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The research record

GlobalEd 2 is based on over two decades of research and refinement of the simulations and scenarios students played. Studies repeatedly showed substantial benefits for student achievement — including socio-scientific literacy, written argumentation and general writing skills, inquiry skills, and social studies and science content knowledge — plus increases in self-efficacy and interest in social studies and STEM careers. Multiple studies also showed larger achievement gains for students in urban and under-resourced schools, and reductions in known achievement gaps across gender, racial, ethnic, and urban/suburban groups.

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Books Book

  • Riel, J., & Lawless, K. A. (2020). GlobalEd CE Community Edition Facilitator's Guide and Base Game Rules: A Simulation Game for Middle and High School Social Studies. Chicago, IL: Innovations in Instruction. ISBN 9781946712059.

Peer-Reviewed Papers & Journal Articles Journal / Chapter

  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Oren, J. (2022). Comparisons of synchronous and asynchronous discussions in an online roleplaying simulation to teach middle school written argumentation skills. Online Learning, 26(4), 1-26. DOI: 10.24059/olj.v26i4.3468.
  • Riel, J., & Lawless, K. A. (2022). Developing written argumentation skills with an educational simulation game (ESG): The design and implementation of the GlobalEd ESG. In P. Sullivan, B. Sullivan, & J. Lantz (Eds.), Cases on Innovative and Successful Uses of Digital Resources for Online Learning. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Riel, J., & Lawless, K. A. (2022). Hybrid and virtual educational simulation games (vESGs) for the remote learning era: Design and implementation of the GlobalEd vESG. In P. Bawa (Ed.), Preparing Faculty for Technology Dependency in the Post-COVID-19 Era. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Riel, J., & Lawless, K. A. (2021). Enhancing student affect from multi-classroom simulation games via teacher professional development: Supporting game implementation with the ROPD model. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, 13(1), 34-54.
  • Riel, J., & Lawless, K. A. (2022). Enhancing student affect from multi-classroom simulation games via teacher professional development: Supporting game implementation with the ROPD model. In Information Resources Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Developments in Gamification and Game-Based Learning. 1703-1725. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3710-0.ch083.
  • Lawless, K. A., & Riel, J. (2020). Exploring the utilization of the big data revolution as a methodology for exploring learning strategy in educational environments. In D. L. Dinsmore, L. K. Fryer, & M. M. Parkinson (Eds.), Handbook of Strategies and Strategic Processing. New York: Routledge.
  • Lawless, K.A. & Brown, S.W. (2019). Promoting global citizenship and STEM literacies with a GlobalEd simulation. In Corey Wright-Maley (Ed.), Teaching Life Itself: Simulations as Powerful and Purposeful Social Studies. Information Age Publishing: Palgrave, Charlotte, NC.
  • Brown, S.W. & Lawless, K.A. (2019). The GlobalEd2 Project: Interdisciplinary Simulations Promoting Students' Socio-Scientific Literacy. In Paloma Díaz, Andri Ioannou, Kaushal Kumar Bhagat & Mike Spector (Eds.), Learning in a Digital World: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Interactive Technologies for Formal and Informal Education.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2018). Timing matters: Approaches for measuring and visualizing behaviours of timing and spacing of work in self-paced online teacher professional development courses. Journal of Learning Analytics, 5(1), 25-40.
  • Lawless, K. A., Brown, S. W., Rhoads, C. H., Lynn, L. J., Newton, S. D., Brodowinska, K., Oren, J., Riel, J., Song, S., & Wang, M. (2018). Promoting students science literacy skills through a simulation of international negotiations: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Computers in Human Behavior, 78, 389-396.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2017). Defining and designing responsive online professional development (ROPD): A framework to support curriculum implementation. In Kidd, T. & Morris, L. R. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Instructional Systems and Technology, 104-115. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2399-4.ch010.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Rhoads, C., Newton, S.D., & Lynn, L. (2016). Increasing students' science writing skills through a PBL simulation. In D. Sampson, J.M. Spector, D. Ifenthaler & P. Isaias (Eds.) Proceedings of The 13th IADIS International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA), p. 86-94. Mannhiem, Germany: International Association for Development of the Information Society. Selected as 2016 CELDA Best Paper.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2016). Listening to the teachers: Using weekly online teacher logs for ROPD to identify teachers' persistent challenges when implementing a blended learning curriculum. Journal of Online Learning Research, 2(2), 169-200.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. & Boyer, M.A. (2015). The GlobalEd 2 simulations: Promoting positive academic dispositions in middle school students in a web-based PBL environment (p. 147-159). In A. Walker, H Leary, C. Hmelo-Silver & P. Ertmer (Eds.). Essential readings in problem-based learning. Purdue University Press: West Lafayette, IN.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., Brown, S. W., & Lynn, L. J. (2015). Teacher participation in ongoing online professional development to support curriculum implementation: Effects of the GlobalEd 2 PD program on student affective learning outcomes. Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV. Waynesville, NC: SITE.
