New Videos Available at the Design-based Research YouTube Channel

With the help of my graduate students, I have finished editing and annotating a series of videos by Design-based Researchers about Design-based Research (DBR). The full set of videos can be accessed at the Design-based Research YouTube Channel.

These videos were created at the Design-based Research at the Crossroads conference in Athens, GA from Sept. 24-26, 2013. 

Each researcher was asked three questions:

1.) What are you doing currently with design-based research
2.) Where is DBR currently, and where do we go from here, and
3.) What advice do you have for burgeoning design-based researchers.

Some very interesting perspectives from seasoned DBR researchers, as well as burgeoning scholars.

Here is a list of scholars interviewed:

• Matthew Schmidt (University of Hawaii)
• James Laffey (University of Missouri)
• Rick West (Brigham Young University)
• Tom Reeves (University of Georgia)
• Andy Gibbons (Brigham Young University)
• TJ Kopcha (University of Georgia)
• David Wiley (Brigham Young University)
• Chandra Orrill (University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth)

And the videos:

Matthew Schmidt on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013) 

James Laffey on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013)

Rick West on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013) 

Tom Reeves and Andy Gibbons on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013) 

TJ Kopcha on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013) 

David Wiley on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013)

Chandra Orrill on the Current State and Future of Design-based Research (2013)

Cool things happening in the virtual worlds arena

First, a quick blog post from Microsoft's Project Spark, which isn't Open Source by any means, but gives a glimpse into next generation authoring tools for 3D environments (with a strong focus on gaming). That it will purportedly offer seamless compatibility between Windows and Xbox is a boon. Currently still in beta. See more here.

Next, there is the news from Meshmoon/RealXTend that their WebRocket native browser virtual world interface has reached 1.0 status. This is a Big Deal for folks who are still keeping the dream of the "3D Web" alive, since WebRocket allows for access to fully functional virtual worlds without requiring any plugins, apps, installations, or other headaches. Currently Chrome and Firefox support only, but aren't those the only browsers that matter?

Obligatory eye candy:

Microsoft's Project Spark 

Meshmoon 1.0

New website complete!

After spending a lot of time learning the Google Apps suite well enough that I can integrate all of the different tools, I'm proud to say that I've completed my professional portfolio website.

I also updated the look and feel of the blog to match the design of the site.

Really happy with how this turned out!

http://tinyurl.com/matthewschmidthomepage