I'm happy to share HitPoints' very first interview! Back on August 27th, I wrote an article on the University of Florida Starcraft class. I reached out to Nate Polling, the instructor for the course and he was gracious enough to grant our humble blog some of his time. Nate is a UF educational technology doctoral student at the College of Education. He also teaches EME2040, Introduction to Educational Technology.
Mark Tanjutco: Nate, I want to start by saying thanks for taking the time to chat with us today. I guess we’ll start with the background questions: What personally motivated you to build and offer the course? Was there anything in your background as a gamer, as a member of academia, etc.?
Nate Poling: My research interest revolves around the educational use of video/computer games and their implications on teaching, learning, and training. Personally, I grew up with video games and I’ve been fortunate enough to merge my interests in course design, teaching, and gaming into a major project, the Starcraft course project.
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