  • Lawless, K.A. & Brown, S.W. (2015). Developing scientific literacy skills through interdisciplinary, technology-based Global simulations: GlobalEd 2. The Curriculum Journal, p.1-22. DOI: 10.1080/09585176.2015.1009133
  • Brown, S.W. & Lawless, K.A. (2014). Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project. In P. Zaphiris (Ed.) Human-Computer interaction, Part I, HCII 2014, LNCS 8523, pp. 371-379. Springer International Publishing: Switzerland.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska, K., Lynn, L., Riel, J., Fields, K., Le-Gervais, L., & Mullin, G. (2014). The GE2 Project – Developing a scientifically literate citizenry. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information science and technology, Third edition. IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
  • Lynn, L. J., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska, K., Mullin, G., Powell, N., Richards, K.A., & Boyer, M.A. (2014). Science vocabulary development in a problem-based learning simulation. National Teacher Education Journal 7(3), 5-12.
  • Yukhymenko-Lescroart, M.A., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K., Brodowinska, K., & Mullin, G. (2014). Thematic analysis of teacher instructional practices and student responses in middle school classrooms with problem-based learning environment. Global Education Review, 1(3), 93-110.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Powell, N. & Brodowinska, K., (2013). Promoting middle school students' science knowledge: The GlobalEd 2 game. Proceedings of the 2013 E-Learn Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. & Boyer, M.A. (2013). Promoting positive academic dispositions using a web-based PBL environment: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 7(1), 67-90. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.7771/1541-5015.1389
  • Lawless, K.A., Brodowinska, K., Lynn, L., Khodos, G., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M. & Mullin, G.P. (2012). The GlobalEd 2 game: Developing scientific literacy skills through interdisciplinary, technology-based global simulations. In Y. Baek (Ed.) Psychology of gaming. (p. 65-82). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A. & The GlobalEd 2 Team (2012). A socio-scientific approach to STEM education: The GlobalEd2 Project. Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2012. Retrieved from www.editlib.org/p/40776/.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Yukhymenko, M., Cutter, A., Brodowinska Bruscianelli, Powell, N., Fernada Enriquez, M., Rice, J. & Khodos, G.K., (2011, Nov.). Impacting middle school students' science knowledge with problem-based learning simulations. In D. Sampson, J.M. Spector, D. Ifenthaler & P. Isaias (Eds.) Proceedings of The IADIS International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA), p. 181-187. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: International Association for Development of the Information Society.
  • Johnson, P.R., Boyer, M.A. & Brown, S.W. (2011). Vital interests: Cultivating global competence in the international studies classroom. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 9(3-4), 503-519.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Brodowinska, K., Mullin, G.P., Yukhymenko, M., Khodos, G., Lynn, L., Cutter, A., Powell, N. & Fernada Enriquez, M., (2011). Expanding the science and writing curricular space: The GlobalEd2 Project. In D. Sampson, J.M. Spector, D. Ifenthaler & P. Isaias (Eds.) Proceedings of The IADIS International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA), p. 154-160. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: International Association for Development of the Information Society.
  • Niv-Solomon, A., Janik, L.L., Boyer, M.A., Hudson, N.F., Urlacher, B., Brown, S.W., & Maneggia, D. (2011). Evolving beyond self-interest? Some experimental findings from simulated international negotiations. Simulation and Gaming 42(6), 711-732.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Brodowinska, K., O'Brien, D., Khodos, G., Cutter, A.B., Fernada Enriquez, M., Mullin, G., Powell, N. & Williams, G. (2010). GlobalEd 2: Learning and applying science outside of the laboratory through interdisciplinary, technology-based simulations. In T. Bastiaens et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 1939-1943). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from www.editlib.org/p/35838.
