{"id":30322,"date":"2016-10-21T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=30322"},"modified":"2016-10-21T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:55:57","slug":"digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Kevin Clark, founding director of the Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity<\/a> in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 26, as part of the Suter Science Seminar<\/a> series.<\/p>\n

The lecture will be at 4 p.m. in Room 106 of the Suter Science Center.<\/p>\n

Clark will discuss the role and impact of digital media in addressing the educational needs of diverse populations. Research findings and lessons learned will be discussed on topics related to educational video game design, children\u2019s television, broadening participation in STEM, entrepreneurship in educational technology, and technology usage among diverse communities.<\/p>\n

Clark\u2019s research focuses on issues of diversity and interactivity in educational digital media and in broadening participation in STEM careers and disciplines. This is an area of particular interest to 黑料正能量 STEM faculty involved in a National Science Foundation research grant<\/a> around the development of pedagogical strategies to increase retention in STEM programs among minority students.<\/p>\n

Clark has more than 20 years\u2019 experience as a designer, advisor and consultant to media organizations. In 2014, he was honored by the White House as a Champion of Change<\/a> for his work in supporting and accelerating STEM opportunities for African American students, schools, and communities. He was selected as a Fellow for the Television Academy Foundation (Emmy).<\/p>\n

Both his bachelor\u2019s degree and master\u2019s degree are in computer science from North Carolina State University. His PhD is in instructional systems from Pennsylvania State University.<\/p>\n

The lecture is co-sponsored by the MA in Education<\/a> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor Kevin Clark, founding director of the Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 26, ... read more about Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5590,5592,13808,5594,17364,6394,7682,12507],"tags":[6795],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-30322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-computer-science","category-education","category-engineering","category-ma-in-education","category-suter-science-seminar","category-vaca","tag-diversity"],"yoast_head":"\nDigital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations - 黑料正能量 News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations - 黑料正能量 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor Kevin Clark, founding director of the Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 26,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"黑料正能量 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-21T14:03:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-10-21T15:55:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@黑料正能量_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@黑料正能量_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/\",\"name\":\"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations - 黑料正能量 News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-21T14:03:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-21T15:55:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\",\"name\":\"黑料正能量 News\",\"description\":\"News from the 黑料正能量 community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations - 黑料正能量 News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations - 黑料正能量 News","og_description":"Professor Kevin Clark, founding director of the Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 26,","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/","og_site_name":"黑料正能量 News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2016-10-21T14:03:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-10-21T15:55:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@黑料正能量_News","twitter_site":"@黑料正能量_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/","name":"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations - 黑料正能量 News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg","datePublished":"2016-10-21T14:03:11+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-21T15:55:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/10\/kevin-clark-SSS.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/digital-media-expert-george-mason-university-speak-educational-needs-diverse-populations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Digital media expert from George Mason University to speak on educational needs of diverse populations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"黑料正能量 News","description":"News from the 黑料正能量 community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245","name":"admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30323,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30322\/revisions\/30323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30322"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=30322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}