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Sasha Barab

Sasha Barab

Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures

Sasha.Barab@asu.edu

480-727-5674

School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Arizona State University
PO Box 875603
Tempe, AZ 85287-5603

Titles

  • Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
  • Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, College of Global Futures

Biography

Sasha Barab is a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He also co-founded and serves as the executive director of the Center for Games and Impact. Professor Barab is an internationally recognized learning scientist who holds the Pinnacle West Chair of Education, and who has researched, designed, and published extensively on the challenges and opportunities of using games for impact. His research has resulted in numerous grants, dozens of articles, and multiple chapters in edited books, which investigate knowing and learning in its material, social, and cultural context. Leveraging design-based and impact-based research methodologies, his work focuses the design and research of game-infused learning environments to support a more knowledgeable, compassionate, and committed citizenship.

Education

  • PhD, Cognition and Instruction, University of Connecticut, 1997
  • Special Education Certificate (K-12), State of Connecticut, 1994
  • MA, Education, University of Connecticut, 1994
  • BS, Psychology, American University, 1989

Journal Articles

2017

Siyahhan, S., A. Ingram-Goble, S. A. Barab and M. Solomou. 2017. Educational games to support caring and compassion among youth: A design narrative. International Journal of Game and Computer-Mediated Simulations 9(1):Art 4. DOI: 10.4018/IJGCMS.2017010104. (link )

2012

Barab, S. A., P. Pettyjohn, M. Gresalfi, C. Volk and M. Solomou. 2012. Game-based curriculum and transformational play: Designing to meaningfully positioning person, content, and context. Computers & Education 58(1):518-533. DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.08.001. (link )

2011

Gresalfi, M. and S. A. Barab. 2011. Learning for a reason: Supporting forms of engagement by designing tasks and orchestrating environments. Theory Into Practice 50(4):300-310. DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2011.607391. (link )

Siyahhan, S. and S. Barab. 2011. Ethics of identity play in virtual spaces. Journal of Interactive Learning Research 22(1):111-138. (link )

2010

Barab, S. A., T. Dodge, A. Ingram-Goble, P. Pettyjohn, K. Peppler, C. Volk and M. Solomou. 2010. Pedagogical dramas and transformational play: Narratively rich games for learning. Mind, Culture, and Activity 17(3):235-264. DOI: 10.1080/10749030903437228. (link )

Barab, S. A., M. Gresalfi, T. Dodge and A. Ingram-Goble. 2010. Narrative disciplines and disciplinizing narrative: Games as 21st century curriculum. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations 2(1):17-30. DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2010010102. (link )

Barab, S. A., M. Gresalfi and A. Ingram-Goble. 2010. Transformational play: Using game to position person, content, and context. Educational Researcher 30(7):525-536. DOI: 10.3102/0013189X10386593. (link )

Siyahhan, S., S. A. Barab and M. P. Downton. 2010. Using activity theory to understand intergenerational play: The case of Family Quest. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 5:412-432. DOI: 10.1007/s11412-010-9097-1. (link )

2009

Barab, S. A., M. Gresalfi and A. Arici. 2009. Why educators should care about games. Educational Leadership 67(1):76-80. (link )

Barab, S., M. Gresalfi, A. Ingram-Goble, E. Jameson, D. Hickey, S. Akram and S. Kizer. 2009. Transformational play and virtual worlds: Worked examples from The Quest Atlantis Project. International Journal of Learning and Media 1(2):. DOI: 10.1162/ijlm.2009.0023. (link )

Barab, S. A., B. Scott, S. Siyahhan, R. Goldstone, A. Ingram-Goble, S. J. Zuiker and S. Warren. 2009. Transformational play as a curricular scaffold: Using videogames to support science education. Journal of Science Education and Technology 18:Art. 305. DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9171-5. (link )

Dede, C. and S. Barab. 2009. Emerging technologies for learning science: A time of rapid advances. Journal of Science Education and Technology 18:301-304. DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9172-4. (link )

Gresalfi, M., S. Barab, S. Siyahhan and T. Christensen. 2009. Virtual worlds, conceptual understanding, and me: Designing for consequential engagement. On the Horizon 17(1):21-34. DOI: 10.1108/10748120910936126. (link )