  • Boyer, M.A., Urlacher, B., Hudson, N.B., Janik, L., Niv-Solomon, A., Brown, S.W., & Ioannou, A. (2009). Gender and negotiation: Some experimental findings. International Studies Quarterly, 53, 23-47.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., & Boyer, M.A., (2009, Oct.). The GlobalEd 2 Project: Expanding the science and literacy curricular space. In T. Bastiaens et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (pp. 160-164). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieve from http://www.editlib.org/p/32449.
  • Ioannou, A., Brown, S.W., Hannafin, R.D., & Boyer, M.A. (2009). Can multimedia make kids care about social studies? The GlobalEd problem-based learning simulation. Computers in the Schools, 26, 63-81.
  • Yukhymenko, M. & Brown, S.W. (2009). Promoting global citizenship through ICT: Ukrainian high school students. US-China Education Review, 6(8) (serial number 57), 60-61.
  • Brown, S.W., Ioannou, A., Boyer, M.A., Niv-Solomon, A., Renfro, W., & Maneggia, D.D. (2008, Nov.). The GlobalEd Project: Learning in an interdisciplinary environment. In C.J. Bonk, M.M. Lee, & T. Reynolds (Eds.) Proceedings of E-Learn 2008: World conference on E-Learning in corporate, government, healthcare, & higher education, pp 2509-2528. Association of Advancement of Computing Education (AACE): Chesapeake, VA.
  • Gehlbach, H., Brown, S.W., Ioannou, A., Boyer, M.A., Hudson, N., Niv-Solomon, A., Maneggia, D., & Janik, L. (2008). Increasing interest in social studies: Social perspective taking and self-efficacy in stimulating simulations. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 33, 894-914.

Presentations & Invited Talks Presented Work

  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Oren, J. (2024, April). Effectiveness via improved implementation feasibility while maximizing social interactions in an online roleplaying game. Poster presented at the 2024 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Oren, J. (2022, April). Comparing the impact of real-time versus asynchronous-only interactions in a virtual educational simulation game (vESG). Poster presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Oren, J. (2022). Recent Studies of GlobalEd: Synchronicity and Duration of a Simulation Game. Presented at the 2022 UIC College of Education Research Day, Virtual Conference, February 2022.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Oren, J. (2021, April). Impact of different durations of an immersive social studies simulation game: Developing students' argumentative writing and socio-scientific skills with in-class play of GlobalEd simulations. Paper presented at the 2021 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference.
  • Riel, J., & Lawless, K. A. (2021). GlobalEd 2: A simulation game for authentic socio-scientific understanding for social studies classrooms. U.S. Department of Education Ed Tech Expo, web-based, June 2021.
  • Riel, J. & Lawless, K.A. (2020). Effects of online responsive professional development (ROPD) on teachers' implementation adherence of a classroom problem-based learning (PBL) simulation game and curriculum. Presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Meeting 2020, Virtual Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 2020.
  • Oren, J., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2020). Effects of synchronous and asynchronous communications in a problem-based learning social studies curriculum. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 2020 (Conference Canceled).
  • Lawless, K.A., & Riel J. (2020, Apr.). Toward utilizing big data for exploring learning strategy in digital learning environments. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2020 (Conference Canceled).
  • Riel, J. & Lawless, K. A. (2020). Positive effects of online responsive ongoing professional development (ROPD) on teachers' problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum implementation adherence. Presented at the 2020 UIC College of Education Research Day, Chicago, IL, February 2020.
  • Riel, J., Oren, J., & Lawless, K. A. (2020, Feb.). Implementing serious classroom play: An investigation linking student achievement to teachers' fidelity of implementation of GlobalEd, a classroom-based simulation game. Presented at the 2020 Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 2020.
  • Riel, J., & Lawless, K.A. (2020). GlobalEd Community Edition (CE): A Simulation Game for Social Studies. Social Studies Virtual UnConference, U.S. Department of Education Ed Tech Expo. Webinar, May 2020.
  • Lawless, K.A., & Riel, J. (2020). Demonstration of the GlobalEd 2 Project: The Mediterranean Sea Oil Spill scenario. U.S. Department of Education IES Ed Games Expo. Benjamin Tasker Middle School, Bowie, MD., Jan. 8, 2020.
  • Lawless, K. A., Brown, S. W., Lynn, L. J., Riel, J., Brucianelli, K. B., & Oren, J. B. (2019). Efficacy of a socioscientific simulation on students' written argumentation. Presented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA, April 2019.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2019). Opportunities for differentiation of ongoing professional development based on years of experience. Presented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA, April 2019.
