Nathan Holbert

Year		Degree		Institution
2007		MAEd Instructional Process		Washington Univeresity
2003		BS Chemistry Education		Greenville College

Holbert, Nathan (February, 2008). Shooting Aliens: The Gamer's Guide to Critical Thinking. Educational Leadership.

I am interested in understanding the key components of game design that impact cognition. Ultimately I am interested in creating a design framework that will subtly integrate effective design strategies for learning environments into popular video games. Research questions include: What video game designs already exist that facilitate a basic qualitative understanding of important scientific principles? How are these game designs utilized in popular commercial video games? What are the components of these designs? How do these design components impact cognition? How can we tweak these designs to encourage the transfer of game skills and knowledge to formal educational domains? What new designs could be easily and cheaply added?