Jody Underwood

Biography

Jody S. Underwood, PhD, is Chief Scientist at Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. She has spent the last 20 years doing research and development of intelligent tutoring systems, e-learning environments, assessment design, and effective feedback. Her main areas of research have been in designing e-learning environments, designing feedback for learning, and innovative reporting mechanisms of assessment data. Before joining Pragmatic, Dr. Underwood worked as a Development Scientist at the Research Division of Educational Testing Service, and at the Math Forum, a renowned online mathematics education portal. Pragmatic Solutions is interested in forming partnerships with serious games providers and educational researchers to study data mining and create adaptive gaming environments.

Sessions

• Embedded Assessment: Evaluating In-Game Data to Adapt the Learning Environment
  Friday, June 12

  11:00–12:30

  Browsing Library (2nd floor, West Central)