New media design - Applied research into designing
multimodal and new media texts, with a focus on how students compose
aesthetic and informational digital texts and technologies, and on
reading strategies from disciplines including rhetoric, composition,
graphic arts, technical communication, creative writing, instructional
technology, literature, and other fields
- Augmented reality and education -- Qualitative exploration
into the nature of immersion, the extent to which the computer system
delivers a surrounding environment, and presence, the sense of “being
there” in an environment, the role of presence and immersion in
students’ learning
- Learning Sciences – Research in effective teaching and
learning strategies, grounded in cognitive studies, using advanced
visualization technologies
- Data visualization theory and practice - Research
appropriate data visualization techniques, given particular
requirements imposed by the data and the audience, using various,
advanced software applications
- Interactive immersive learning environments. –
Identification of characteristics, requirements, and affordances of
computer generated artificial environments that facilitate learning
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