Thomas, M. K., S. A. Barab and H. Tuzun. 2009. Developing critical implementations of technology-rich innovations: A cross-case study of the implementation of Quest Atlantis. Journal of Educational Computing Research 41(2):125-153. DOI: 10.2190/EC.41.2.a. (link )

Warren, S. J., R. A. Stein, M. Dondlinger and S. A. Barab. 2009. A look insie a muve design process: Blending instructional design and game principles to target writing skills. Journal of Educational Computing Research 40(3):295-321. DOI: 10.2190/EC.40.3.c. (link )

2008

Dodge, T., S. A. Barab, B. Stuckey, S. Warren, C. Heiselt and R. A. Stein. 2008. Children's sense of self: Learning and meaning in the digital age. Journal of Interactive Learning Research 19(2):225-249. (link )

Warren, S. J., M. Dondlinger and S. A. Barab. 2008. A MUVE towards PBL writing: Effects of a digital learning environment designed to improve elementary student writing. Journal of Research on Technology in Education 41(1):113-140. DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2008.10782525. (link )

2007

Barab, S. A. and C. Dede. 2007. Games and immersive participatory simulations for science education: An emerging type curricula. Journal of Science Education and Technology 16(1):1-3. DOI: 10.1007/s10956-007-9403-9. (link )

Barab, S. A., T. Dodge, M. K. Thomas, C. Jackson and H. Tuzun. 2007. Our designs and the social agendas they carry. Journal of the Learning Sciences 16(2):263-305. DOI: 10.1080/10508400701193713. (link )

Barab, S. A., S. M. Ritchie, S. Hwang and W. Roth. 2007. Forum: Toward a non-reductionist perspective of thinking in science. Cultural Studies of Science Education 1:451-465. DOI: 10.1007/s11422-006-9021-1. (link )

Barab, S., T. D. Sadler, C. Heiselt, D. Hickey and S. Zuiker. 2007. Relating narrative, inquiry, and inscriptions: Supporting consequential play. Journal of Science Education and Technology 16:59-82. DOI: 10.1007/s10956-006-9033-3. (link )

Barab, S., S. Zuiker, S. Warren, D. Hickey, A. Ingram-Goble, E. Kwon, I. Kouper and S. C. Herring. 2007. Situationally embodied curriculum: Relating formalisms and contexts. Science Education 91(5):750-782. DOI: 10.1002/sce.20217. (link )

Goldsworthy, R., N. Schwartz, S. Barab and A. Landa. 2007. Evaluation of a collaborative multimedia conflict resolution curriculum. Educational Technology Research and Development 55:Art. 597. DOI: 10.1007/s11423-006-9006-5. (link )

Sadler, T. D., S. A. Barab and B. Scott. 2007. What do students gain by engaging in socioscientific inquiry?. Research in Science Education 37:371-391. DOI: 10.1007/s11165-006-9030-9. (link )

2006

Barab, S. A. and W. Roth. 2006. Curriculum-based ecosystems: Supporting knowing from an ecological Perspective. Educational Researcher 35(5):3-13. DOI: 10.3102/0013189X035005003. (link )

Makinster, J. G., S. A. Barab, W. Harwood and H. O. Andersen. 2006. The effect of social context on the reflective practice of preservice science teachers: Incorporating a web-supported community of teachers. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education 14(2):543-579. (link )

2005

Baek, E. and S. A. Barab. 2005. A study of dynamic design dualities in a web-supported community of practice for teachers. Educational Technology & Society 6(4):161-177. (link )

Barab, S., A. Arici and C. Jackson. 2005. Eat your vegetables and do your homework: A design-based investigation of enjoyment and meaning in learning. Educational Technology 45(1):15-21. (link )

Barab, S., M. Thomas, T. Dodge, R. Carteaux and H. Tuzun. 2005. Making learning fun: Quest Atlantis, a game without guns. Educational Technology Research and Development 53:86-107. DOI: 10.1007/BF02504859. (link )

2004

Barab, S. A. 2004. Using design to advance learning theory, or using learning theory to advance design. Educational Technology 44(3):16-20. (link )

