Kent Slack

Biography

Kent Slack, a doctoral student in Educational Technology at Arizona State University, received his master’s degree in the same area. He also graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in Physics Education and a Computer Science teaching minor. His current research interests include applications of cognitive theory in multimedia environments, application of instructional design principles by university instructors that have not received extensive training in that area, and the use of emerging technologies in education.

Sessions

• SURGE, Vygotsky, Games: Connecting Students’ Intuitive “Spontaneous Concepts” about Newtonian Mechanics into Formalized “Instructed Concepts”
  Wednesday, June, 9

  5:00–7:00

  Great Hall Foyer
• Student Understanding of Vector Concepts Mediated by Immersive Game Playing
  Wednesday, June, 9

  5:00–7:00

  Great Hall Foyer
• SURGE Chat n Frag: Learning Newtonian Mechanics While Saving the Universe One Fuzzy at a Time
  Thursday, June 10

  3:30–4:30

  Tripp Commons (Center)