Sean Duncan

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Sean C. Duncan is a doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member of the University of Wisconsin's Games+Learning+Society Initiative. In his work, he investigates the productive learning and literacy implications of online communities around videogames. Focusing on uncovering elements of design thinking, collaborative learning, and critical media literacies, he hopes to highlight inadequacies in current American educational models while looking at games as a means to create spaces for informal learning. Previously, Sean has been a student of cognitive psychology, a technology industry professional, an interdisciplinary educator, and a manager of web-based learning systems to support educator professional development (for Project Dragonfly, an NSF-funded initiative to foster inquiry-based science). In January 2010, he will begin an appointment as the Armstrong Professor of Digital Media in the School of Education, Health, and Society and Interactive Media Studies program at Miami University.

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