Barab, S. A., S. Schatz and R. Scheckler. 2004. Using activity theory to conceputualize online community and using online community to conceptualize activity theory. Mind, Culture, and Activity 11(1):25-47. DOI: 10.1207/s15327884mca1101_3. (link )

Barab, S. A. and K. Squire. 2004. Design-based research: Putting a stake in the ground. Journal of the Learning Sciences 13(1):1-14. DOI: 10.1207/s15327809jls1301_1. (link )

Barab, S. A., M. K. Thomas, T. Dodge, K. Squire and M. Newell. 2004. Critical design ethnography: Designing for change. Anthropology & Education Quarterly 35(2):254-268. DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2004.35.2.254. (link )

2003

Barab, S. A. 2003. An introduction to the special issue: Designing for virtual communities in the service of learning. The Information Society 19(3):197-201. DOI: 10.1080/01972240309467. (link )

Barab, S. A. and A. L. Luehmann. 2003. Building sustainable science curriculum: Acknowledging and accommodating local adaptation. Science Education 87(4):454-467. DOI: 10.1002/sce.10083. (link )

Barab, S. A., J. G. Makinster and R. Scheckler. 2003. Designing system dualities: Characterizing a web-supported professional development community. The Information Society 19(3):237-256. DOI: 10.1080/01972240309466. (link )

Squire, K., J. G. Makinster, M. Barnett, A. L. Luehmann and S. A. Barab. 2003. Designed curriculum and local culture: Acknowledging the primacy of classroom culture. Science Education 87(4):468-489. DOI: 10.1002/sce.10084. (link )

2002

Barab, S. A., M. Barnett and K. Squire. 2002. Developing an empirical account of a community of practice: Characterizing the essential tensions. Journal of the Learning Sciences 11(4):489-542. DOI: 10.1207/S15327809JLS1104_3. (link )

Barab, S. A., M. Barnett, L. Yamagata-Lynch, K. Squire and T. Keating. 2002. Using activity theory to understand the systemic tensions characterizing a technology-rich introductory astronomy course. Mind, Culture, and Activity 9(2):76-107. DOI: 10.1207/S15327884MCA0902_02. (link )

Barab, S. A. and J. A. Plucker. 2002. Smart people or smart contexts? Cognition, ability, and talent development in an age of situated approaches to knowing and learning. Educational Psychologist 37(3):165-182. DOI: 10.1207/S15326985EP3703_3. (link )

Herring, S., K. Job-Sluder, R. Scheckler and S. A. Barab. 2002. Searching for safety online: Managing "trolling" in a feminist forum. The Information Society 18(5):376-384. DOI: 10.1080/01972240290108186. (link )

Moore, J. and S. A. Barab. 2002. The inquiry learning forum: A community of practice approach to online professional development. TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning 46(3):44-49. (link )

2001

Barab, S. A. and K. E. Hay. 2001. Doing science at the elbows of experts: Issues related to the science apprenticeship camp. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 38(1):70-102. DOI: 10.1002/1098-2736(200101)38:1<70::AID-TEA5>3.0.CO;2-L. (link )

Barab, S. A., K. E. Hay, M. Barnett and K. Squire. 2001. Constructing virtual worlds: Tracing the historical development of learner practices. Cognition and Instruction 19(1):47-94. DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI1901_2. (link )

Barab, S. A., K. E. Hay and L. Yamagata-Lynch. 2001. Constructuing networks of action-relevant episodes: An in situ research methodology. Journal of the Learning Sciences 10(1-2):63-112. DOI: 10.1207/S15327809JLS10-1-2_5. (link )

Barab, S. A. and D. Kirshner. 2001. Guest editors' introduction: Rethinking methodolody in the learning sciences. Journal of the Learning Sciences 10(1-2):5-15. DOI: 10.1207/S15327809JLS10-1-2_2. (link )

Barab, S. A., . The IFL Design Team, J. G. Makinster, J. A. Moore and D. J. Cunningham. 2001. Designing and building on on-line community: The struggle to support sociability in the inquiry learning forum. Educational Technology Research and Development 49:71-96. DOI: 10.1007/BF02504948. (link )

Barab, S. A., M. K. Thomas and H. Merrill. 2001. Online learning from information dissemination to fostering collaboration. Journal of Interactive Learning Research 12(1):105-143. (link )

