About Us

Research

Our Lab, SIMED investigates various aspects of classroom teaching and learning using multimedia simulations and virtual reality environments.

Development and maintenance support was provided by The Office of Educational Technology, College of Education, University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign. This site was funded in part by, The US Department of Education PT3 Mini-Grant, The Bureau of Educational Research, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, The University of Illinois Research Board, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

Our Research Team

Professor Sharon Tettegah, Principal Investigator
Kona Taylor (Curriculum and Instruction) Doctoral Student
Eun Won Whang (Curriculum and Instruction) Doctoral Student
Simon Meistininkas (Computer Science) Undergraduate Student

Sharon Tettegah is currently a faculty member in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign. She teaches courses in Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her research focuses on the use of multimedia vignettes as a qualitative methodology to understand social behaviors. For more detailed information, please visit her homepage at www.ed.uiuc.edu/faculty/stettega.

Development and design by Sharon Tettegah, Angela Thomas, Hengzhi Zhong, and Daniel Schreiber

Programming by Hengzhi Zhong, Daniel Schreiber, and Simon Meistininkas.

Literary and design contributions by Grant Kien.

Flash animation introduction by Diana Betout

Prior technical support provided by Alim BakenRa and Yingying Su.

Maya modeling and animation by Robert Chamot