Matthew Schmidt, PhD

Diabetes Journey

Diabetes Journey is a novel mobile health (mHealth) and telemedicine intervention for teens with type 1 diabetes (T1D). This tool promotes problem-solving around identified T1D adherence barriers. Gamification elements and a highly interactive mobile interface provide teens with an appealing and engaging multimedia learning experience. Diabetes Journey is an effective way to help teens with T1D identify and remove barriers to taking their insulin.

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Individually Tailored

Diabetes Journey provides a personalized experience for teens with T1D, focusing on the areas where they struggle the most.

Gamified

Using video-game elements throughout, Diabetes Journey presents serious content in a way that is fun and relatable for teens, with research showing they enjoy the experience.

Effective Strategies

Using proven strategies from psychology and translating them into a digital format, Diabetes Journey provides teens with a toolkit for problem solving that leads to better insulin adherence.

Designed with Teens who have Type 1 Diabetes

We included teens with T1D at every stage of the design process to solicit their input and refine our approach so as to create an effective and appealing learning experience. Teens found the approach to be pleasing, fun, and engaging, and appreciated how Diabetes Journey provided clear guidance on identifying and solving insulin adherence problems. They also appreciated that Diabetes Journey was a a non-judgemental environment for learning and was sensitive to their needs.

Research

Research presentation detailing the design and development of the Diabetes Journey intervention.

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Learning design teams often lack sufficient cultural perspectives to design for a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning experiences. My work seeks to incorporate sociocultural perspectives intentionally learning designs using human-centered methods for developing empathy.

Learn more about empathy methods in this book chapter I co-authored.

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DIVERSE & EQUITABLE

Learning design teams often lack sufficient cultural perspectives to design for a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning experiences. My work seeks to incorporate sociocultural perspectives intentionally learning designs using human-centered methods for developing empathy.

Learn more about empathy methods in this book chapter I co-authored.

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HUMAN-CENTERED

Human-centered educational technology design means that the learner must be considered in all aspects of learning design. This includes (1) the technological, which is how the learner uses the system; (2) the pedagogical, which has to do with understandable instructions and learning materials; and (3) the sociocultural, which has to do with how learners' backgrounds and cultures influence how they learn.

Learn more at this blog post I authored

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CUTTING-EDGE

Virtual Reality
I have significant experience developing virtual reality software systems, designing virtual reality learning experiences, and deploying virtual reality hardware.
Learning Analytics & Artificial Intelligence
My work in extracting analytics data from software systems, visualizing data, and deriving insights drives many key performance indicators for the systems I design. I also apply machine learning and artificial intelligence methods to understand learners' usage patterns.
Biometrics
I have been using biometrics to better understand how learners' usage of educational technologies can be understood through physiological responses. For example, I have been using eye tracking in my research since 2008 to better understand how gaze behavior predicts usage patterns.

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AWARD-WINNING

Multi-year recipient of the Association for Educational and Communications Technology's Crystal Award recognizing the innovative and outstanding multimedia-based distance learning
Recipient of multiple awards recognizing exceptional research including the University of Hawaii's Exceptional Research Award and the Association for Educational and Communications Technology's People's Choice Award
Multi-year recipient of the Golden Apple award recognizing exceptional training and teaching.

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