Faculty Directory
Brian K. Smith
Honorable David S. Nelson Chair; Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Computer Science Department
Brian K. Smith
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion 109
Email: b.smith@orkexpo.net
ORCID 0000-0002-6523-2019
Education
- Ph.D., Northwestern University
- B.S., University of California at Los Angeles
Courses
Design Studio 1, 2, and 3
Reflective Seminar 3
The ABCs of User Experience
Research Interests
Design of Computer-Based Learning Environments
Human-Computer Interaction
Out-of-School Learning
Computer Science Education
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Expertise
- Curriculum & Instruction
- Design of Learning Experiences and Technologies
- STEM Teaching and Learning
- Cognitive and Social Development
Department
Publications
Kantharaju, P., Alderfer, K., Zhu, J., Char, B., Smith, B., Ontañón, S. (2022). Modeling player knowledge in a parallel programming educational game. IEEE Transactions on Games, 14(1): 64-75.
Donaldson, J. & Smith, B.K. (2017). Design thinking, designerly ways of knowing, and engaged learning. In J.M. Spector, B.B. Lockee, & M.D. Childress (eds.), Learning, design, and technology: An international compendium of theory, research, practice, and policy. Bloomington, IN: AECT.
Smith, B.K. (2016). Living in the fourth quadrant: Valuing the process of design. In V. Svihla and R. Reeve (eds.), Design as scholarship: Case studies from the learning sciences (pp. 55-70). New York, NY: Routledge.
Land, S.M., Smith, B.K., and Zimmerman, H.T. (2013). Mobile technologies as tools for augmenting observations and reflection in everyday informal environments. In J.M. Spector, B.B. Lockee, S.E. Smaldino, and M. Herring (eds.), Learning, problem solving, and mind tools: Essays in honor of David Jonassen (pp. 214-228). New York, NY: Routledge.
Smith, B.K., Frost, J., Albayrak, M., and Sudhakar, R. (2007). Integrating glucometers and digital photography as experience capture tools to enhance patient understanding and communication of diabetes self-management practices. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 11(4): 273-286.
Smith, B.K., Sharma, P., and Hooper, P. (2006). Decision making in online fantasy sports communities. International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 4: 347-360.
Smith, B.K. (2006). Design and computational flexibility. Digital Creativity, 17(2): 65-72.
Seif El-Nasr, M. and Smith, B.K. (2006). Learning through game modding. ACM Computers in Entertainment, 4(1): Article 3B.
Smith, B.K. and Reiser, B. J. (2005). Explaining behavior using video for observational inquiry and theory articulation. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 14(3): 315-360.
Reiser, B.J., Tabak, I., Sandoval, W.A., Smith, B.K., Steinmuller, F., and Leone, A.J. (2001). BGuILE: Strategic and conceptual scaffolds for scientific inquiry in biology classrooms. In S.M. Carver and D. Klahr, (eds.), Cognition and instruction: Twenty five years of progress (pp. 263-305). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Awards
- National Science Foundation Special Act Award, 2021
- Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple Computer Inc., 2004
- Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies, American Educational Research Association, 2004
- National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2000
- TRW Chairman's Award for Innovation, 1990