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| David Gibson |
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For over ten years, Dr. Gibson served as Director of Research and Development at the Vermont Institutes, where he concentrated on partnership development, new programs, systems analysis, evaluation, strategic planning, professional networks, national partners, and telecommunications in learning.
Dr. Gibson holds a position as Research Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont and Executive Director of The Global Challenge (www.globalchallengeaward.org), a team and project-based learning and scholarship program for high school students funded by the National Science Foundation that engages small teams in studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics in order to solve global problems. His research and publications include work on complex systems analysis and modeling of education, Semantic Web applications and the future of learning, and the use of technology to personalize education for the success of all students. His book “Games and Simulations in Online Learning” outlines the potential for games and simulation-based learning. He is creator of simSchool (www.simschool.org), a classroom flight simulator for training teachers, currently funded by the US Department of Education FIPSE program. He is currently involved in translating simSchool and articles into Korean, Chinese and Japanese.
His business, CURVESHIFT, is an educational technology company (www.curveshift.com) that assists in the acquisition, implementation and continuing design of games and simulations, e-portfolio systems, data-driven decision making tools, and emerging technologies.
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