Hay, K. E. and S. A. Barab. 2001. Constructivism in practice: A comparison and contrast of apprenticeship and constructionist learning environments. Journal of the Learning Sciences 10(3):281-322. DOI: 10.1207/S15327809JLS1003_3. (link )

Makinster, J. G., S. A. Barab and T. M. Keating. 2001. Design and implementation of an on-line professional development community: A project-based learning approach in a graduate seminar. Electronic Journal of Science Education 5(3):. (link )

Reynolds, E., D. Treahy, C. Chao and S. Barab. 2001. The internet learning forum: Developing a community prototype for teachers of the 21st century. Computers in the Schools 17(3-4):107-125. DOI: 10.1300/J025v17n03_07. (link )

2000

Barab, S. A., K. E. Hay, M. Barnett and T. Keating. 2000. Virtual solar system project: Building understanding through model building. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 37(7):719-756. DOI: 10.1002/1098-2736(200009)37:7<719::AID-TEA6>3.0.CO;2-V. (link )

Barab, S. A., K. E. Hay, M. Barnett and T. Keating. 2000. Virtual solar system project: Building understanding through model building. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 37(7):719-756. DOI: 10.1002/1098-2736(200009)37:7<719::AID-TEA6>3.0.CO;2-V. (link )

Barab, S. A., K. E. Hay, K. Squire, M. Barnett, R. Schmidt, K. Karrigan, L. Yamagata-Lynch and C. Johnson. 2000. Virtual solar system project: Learning through a technology-rich, inquiry-based, participatory learning environment. Journal of Science Education and Technology 9:7-25. DOI: 10.1023/A:1009416822783. (link )

Barab, S. A., K. D. Squire and W. Dueber. 2000. A co-evolutionary model for supporting the emergence of authenticity. Educational Technology Research and Development 48:37-62. DOI: 10.1007/BF02313400. (link )

D'Avanzo, C. E. and S. A. Barab. 2000. Drinking during pregnancy: Practices of Cambodian refugees in France and the United States. Health Care for Women International 21(4):319-334. DOI: 10.1080/073993300245177. (link )

Goldsworthy, R. C., S. A. Barab and E. L. Goldsworthy. 2000. The STAR Project: Enhancing adolescents' social understanding through video-based, multimedia scenarios. Journal of Special Education Technology 15(2):13-26. DOI: 10.1177/016264340001500202. (link )

1999

Barab, S. A. 1999. "Ecologizing" instruction through integrated units. Middle School Journal 31(1):21-28. DOI: 10.1080/00940771.1999.11494605. (link )

Barab, S. A., M. Cherkes-Julkowski, R. Swenson, S. Garrett, R. E. Shaw and M. Young. 1999. Principles of self-organization: Learning as participation in autocatakinetic systems. Journal of the Learning Sciences 8(3-4):349-350. DOI: 10.1080/10508406.1999.9672074. (link )

Barab, S. A., M. F. Young and J. Wang. 1999. The effects of navigational and generative activities in hypertext learning on problem solving and comprehension (1). International Journal of Instructional Media 26(3):1-27. (link )

Young, M. F. and S. A. Barab. 1999. Perception of the raison d'etre in anchored instruction: An ecological psychology perspective. Journal of Educational Computing Research 20(2):119-141. DOI: 10.2190/43CD-L0CR-H1HF-KR95. (link )

1998

Barab, S. A., K. E. Hay and T. M. Duffy. 1998. Grounded constructions and how technology can help. TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning 43(2):15-23. (link )

Barab, S. A., B. K. Redman and R. D. Froman. 1998. Measurement characteristics of the levels of institutionalization scales: Examining reliability and validity. Journal of Nursing Measurement 6(1):19-33. (link )

D'Avanzo, C. E. and S. A. Barab. 1998. Depression and anxiety among Cambodian refugee women in France and the United States. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 19(6):541-556. DOI: 10.1080/016128498248836. (link )

1997

Barab, S. A., B. E. Bowdish and K. A. Lawless. 1997. Hypermedia navigation: Profiles of hypermedia users. Educational Technology Research and Development 45:23-41. DOI: 10.1007/BF02299727. (link )

