Matthew Schmidt, PhD

SMART

Self-monitoring Activity Relaxation Training (SMART) was designed to help adolescents manage symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury and return to normal daily activities. The mobile app was designed to be user-friendly, easy-to-use, and tailored to the preferences of adolescent users.

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3 components of SMART

Symptom Monitoring

Users are able to input their symptoms in an easy-to-use interface that tracks symptom severity over time.

Activity Monitoring

Based on symptoms and daily activity, the system is able to provide users with information on their recovery. Here, the user is showing good progress towards recovery.

Learning Modules

Fun and interactive learning modules help to reinforce and support users’ recovery. Using gamification elements, users learn tips and tricks to effectively return to daily activities.

User Experience Design

Contrary to the majority of educational technology products, SMART was created using user experience design methods. This produced a highly usable, appealing, and effective design that users loved.

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Research

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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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