Eric Klopfer

Biography

Eric Klopfer is associate professor and director of the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP). Klopfer’s research focuses on the development and use of computer games and simulations for building understanding of science and complex systems. His research explores simulations and games on desktop computers as well as handhelds. He is the creator of StarLogo TNG, a platform for helping kids create 3D simulations and games using a graphical programming language. On handhelds, Klopfer’s work includes Augmented Reality simulations, which create a hybrid virtual/real space for exploring intricate scenarios in real time. He is the director of The Education Arcade, which is advancing the development and use of games in K–12 education. Klopfer is also co–founder and president of the nonprofit, Learning Games Network. He is the co–author of the book, Adventures in Modeling: Exploring Complex, Dynamic Systems with StarLogo, and author of, Augmented Learning, a book about mobile games and learning from MIT Press.

Sessions

• Augmented Reality: Using a Simplified Game Editor to Spark Imaginations
  Thursday, June 11

  2:00–3:00

  Class of ’24 (4th floor, East Central)
• Mobile Games and Education: Current Projects and State of the Practice
  Thursday, June 11

  3:30–4:30

  Old Madison (3rd floor, East/Southeast)
• Gaming the Future of Science Learning
  Friday, June 12

  11:00–12:30

  Old Madison (3rd floor, East/Southeast)
• Respondent, Presentations on Problem-Solving, Inquiry & Argument in Games
  
  Thursday, June 11
  11:00–12:30
  Old Madison (3rd floor, East/Southeast)