Matthew Schmidt, PhD

Portfolio

Project PHoENIX

Project PHoENIX (Participatory, Human-centered, Equitable, Neurodiverse, and Inclusive XR) is developing new methods and processes to support autistic users in co-designing and researching extended reality, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality.

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Diabetes Journey

Diabetes Journey is a gamified Mobile Health program designed to improve Type 1 Diabetes management by identifying the problems that affect taking insulin and improving self-management skills for teens.

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Virtuoso

Virtuoso is a virtual reality training program for adults with autism to learn how to use public transportation. This training program emphasized safety and the ability to transfer skills learned in virtual reality to the real-world.

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SMART

Self-Monitoring Activity Relaxation Training (SMART) is a mobile app-based intervention designed for youth who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. SMART helps manage symptoms and promotes a speedy return to regular daily activities.

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Road to Recovery

Road to Recovery is an online learning environment for parents of children who have recently sustained a traumatic brain injury. Road to Recovery provides support and education for parents in this critical phase post-injury.

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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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