Barab, S. A. and A. Landa. 1997. Designing effective interdisciplinary anchors. Educational Leadership 54(6):52-55. (link )

Redman, B. K. and S. Barab. 1997. Diabetes education infrastructure and capacity in hospitals and home health agencies in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Diabetes Educator 23(4):449-455. DOI: 10.1177/014572179702300410. (link )

Young, M. F., J. M. Kulikowich and S. A. Barab. 1997. The unit of analysis for situated assessment. Instructional Science 24(2):133-150. (link )

1996

Barab, S. A., B. E. Bowdish, M. Young and S. V. Owen. 1996. Understanding kiosk navigation: Using log files to capture hypermedia searches. Instructional Science 24:377-395. DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00118114. (link )

Barab, S. A., B. R. Fajen, J. M. Kulikowich and M. Young. 1996. Assessing hypermedia navigation through Pathfinder: Prospects and limitations. Journal of Educational Computing Research 15(3):185-205. DOI: 10.2190/014E-WWP6-1R2V-3MRY. (link )

Books

2015

Barab, S. and C. Jackson. 2015. The Power of Play in the Digital Age: For the Good of a Young Republic. I-Tunes/Kindle e-book file.

2012

Steinkuehler, C., K. Squire and S. Barab eds. 2012. Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age. Cambridge University Press. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0521144520.

2004

Barab, S., R. Kling and J. H. Gray eds. 2004. Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, MA. ISBN: 978-0521817554.

Book Chapters

2017

Barab, S. and A. Arici. 2017. An ecocentric framework for game-enabled impact: Lessons learned from the Quest2Teach Project. Pp. 139-179 In: Young, M. F. and S. T. Slota eds., Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game Mechanics can Shape the Future of Education. Information Age Publishing Inc.. ISBN: 978-1681239361.

2016

Arici, A. D. and S. A. Barab. 2016. Producing sustainable and scaled impact: A Human-centric framework. In: Lin, L. and R. Atkinson eds., Educational Technologies: Challenges, Applications and Learning Outcomes. Nova Science Pub Inc. ISBN: 978-1634857383.

2014

Barab, S. 2014. Design-based research: A methodological toolkit for engineering change. Pp. 151-170 In: Sawyer, R. K. ed., The Learning Sciences, Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-1107033252.

2012

Barab, S. 2012. Introduction to secton III: Games as twenty-first-century curriculum. Pp. 271-278 In: Steinkuehler, C., K. Squire and S. Barab eds., Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age. Cambridge University Press. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0521144520.

Barab, S. A. and T. M. Duffy. 2012. From practice fields to communities of practice. Pp. 29-65 In: Jonassen, D. H. and S. Land eds., Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments, Second Edition. Routledge. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0415894210.

Barab, S., P. Pettyjohn, M. Gresalfi and M. Solomon. 2012. Game-based curricula, personal engagement, and the modern Prometheus Design Project. Pp. 306-326 In: Steinkuehler, C., K. Squire and S. Barab eds., Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age. Cambridge University Press. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0521144520.

Gresalfi, M., S. A. Barab and A. Sommerfeld. 2012. Intelligent action as a shared accomplishment. Pp. 41-64 In: Yun Dai, D. ed., Design Research on Learning and Thinking in Educational Settings: Enhancing Intellectual Growth and Functioning. Routledge. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0415880503.

2008

Barab, S. A., E. Baek, S. Schatz, R. Scheckler and J. Moore. 2008. Illuminating the braids of change in a web-supported community: A design experiment by another name. Pp. Chapter 16 In: Kelly, A. E., R. A. Lesh and J. Y. Baek eds., Handbook of Design Research Methods in Education: Innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning and Teaching. Routledge. New York, NY. ISBN: 9781315759593.

Barab, S. A. and T. Dodge. 2008. Strategies for designing embodied curriculum. Pp. 98-110 In: Spector, J. M., M. D. Merrill, J. van Merrienboer and M. P. Driscoll eds., Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Third Edition. Taylor & Francis Group. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0805858495.

Barab, S. A., A. Ingram-Goble and S. Warren. 2008. Chapter LVII: Conceptual play spaces. Pp. 989-1009 In: Ferdig, R. E. ed., Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education. IGI Global. ISBN: 978-1599048086.

