Short Bio I am a Professor in the College of Education and the Director of Masters of Arts in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. In addition to Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, I hold bachelors and masters in Electrical Engineering. My teaching and research focuses on computational thinking, computer science education, and problem-based learning |
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Dr. Aman Yadav Professor Educational Psychology and Educational Technology East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A email: ayadav (at) msu.edu ph: 517-884-2094 Follow @yadavaman |
Risks and uncertainties in virtual worlds: an educators’ perspective
Farahmand, F., Yadav, A., & Spafford, E. H. (2013) Characterizing risks in virtual worlds: A learning technology Application. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, doi: 10.1007/s12528-013-9067-5 Virtual worlds present tremendous advantages to cyberlearning. For example, in virtual worlds users can socialize with others, build objects and share them, customize parts…
Learning to Teach Computer Science
In this paper published in the Communications of the ACM, we argue that in order to meet the CS10K Project goals, high school CS teachers must have in-depth computer science knowledge as well as strong pedagogical content knowledge, developed through a computer science methods course. Learning to Teach Computer Science: The…
Personal Epistemology and Teacher Education Chapter
This chapter was published in Personal epistemology and teacher education (New York, NY: Routledge). In this chapter, we discuss the role of epistemological beliefs in teacher education and limitations of the current knowledge about epistemological beliefs in teacher education. Yadav, A., Herron, M., & Samarapungavan, A. (2011). Epistemological Beliefs in Preservice Teacher…
Problem-based Learning: Influence on Students’ Learning in an Electrical Engineering Course
Yadav, A., Subedi D., Lundeberg, M. A., & Bunting, C. F. (2011). Problem-based learning: Influence on students’ learning in an electrical engineering course. Journal of Engineering Education, 100, 253–280. BACKGROUND Recently, there has been a shift from using lecture-based teaching methods in undergraduate engineering courses to using more learner-centered teaching approaches,…