What Do Adolescent Girls Want From Game-Based Learning?
Dr. Shahnaz Kamberi & Dr. Cynthia Calongne
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Dr. Shahnaz Kamberi
Professor
Dr. Shahnaz Kamberi is a Computer Science professor with nine years of experience teaching programming at multiple levels, onsite and online; with specialty in game programming, educational game development, serious game development and game design. She is a STEM outreach professional responsible for focusing on engaging the student in the classroom through new innovative methods. Dr. Kamberi is known for using educational computer games, software tools, using unplugged activities, social media and other means to provide the best learning environment for both adult learners and millennials/Generation Y students. Her dissertation focus was on the use of educational computer games to increase adolescent girls’ interest in computer science.
Dr. Cynthia Calongne
Professor
Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo, is a professor, author, game designer, and researcher with 20 years of experience in developing virtual environments and teaching. For 13 years, she worked as a software engineer and a systems programmer for Air Force Space Command and on Capitol Hill. In 2010, their Air University team won the first $25,000 Grand Prize in the Federal Virtual World Challenge for the Mars Expedition Strategy Challenge.