Directory
Alison A. Carr-Chellman, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education and Health Sciences
Full-Time Faculty
School of Education and Health Sciences: Office of the Dean
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington
- M.S. in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation, Syracuse University
- B.S. in Elementary Education, Syracuse University
Licensures & Certifications
- Cornell Certificate for Conflict Resolution
Professional Activities
- Educational Technology Research & Development (ETRD) editorial board
- Tech Trends reviewer, E-Learn Magazine, former EIC, currently on editorial board
- Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) editorial board
- Quality Matters, K-12 Strategy Committee
- Rural Schools Multi-State Initiative, Advisory Board
- The National Athletic and Professional Success Academy, Advisory Board.
Professional Memberships
- Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
- Council of Academic Deans from Research Institutions (CADREI)
- American Association of Educational Research (AERA)
Grants
- Learning with Technology: Doceo Center, Ali Carr-Chellman, PI, 2017-2020. $3,047,408.00
- Idaho Building Capacity Project, Ali Carr-Chellman, PI, 2017-2020. $2,403,094.
Awards & Honors
- Jonassen Award for Outstanding Research
- Outstanding Book Award (2017), Design & Development. For Carr-Chellman, A.A., Rowland, G. (Eds.), (2017). Classic Dialogues: Exploring the Field of Educational Technology. Routledge.
- 2015 Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Research and Theory Division Outstanding Book Award for Instructional Design for Teachers.
- 2014 Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Distinguished Development Award for work in applications of gaming and Instructional Design to classrooms as leverage points to systemically transform schools.
- James W. Brown Publication Award for Instructional-design theory, vol. III: Building a common knowledge base. (2009) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Winner AERA SIG for Systems Thinking in Education “Outstanding Publication Award for Established Scholar.” For book chapter, Creating Shared Visions of the Future for K-12 Education.
Research Interests
- Gender and gaming
- Technology impact on learning
- Learning sciences
- Educational technology
- Innovation and change
- E-learning
- Instructional design
- Systemic thinking
- Negentropy
Research Briefs
Selected Publications
Carr-Chellman, A.A., Freeman, S., & Kitchel, A. (accepted). Negentropic faculty work: A theoretical application of Chaos theory to University Organizations. Journal of Higher Education Management.
Carr-Chellman, A.A., Raney, T., Campbell, D. (accepted). Gem state inequalities: Examining the recent history of Idaho public school funding through Kozol’s lens. Journal of Education Finance.Carr-Chellman, A.A., Kitchel, A., & Freeman, S. (2020). Negentropy: Energy creating tools for organizational development. Tech Trends, 64 (2), 275-179.
Carr-Chellman, D.J., & Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2020). Integrating systems: The history of systems from von Bertalanffy to profound learning. Tech Trends. https://doi.org/10.1007/
Carr, A.A., Raney, T., Campbell, D. (2019). Rural funding inequities: The case of Idaho’s public schools. Kappan Online. Retrieved from: https://www.kappanonline.org/
Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2019). Games to learn: An update from 2010. Issues and Trends in Educational Technology (ITET), 7 (1), 34-44.
Engerman, J.A., MacAllan, M. & Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2019). Understanding learning in video games: A phenomenological approach to unpacking boy cultures in virtual worlds. Education and Information Technologies (EIT). 1-17. DOI: 10.1007/s10639-019-09930-2.
Gregg, A., Bergg, P., Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2019). Changing the narrative: New directions in online retention. e-Learn Magazine. Retrieved from: https://elearnmag.acm.org/
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.
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/
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.
Selected Presentations
TED Talk: Bring Back the Boys: Gaming to Re-engage boys in their own learning. Global January 2011. More than 1,000,000 views.