Alison Carr-Chellman Research

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Recent keynotes and presentations:

• Gregg, A. , Carr-Chellman, D.J., Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2019, April). Craving meaning: Adult learning and online course discussions . American Educational Research Association (AERA) Toronto, Canada.
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2019). How the US Education System is Failing Boys. Keynote. Association of Curriculum Supervision and Development (ASCD) Confederation of Oregon School Administrators, 4th Annual Oregon Whole Child Summit, Portland, Oregon.
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2018). Engaging disengaged learners; Gaming to learn.  Energise conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

AERA (American Educational Research Association) Presentations:

• Re-engaging Boys: How Designed Learning Spaces teach Boys 21st Century Skills.  Roundtable.  Friday April 8, 2016 with Jason Engerman, Robert Hein, Rebecca Bayek.  Washington, DC.
• Boys & The Common Core: Video Games to improve Literacy.  Poster Session, Saturday April 9, 2016 with Jason Engerman, Stephanie Schroth, Robert Hein, Rebecca Bayek, Washington DC.

Recent Work:

• Carr, A.A., Raney, T., Campbell, D. (submitted). Potato Famine: The recent history of funding inequities in Idaho’s public schools through Kozol’s lens. Kappan Online.
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (in press). Games to learn: An update from 2010. Issues and Trends in Educational Technology (ITET).
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2018). Going to school doesn’t qualify: The uses of education experts in mass media reporting through the lens of the DeVos hearings. EJournal of Education Policy. Fall 2018. Retrieved from: https://in.nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/135/2019/01/Carr-Chellman.pdf
• Gregg, A., Bergg, P., Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2019). Changing the narrative: New directions in online retention. e-Learn Magazine. Available online at: https://elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm?aid=3313876
• Scroth, S., Tang, H., AlQahtani, M. and Carr-Chellman, A. (2019). An exploratory study of Osmo tangram and tangram manipulative in an elementary mathematics classroom. Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE) 11 (1), 1-11.
• Engerman, J.A., MacAllan, M, & Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2018). Games for boys: A qualitative study of experiences with commercial off the shelf gaming.  Educational Technology Research and Development, 66 (2), 313-339.
• Freeman, S., Kitchel, A. & Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2017). The Negentropic professor and the online curriculum. e-Learn Magazine, 11 (1). Available online at: http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=3152716
• Levitan, J., Carr-Chellman, D.J.,  & Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2017). Accidental Ethnography (AccE): A method for practitioner-based education research. Journal of Action Research. 
• Wilson, D.,A.  Raish, V. & Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2017). Film use to promote understanding in change and diffusion of innovation. Systems Practice and Action Research (SPAR) 30(3), 277-293.
• Yan S., Mun, Y, Engerman, J.A., Carr-Chellman, A.A., Benson, A, Joseph, R. Moore, J.L. (2017). Boys and video game play: Re-engaging boys in the classroom. Culture, Learning, and Technology, 165-179.
• Carr-Chellman, A. A., Rowland, G. (Eds.), (2017). Classic dialogues: Exploring the field of educational technology. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2016). Instructional design for teachers ID4T: Improving classroom practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2016). Emerging Marriages: One story of Learning Sciences and Instructional Systems as a possible revisioned future. Educational Technology Magazine, 56 (1), 32-35.
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2015). Positing the Future: The Future of "Our" Field. Tech Trends, 59(4), 4-7.
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2015). Will E-Learning Kill the University? Blog enter, e-Learn Magazine, available: http://elearnmag.acm.org/opinion.cfm?aid=2800834
• Raish, V., & Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2015). Cyber charter schools: An alternative to brick-and-mortar schooling? In Clark, T. & Barbour, M. K. (Eds.), Online, Blended and Distance Education in Schools: Building Successful Programs Stylus publications.
• Jordan, R., & Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2015). User Design: A Case Study in Developing Workplace Curricula. Peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Argondizza, T. G., & Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2014). Decisions, Decisions: Selecting a Course Management System in Higher Education. In Benson, A. & Whitworth, A. (Eds.), Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2014). Online learning and the doctorate. Blog entry, e-Learn Magazine available: http://elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm?aid=2694729
• Savoy, M. R., & Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2013). Change Agency in Learning, Instruction, & Performance. In Mike Spector (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology (pp. 617-626). USA: Springer. Peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Jordan, R., & Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2014). DIY Design. Training and Development, January 2014. https://www.td.org/podcasts/diy-design
• Carr-Chellman, A.A., (2014). We need more videogames in schools. Huffington Post, invited. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-carrchellman/we-need-more-games-in-schools_b_3882406.html

Media and Editorships

Ali currently serves the eLearn Magazine as an editor with a focus on K-12 online learning.

Ali appeared on WBUR Boston NPR radio station in July.

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Ali was appointed to the Advisory Board of The Boys' Initiative in May 2011.

Ali was invited to join the Commission to establish a White House Council for Boys to Men, May 2011.

Ali spoke on the Brian Lehrer Show, for WNYC, New York City's NPR station. Discussion was on the uses of educational technology in schools during times of budget crises.

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Ali's talk from TEDxPSU on Boy Culture in Schools was bumped up to the GLOBAL TED website Jan 2011!

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