  • Oren. J. B. (2019, Feb.). Effects of synchronous communication dosage on students' writings. Presented at the 2019 UIC College of Education Research Day, Chicago, IL, February 2019.
  • Song, S., Newton, S. D., Brown, S. W., & Lawless, K. A. (2019). Learning in an online environment: Remapping social cognitive theory. Presented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA, April 2019.
  • Oren, J. B., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2019). Exploring teacher perceived challenges during implementation. Presented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA, April 2019.
  • Lynn, L. J., Oren, J., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2019). The application of an online problem-based learning intervention in an extracurricular context. Presented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA, April 2019.
  • Lawless, K. A., Brown, S. W, Riel, J., Oren, J., Lynn, L., & Brodowinska, K. (2019). Improving Student's Written Argumentation through Socio-Scientific Inquiry. Presented at the International Conference of Psychological Science, Paris, France.
  • Lawless, K. A., Riel, J., & Brown, S. W. (2019). Demonstration of the GlobalEd Project: The Mediterranean Sea Oil Spill Scenario. U.S. Department of Education IES Ed Games Expo, HD Woodson STEM High School, Washington, D.C., January 2019.
  • Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2018). Demonstration of the GlobalEd Project: The Mediterranean Sea Oil Spill Scenario. U.S. Department of Education IES Ed Games Expo, Washington, D.C., January 2018.
  • Lynn, L. J. & Lawless, K. A. (2017 – upcoming presentation). Assessing argumentative writing: A facets analysis of rater use of a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning rubric. Paper to be presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Oren, J. B., Lawless, K. A., Brown, S. W., Riel J., Lynn, L. J., Bruscianelli, K. B. (2017 – upcoming presentation). Exploring Teachers' Facilitative Behaviors Across Implementation Years. Roundtable presentation to be presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Song, S., Newton, S. D., Wang, M. S., Zhao, A., Brown, S. W., & Lawless, K. A. (2017 – upcoming presentation). More than just a way to communicate: Online interactive writing leads to improved scientific/written argumentation. Paper to be presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Wang, M. S., Zhao, A., Newton, S. D., Song, S., Morassini, M. L., Brown, S. W., & Lawless, K. A. (2017 – upcoming presentation). What makes a leader: Online activity, language quality, or social background? Paper to be presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Wang, M.S., Zhao, A., Brown, S.W., Newton, S.D., Song, S., Morassini, M., Lawless, K.A. (2016, October). Making your voice heard: Developing online leadership through persuasive writing. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbell, CT.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K. A., & Brown, S. W. (2016). Listening to the teachers through journals and ROPD: The need for identifying teacher challenges as they happen and providing responsive online professional development. Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute Webinar Series. October, 2016.
  • Lynn, L. J., Yukhymenko, M. A., & Lawless, K. A. (2016, May). Similar scores but differential conclusions produced by Rasch and Classical Test Theory (CTT) analyses. Poster presentation at APS conference, Chicago IL.
  • Song, S., Newton, S.D., Wang, M.S., Morassini, M., Zhao, A., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Lynn, L., Riel, J., Bruscianelli, K., Oren, J. (2016, May). The Influence of Gender and Internet Access on Academic Self-efficacy in Middle School Students. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
  • Wang, M.S., Morassini, M., Newton, S.D., Song, S., Zhao, A., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Lynn, L., Riel, J., Bruscianelli, K., Oren, J. (2016, May). Capitalizing on Students' Prior Knowledge to Improve Scientific Writing Proficiency. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
  • Wang, M.S., Morassini, M., Newton, S.D., Song, S., Zhao, A., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Lynn, L., Riel, J., Bruscianelli, K., Oren, J. (2016, May). Prior Knowledge and Scientific Literacy: An inspection on the contemporary knowledge sources and effects on scientific writing. Poster presentation at the 6th International Symposium on Society, Education and Psychology, Beijing, China.
  • Brodowinska-Bruscianellii, K., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Zhao, A., Oren, J.B., Riel, J., & Lynn, L.J. (2016, April). Examining Differences Among Teacher Implementation Patterns. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2016.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Newton, S. & Lynn, L., (2016, April). Promoting Socio-Scientific Literacy in Middle Grade Students through an Educational PBL Simulation. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Washington, D.C. April 8, 2016.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Lynn, L.J. Brodowinska-Bruscianelli, K., Riel, J., & Oren, J.B. (2016, April). Improving Written Argumentation through Web-Based, Interdisciplinary Simulations: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2016.
