Trevor Owens
Biographic Data
| ID | 4257811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Trevor Owens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Trevor |
| FAMILY NAME | Owens |
| SIGNATURE | OWENS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8857-388X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Learning in the Making
Through a comparative case study, Sheridan and colleagues explore how makerspaces may function as learning environments. Drawing on field observations, interviews, and analysis of artifacts, videos, and other documents, the authors describe features of three makerspaces and how participants learn and develop through complex design and making practices. They describe how the makerspaces help individuals identify problems, build models, learn and a…
Social videogame creation
Purpose Online community sites devoted to RPG Maker, an inexpensive software for creating role‐playing video games, have emerged as spaces where young people are developing valuable competencies with digital media. This study seeks to examine the largest of these communities. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a mix of qualitative methods including a survey, interviews and analysis of the structure of the site. The study uses discourse an…
Madame Curie above the fold
On May 11, 1921, the world’s most famous female scientist, Marie Curie, began a 10-week tour of the United States. Curie’s biographers have argued that instead of portraying Curie as a scientist, the American press’ emphasis on Curie’s role as a mother, widow, and healer created a mythic Curie with traditional female virtues that served to make this unconventional woman less threatening to traditional values. This article complicates that approac…
Slide decks as government publications
Social videogame creation
Purpose Online community sites devoted to RPG Maker, an inexpensive software for creating role‐playing video games, have emerged as spaces where young people are developing valuable competencies with digital media. This study seeks to examine the largest of these communities. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a mix of qualitative methods including a survey, interviews and analysis of the structure of the site. The study uses discourse an…
Social videogame creation
Purpose Online community sites devoted to RPG Maker, an inexpensive software for creating role‐playing video games, have emerged as spaces where young people are developing valuable competencies with digital media. This study seeks to examine the largest of these communities. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a mix of qualitative methods including a survey, interviews and analysis of the structure of the site. The study uses discourse an…
Madame Curie above the fold
On May 11, 1921, the world’s most famous female scientist, Marie Curie, began a 10-week tour of the United States. Curie’s biographers have argued that instead of portraying Curie as a scientist, the American press’ emphasis on Curie’s role as a mother, widow, and healer created a mythic Curie with traditional female virtues that served to make this unconventional woman less threatening to traditional values. This article complicates that approac…
Learning in the Making
Through a comparative case study, Sheridan and colleagues explore how makerspaces may function as learning environments. Drawing on field observations, interviews, and analysis of artifacts, videos, and other documents, the authors describe features of three makerspaces and how participants learn and develop through complex design and making practices. They describe how the makerspaces help individuals identify problems, build models, learn and a…
Slide decks as government publications
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Computer Science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · World Wide Web (3 works) · Physics (2 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (1 work) · Astrophysics (1 work) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (1 work) · Condensed Matter Physics (1 work) · Curie (1 work) · Curie constant (1 work)