Schuh, K. L. and S. A. Barab. 2008. Philosophical perspectives. Pp. 67-84 In: Spector, J. M., M. D. Merrill, J. van Merrienboer and M. P. Driscoll eds., Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Third Edition. Taylor & Francis Group. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0805858495.

2007

Barab, S. A., T. Dodge, H. Tuzun, K. Job-Sluder, C. Jackson, A. D. Arici, L. Job-Sluder, R. Carteaux, J. Gilbertson and C. Heiselt. 2007. The Quest Atlantis Project: A socially responsive play space for learning. Pp. 159-186 In: Shelton, B. E. and D. Wiley eds., The Educational Design and Use of Simulation Computer Games. Sense Publishers. Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Stuckey, B. and S. A. Barab. 2007. New conceptions of community design. Pp. 493-465 In: Andrews, R. and C. Haythornthwaite eds., The SAGE Handbook o E-Learning Research. SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1412919388.

2006

Barab, S. A., C. Jackson and E. Pickarsky. 2006. Embedded professional development: Learning through enacting innovation. Pp. 155-174 In: Dede, C. ed., Online Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging Models and Methods. Harvard Education Press. Cambridge, MA. ISBN: 978-1891792731.

Barab, S., S. Warren, R. del Valle and F. Fang. 2006. Coming to terms with communities of practice: A definition and operational criteria. Pp. 640-664 In: Pershing, J. A. ed., Handbook of Human Performance Technology: Principles | Practices | Potential, Third Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. San Francisco, CA. ISBN: 978-0787965303.

2005

Barab, S. 2005. Design-based research: A methodological toolkit for the learning scientist. Pp. 153-170 In: Sawyer, R. K. ed., The Cambridge Handbook of The Learning Sciences. Cambridge University Press. New York, NY. ISBN: 978-0521845540.

Plucker, J. A. and S. A. Barab. 2005. The importance of contexts in theories of giftedness: Learning to embrace the messy joys of subjectivity. Pp. 201-216 In: Sternberg, R. J. and J. E. Davidson eds., Conceptions of Giftedness, Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, MA. ISBN: 978-0521838412.

2004

Barab, S. A., M. A. Evans and E. Baek. 2004. Activity theory as a lends for characterizing the participatory unit. Pp. 199-214 In: Jonassen, D. H. ed., Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Second Edition. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc. Publishers. Mahwah, NY. ISBN: 978-0805841459.

Job-Sluder, K. and S. A. Barab. 2004. Sociocultural analysis of online professional development: A case study of personal, interpersonal, and community aspects. Pp. 377-403 In: Barab, S. A., R. Kling and J. H. Gray eds., Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, MA. ISBN: 978-0521817554.

Conference Papers

2014

Barab, S., A. Arici, A. Ingram-Goble and A. Gershenfeld. 2014. Life is a journey: A game-infused learning progressions with real-world impact. In: Ochsner, A., J. Dietmeier, C. C. Williams and C. Steinkuehler eds., Proceedings: Games + Learning + Society Conference. GLS IO Conference. Madison, WI.

Barab, S., A. Arici and T. S. Lee. 2014. Game-enabled agency: Outcomes that matter. In: Polman, J. L., E. A. Kyza, D. K. O'Neill, I. Tabak, W. R. Penuel, A. S. Jurow, K. O'Connor and L. D'Amico eds., Learning and Becoming in Practice: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014. 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Boulder, CO. (link )

2013

Arici, A. D. and S. A. Barab. 2013. Transformational play: Using 3D game-based narratives to immerse students in literacy learning. Pp. 35-45 In: Vaz de Carvalho, C. and P. Escudeiro eds., Proceedings fo the 7th European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2013, Vol. 1. 7th European Conference on Game Baed Learning ECGBL 2013. Porto, Portugal.

2002

Barab, S. A., M. K. Thomas, T. Dodge, T. Goodrich, B. Carteaux and H. Tuzun. 2002. Empowerment design work: Building participant structures that transform. Pp. 132-138 In: Bell, P., R. Stevens and T. Satwicz eds., Keeping Learning Complex: The Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the Learning Sciences . Fifth International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Mahwah, NJ.