  • Newton, S. D. (2016, April). Conceptualizations of reliability in practice—Moving beyond Cronbach's Alpha. Roundtable presentation at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, April 8, 2016.
  • Oren, J.B., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska-Bruscianelli, K., Riel, J., & Lynn, L.J. (2016, April). Do Teachers' Behaviors Change While Leading a Collaborative Classroom? Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Washington, D.C., April 9, 2016.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K.A. & Brown, S.W. (2016, April). Completion, Time-in-Intervention, and Movement: Relationships between Dimensions of Participation in Online Teacher Professional Development and Knowledge Growth. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Washington, D.C., April 9, 2016.
  • Wang, M.S., & Zhao, A. (2016, April). Making your voice heard: Developing online leadership through persuasive writing. Roundtable presentation at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W. Lynn, L. & Newton, S. (2016, Feb.). Writing about science in a problem-based simulation: Promoting students' skills and growth. Paper presented at the 2016 Eastern Educational Research Association Conference, Hilton Head, SC.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Riel, J., Wang, M.S., Lynn, L., Newton, S., Bruscianelli, K., Zhao, A., Song, S. & Oren, J. (2016, Jan.). Promoting STEM Literacies and Attitudes in Students through an Online Problem-Based Learning Simulation of International Negotiation. Paper presented at the 2016 Hawaiian International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., & The GlobalEd2 Team. (2015, Oct.). Promoting STEM literacy with problem-based learning: The GlobalEd 2 project. Paper presented at the Center for Scholastic Inquiry, Charleston, SC.
  • Song, S., Brown, S.W. & Lawless, K.A. (2015, Oct.). The GlobalEd 2 project: The effect of access to the Internet on Students' academic self-efficacy. Paper presented at the NERA Conference, Trumbull, CT.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown S.W., & the GlobalEd 2 Team (June, 2015). Promoting middle school students' science inquiry skill: The GlobalEd 2 game. Paper presented at the annual EdMedia Conference, Montreal, Canada.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., & the GlobalEd 2 Team (2015, May). Promoting conceptual change in science through a PBL simulation: GlobalEd 2. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, New York City, NY.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Lynn, L., Browdowinska Bruscianelli, K. & Riel, J. (2015, April). Promoting science through an educational game: GlobalEd 2. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Shea, K., M., Lynn, L. J., Brodowinksa Bruscianelli, K., Riel, J., Lawless, K., (2015, April). Teachers' reported use of assessment in GlobalEd 2. Poster presentation at the University of Illinois at Chicago Student Research Forum, Chicago, IL.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W. & The GlobalEd 2 Team (2015, April). GlobalEd 2: A Problem-Based, Interdisciplinary Simulation Targeted at Written Argumentation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W. & The GlobalEd 2 Team (2015, April). Promoting science knowledge and interest: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Conference, Sarasota, FL.
  • Lynn, L., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska, K. & Riel, J. (2015 April). Socioscientific conceptual change in an online problem-based learning scenario. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Lynn, L. J., Shea, K., Lawless, K. (2016 January). Science conceptual change in online, socioscientific problem-based learning simulation. Poster presentation at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Education Annual Research Day, Chicago, IL.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. & Boyer, M.A. (2015, March). Interdisciplinary learning through PBL simulations: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (Teaching Institute), Amsterdam, NL.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. & Boyer, M.A. (2015, March). Promoting Science Literacy in College Students. Presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, NL.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W. & The GlobalEd 2 Team. (2015, March). An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Teaching of Written Argumentation: GlobalEd 2. Presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (Teaching Institute), Amsterdam, NL.
  • Riel, J., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., & Lynn, L.J., (2015, March). Teacher participation in ongoing online professional development to support curriculum implementation: Effects of the GlobalEd 2 PD program on student affective learning outcomes. Paper presented at the Annual conference for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Field, K., Riel, J., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., & Brodowinska, K. (2014, Oct.). Supporting successful implementation of a PBL curriculum: Scaffolding and research skills. Paper presented at the 2014 NERA Conference, Trumbull, CT.
