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Christopher Devers

Professor / Educationist / Director

Johns Hopkins University

About

Christopher Devers received a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as a MS in educational administration and a BS in engineering and technology education from Purdue University. He is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University in the School of Education. Overall, Dr. Devers is interested in applied metacognitive processes and how people learn. Specifically, he explores learning using videos, mobile devices, and in online environments. He is also interested in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and student success.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction, 2009

Purdue University

M.S. in Educational Administration, 2003

Purdue University

B.S. in Engineering and Technology Education, 2000

Teaching

Assistant Professor (Graduate Faculty)

Johns Hopkins University, 2018-Present

Senior Fellow

Lumen Research Institute, 2018-Present

Director of Research

Center for Learning and Innovation, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2011-2018

Associate Professor

School of Education, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2011-2014; 2014-2018

Director of Lumen Research Institute

Excelsia College, 2016-2018

Associate Professor (Graduate Faculty)

University of San Diego, 2009-2011

Recent Teaching

  • Digital Age Technology and Instruction (graduate)
  • Technologies and Creative Learning (graduate)
  • Trends, Principles, and Practices of 21st Century Learning (graduate)
  • Advanced Applications of Digital Age Learning (graduate)
  • Technologies and Creative Learning (graduate)
  • Advanced Applications of Digital Age Learning (graduate)

Academic Service

  • Executive committee member, E-Learn
  • Co-chair with Charlie Miller of E-Learning Trends and Innovations SIG, E-Learn
  • Advisory board member, Epiphany Prep
  • Taskforce on Advancing Pedagogical Science, Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  • Advisory board member, Magnolia Science Academy

Professional Affiliations

  • Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  • Association for Psychological Science
  • Midwestern Psychological Association
  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
  • American Education Research Association