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Jason.C.Yip

I’m currently a fourth year doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland – College Park in the College of Education (Teaching and Learning & Policy and Leadership). I am affiliated with the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL).

My research agenda is primarily focused on user experience (UX). I am not talking about just UX in terms of just technology alone, but the entire system, whether it be a formal classroom or an informal learning environment.

Because of my focus on UX in learning and technology, my research examines how to design learning environments through the participatory design process of Cooperative Inquiry. Specifically, my research interests focus on how to work together with children to develop BOTH science curricula and the integrated technology.

Prior to my life as a novice researcher, I was a teacher of chemistry (AP Chemistry and standard), math, and biology for seven years. I have taught in West Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr (PA), and Silver Spring (MD) in elementary, middle, and high schools.

DESIGNING VIDEO GAMES FOR MUSEUM ENVIRONMENTS (2011 – present)
Exploratory field study funded by NSF seed grant at the St. Louis Science Center on how to develop and implement video games for museum environments

HOW ADOLESCENTS SEARCH (2011 – present)
Field study funded by Google to examine how children and adolescents conduct Internet searches

KITCHEN CHEMISTRY (2011 – present)
Development of a life-relevant learning environment to promote designing investigations and support learners’ personal goals in science.

KIDSTEAM (2010 – present)
Member of participatory co-design team partnering children, researchers and design collaborators on the development of technologies at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab.

THE CONNECTED CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM (2007 – 2012)
Create and evaluate the efficacy of comprehensive computer-based curriculum for improving learning, student achievement, and pedagogy in high school chemistry classrooms.

HCIL Symposium

One of the best parts of working at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab is the Annual Symposium. “The Human-Computer Interaction Lab’s 29th Annual Symposium will be held May 22- 23. This year’s symposium will consider the future of social media, networks, medical informatics, information visualization, interaction design, designing for children and youth, games, HCI design methods [...]

by jasoncyip on May 18, 2012 in Conferences, News, Research

Data Collection: Two more weeks!

Kitchen Chemistry data collection at the school site is almost done! Time to finish up the interviews with all the participants. I’m hoping to wrap everything up by mid June 2012.

by jasoncyip on May 1, 2012 in Dissertation, News

TCETC 2012

The next conference I will be attending is the Teachers College Educational Technology Conference 2012. Take a read at the my extended abstract on Cooperative Inquiry. Yip, J.C., Clegg, T.L., Druin, A., Guha, M.L., Golub, E., Bonsignore, E., Foss, E., & Walsh, G. (2012, May). Cooperative inquiry for designing technologies for life-relevant learning. Proceedings of [...]

by jasoncyip on May 1, 2012 in Conferences, News, Research

big yipper – Jason C. Yip

Jason.C.Yip

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HCIL Symposium

Data Collection: Two more weeks!

TCETC 2012

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