  • Brown, S.W. & Lawless, K.A. (2014, June). Promoting students' writing skills in science through an educational simulation: The GlobalEd 2 project. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Creta Maris Greece.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A.; Yukhymenko, M.A.; Brodowinska Bruscianelli, K.; Lynn. L. & Mullin, G.P. (2014, May). Promoting students' writing about science skills through PBL: GlobalEd 2. Poster presented at the 2014 APS Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., & the GlobalEd 2 Team. (2014, April). Simulating the negotiations of international science advisers: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Paper presented at the 2014 AERA Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., & The GlobalEd 2 Team. (2014, April). Developing a scientifically literate citizenry. Invited paper presented at the 2014 AERA conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Lynn, L., Brodowinska Bruscianelli, K., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Mullin, G.P., Yukhymenko, M., & Boyer, M.A. (2014, April). Development of conceptual science knowledge in an online learning simulation. Roundtable presentation at the AERA conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska, K., Field, K., Lynn, L., Riel, J., Le-Gervais, L., Dye, C. & Alanazi, R. (2014, Feb.). Expanding the science and literacy curricular space: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Paper presented at Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Lawless, K.A., Yukhymenko, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Gervais, L.L., Lynn, L., Brodowinska, K., & Khodos, G. (2014, Jan.). The impact of an international simulation game on students' academic self-efficacy and social perspective taking. Paper presented at the 2014 Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Powell, N. & Brodowinska, K., (2013, Oct.). Promoting middle school students' science knowledge: The GlobalEd 2 game. Paper presented at the 2013 E-Learn Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brodowinska, K., Lynn, L., Riel, J., Brown, S.W., Le, L., Mullin, G.P., & Maneggia, D. (2013, Oct.). Using digital communications to create a scientifically literate citizenry: The GlobalEd2 Project. Presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago 5th Annual Research Day. Chicago, IL.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Brodowinska, K., Khodos, G., Lynn, L., Yukhymenko, M.A., & Mullin, G.P. (2013, June.). The Differential Impact of Implementation Fidelity in a Technology Enhanced PBL Environment: The GlobalEd2 Project. Paper presented at the EdMedia 2013 Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. Boyer, M.A. & The GlobalEd 2 Team. (2013, May). The impact of a PBL simulation on college students' self-efficacy. Poster presented at the Annual Association of Psychological Science Convention. Washington, DC.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Brodowinska, K., Khodos, G., Lynn, L., Yukhymenko, M.A., Mullin, G.P., & Gervais, L.L. (2013, March.). The GlobalEd 2 game: Developing scientific literacy skills through interdisciplinary, technology-based simulations. Paper presented at the 2013 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., & The GlobalEd 2 Team (Yukhymenko, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Brodowinska, K., Khodos, G., Lynn, L. & Gervais, L.L.). (2013, Feb.). Promoting middle school writing skills in science through an educational game: GlobalEd 2. Paper presented at the 2013 Eastern Educational Research Association Conference, Sarasota, FL.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska, K., Lynn, L., Khodos, G., Mullin, G.P., Yukhymenko, M., & Boyer, M.A. (2012, June). Distributed learning environments: Cooperative/collaborative learning. Paper presented at EdMedia 2012, Denver, CO.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Brodowinska, K., Khodos, G., & Lynn, L. (2012, May). The impact of simulation games on science knowledge: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Poster presented at the 2012 Association for Psychology Science: Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
  • Lynn, L., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska, K., Mullin, G.P., Powell, N., Richards, K.A., Yukhymenko, M. & Boyer, M.A. (2012, May). Development of science vocabulary in an online learning environment. Poster presentation at the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
  • Yukhymenko, M., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Le, L., Mullin, G., & Boyer, M.A. (2012, May). Promoting science and social studies concepts through PBL: The GlobalEd Project. Poster presented at the 2012 Association for Psychology Science: Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
  • Brodowinska, K., Lynn, L., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., O'Brien, D.W., Cutter, A.B., Fernada Enriquez, M., Khodos, G.A., Maneggia, D.A., Mullin, G.P., Powell, N. & Williams, G. (2012, April). Teachers' Varied Approaches to Implementing a PBL, GlobalEd 2 simulation: An evolved analysis. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brodowinska, K., Brown, S.W., O'Brien, D.W., Powell, N., Cutter, A.B., Mullin, G.P., Boyer, M.A., & Fernada Enriquez, M. (2012, April). GlobalEd 2: A Technology-Mediated Simulation. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Lynn, L., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Brodowinska, K., Powell, N., Mullin, G.P., Richards, K., & Boyer, M.A. (2012, April). Science vocabulary development in a Problem-based Learning simulation. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Powell, N., Boyer, M.A., Brown, S.W., & Lawless, K.A. (2012, April). Changing perspectives on structural violence: Some experimental findings from the GlobalEd2 simulation program. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M., Mullin, G.P., Brodowinska, Khodos, G. K., Powell, N., & Lynn, L. (2012, Feb.). Increasing technology and writing self-efficacy through a PBL simulation: GlobalEd 2. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Conference; Hilton Head, SC.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Brodowinska, K., Lynn, L., Mullin, G.P., & Yukhymenko, M., (2012, Feb.). Developing scientific literacy skills through interdisciplinary, technology-based global simulations: GlobalEd 2. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Conference; Hilton Head, SC.
  • Yukhymenko, M., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Brodowinska, Khodos, G. K., Powell, N., & Lynn, L. (2012, Feb.). The GlobalEd Project in middle school: Effectiveness of ICT use for writing social studies PBL classrooms. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Conference; Hilton Head, SC.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Mullin, G.P., Yukhymenko, M., Cutter, A., Brodowinska Bruscianelli, Powell, N., Fernada Enriquez, M., Rice, J. & Khodos, G. K., (2011, Nov.). Impacting middle school students' science knowledge with problem-based learning simulations. Paper presented at the IADIS International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Brodowinska, K., Mullin, G.P., Yukhymenko, M., Khodos, G., Lynn, L., Cutter, A., Powell, N. & Fernada Enriquez, M., (2011, Nov.). Expanding the science and writing curricular space: The GlobalEd2 Project. Paper presented at the IADIS International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. Boyer, M.A. & The GlobalEd 2 Team. (2011, Oct.). Impacting science knowledge through an educational game: The GlobalEd2 Project. Paper presented at the NERA Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
  • Cutter, A., Mullin, G.P., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M., Powell, N., Fernada Enriquez, M., Brodowinska, K., Khodos, G., O'Brien, D. (2011, Oct.). Intention-based web browsing: Characteristic browsing patterns of student inquiry. Poster presented at the NERA Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
  • Mullin, G.P., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M., Cutter, A. Powell, N., Fernada Enriquez, M., Brodowinska, K., Khodos, G., O'Brien, D. (2011, Oct.). Middle-school student experiences participating in the PBL simulation that is GlobalEd2: An inductive approach. Poster presented at the NERA Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
  • Mullin, G.P., Cutter, A., Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Yukhymenko, M., Powell, N., Fernada Enriquez, M., Brodowinska, K., Khodos, G., O'Brien, D. (2011, Oct.). If you view it, grades will come: Website views linked to performance in GlobalEd2 writing. Paper presented at the NERA Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M. & the GE2 Project Team. (2011, July). GlobalEd 2: A Technology Mediated Simulation Targeted at Writing in the Disciplines. Poster presented at the 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference, Hong Kong, China. Also published in H. Spada, G. Stahl, N. Miyake & N. Law, (Eds.). CSCL2011 Conference Proceedings Volume II (p. 978-979).
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., & The GlobalEd 2 Team (2011, May). Impacting science self-efficacy through an educational game: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Paper presented at the APS Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Bruscianelli, K.B., Lynn, L., Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., O'Brien, D., Cutter, A., Fernada Enriquez, M., Khodos, G., Maneggia, D., Mullin, G., Powell, & Williams, G. (2011, April.). Teachers' varied approaches to implementing a PBL simulation: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, New Orleans, LA; April 10, 2011.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. Boyer, M.A. & The GlobalEd 2 Team (2011, Feb.). Impacting science interest and self-efficacy with PBL: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Conference, Sarasota, FL.
  • Lawless, K.A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Brodowinska, K., O'Brien, D., Khodos, G., Cutter, A.B., Fernada Enriquez, M., Mullin, G., Powell, N. & Williams, G. (2010, Oct.). GlobalEd 2: Learning and applying science outside of the laboratory through interdisciplinary, technology-based simulations. Paper presented at the 2010 E-Learning Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Yukhymenko, M., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Lawless, K.A., Cutter, A., Mullin, G., Williams, G., Powell, N., Fernada Enriquez, M., Brodowinska, K., O'Brien, D. & Khodos, G. (2010, Oct.). PBL in action: Effects of GlobalEd 2 on students' motivation related to science and social studies in middle school. Paper presented at the 2010 Northeast Educational Research Association Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., (2010, June). Expanding science and literacy curricular space: Results of the GlobalEd 2 simulation on water resources. Poster presented at the Institute for Education Sciences research Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Cutter, A., Brodowinska, K., O'Brien, D., Williams, G., Powell, N. & Fernada Enriquez, M. (2010, May). GlobalEd 2: Using PBL to promote learning in science and writing. Poster presented at the Association of Psychological Science Conference, Boston, MA.
  • Yukhymenko, M., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Williams, G., Renfro, Q. & Powell, N. (2010, May). Promoting motivation and prospective engagement related to global political processes in high School students: The GlobalEd Project. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, Denver, CO.
  • Brodowinska, K., Lawless, K.A., Boyer, M.A., Brown, S.W., O'Brien, D., Williams, G., Powell, N. & Fernada Enriquez, M. (2010, April). Teachers' approaches to implementing a problem-based learning simulation. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., & Boyer, M.A. (2010, March). The GlobalEd 2 Project: Expanding the science and literacy curricular space. Presentation at the Making Global Connections After School Conference, sponsored by the Connecticut After School Network, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A., & Boyer, M.A. (2009, Oct.). The GlobalEd 2 Project: Expanding the science and literacy curricular space. Paper presented at the 2009 E-Learning Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A, & Boyer, M.A. (2009, June). Expanding the science and literacy curricular space: The development of the GlobalEd II Project. Poster presented at the Fourth Annual IES Research Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Brown, S.W., Ioannou, A., Boyer, M.A., Niv-Solomon, A., Renfro, W., & Maneggia, D.D. (2008, Nov.). The GlobalEd Project: Learning in an interdisciplinary environment. Paper presented at the E-Learning Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Also as a full paper in C.J. Bonk, M.M. Lee, & T. Reynolds (Eds.) Proceedings of E-Learn 2008: World conference on E-Learning in corporate, government, healthcare, & higher education. pp 2509-2528. Association of Advancement of Computing Education (AACE): Chesapeake, VA.
  • Ioannou, A., Brown, S.W., Boyer, M.A., Niv-Solomon, A., Janik, L., & Maneggia, D.D. (2008, Oct.). Social studies interest, social studies self-efficacy, and social perspective taking: Do they increase with age? Poster presented at the 2008 Northeast Educational Research Association Conference, Rocky Hill, CT.
  • Brown, S.W., Ioannou, A., Boyer, M.A., Niv-Solomon, A., Janik, L. Renfro, W., & Maneggia, D.D. (2008, May). Girls outperform boys in cooperation, transfer and citizenship: The GlobalEd Project. Poster presented at the APS Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Brown, S.W., Lyras, A., Nicolaou, A.I., Boyer, M.A., Polyviou, P., Kotziamani, E., Niv-Solomon, A., Janik, L., Gehlbach, H., & Maneggia, D. (2008, March). Problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiations in an interdisciplinary environment: The 2007 Doves GlobalEd Project. Paper presented at the AERA Conference, New York City, NY.

Dissertations Doctoral Work

  • Song, S. (2020, Sep.). Examining motivational pathways of middle school students' science performance and choices. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Connecticut, Department of Educational Psychology, Storrs, CT.
  • Riel, J. (2020, Mar.). Measuring feature-level participation and efficacy with online teacher professional development (oTPD). (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Illinois, Department of Educational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Bruscianelli, K. B. (2020, Jan.). Curricular implementation patterns and their potential influence on student achievement. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Illinois, Department of Educational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Funded Grants IES Awards

  • 2017–2020. Lawless, K.A. & Brown, S.W. GlobalEd 2: Curriculum Refinement Project – Goal 2 Development Grant. U.S. Department of Education: The Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Award #R305A170558.
  • 2013–2017. Brown, S.W., & Lawless, K.A. GlobalEd 2: Efficacy and Replication – Goal 3 Initial Efficacy Grant. U.S. Department of Education: The Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Award #R305A130195.
  • 2008–2012. Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. & Boyer, M.A. Expanding the Science and Literacy Curricular Space: The GlobalEd II Project – Goal 2 Development Grant. U.S. Department of Education: The Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Award #R305A080622.
Funding. GlobalEd 2 was funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), under grants #R305A130195, #R305A080622, and #R305A170558.