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Major Areas of Interest: |
- Digital
learning and instructional design:
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Information Systems & Analytics
- Computer Science
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Distance Learning & Assessment
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Serious Games & Technology Ethics
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- East
Asian history and culture:
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Asian
Arts & Cultural Artifacts
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Religion
&
Thought
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Political Chronologie
- Cultural Entrepreneurship
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Current Research
Agenda
- Two On-going Research and Development Projects:
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(1) I am currently working through the University of Minnesota Duluth's Department of Computer Science (CS) on Integrating Artificial Intelligence Tools into Introductory Computer Science Education by investigating how AI-assisted programming tools can be incorporated into an introductory computer science course while preserving core learning outcomes in computational thinking and procedural programming, with the ultimate goal of create a curriculum template that can be used for other CS courses and/or other university courses in general.
This research focus includes:
- STEM Curriculum Deveolopment
- Industry Best Practices and Ethical Decision Making.
- AI Integration Strategies and Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Criteria
- Applied Educational Psychology
(2) I am current working with the Minnesota Judicial Branch - Sixth District in the development of
of both Web-based and computer-assisted Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) software applications for
use with first time DWI offenders. Although the Sixth District's PC and mobile SBIRT tools that I am building are not publicly accessible,
I am hosting a static copy of the Website login/user interface on my Rubrics research site at: www.rubrics4assessment.net/sbirt.
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- E-Commerce,
Information Systems and Web-based Assessment Tools:
focusing on the developmental principles of marketing psychology,
information management, electronic commerce, digital
marketing, and assessment.
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My most recent book publication (July, 2026),
E-Commerce Analytics and Quantitative Methods: Concepts, Methods, and Applications, 2nd ed.,
is part of an on-going curriculum and simulations development
project, and is designed to help students explore
the field of e-commerce frameworks and metrics for collecting, measuring, analyzing, visualizing, dashboarding, optimizing,
personalizing, and automating web-based sales and customer data by applying modern analytics and quantitative methods.
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Below are several of my previous works related to this series:
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Marketing on the Internet: Lessons & Select Case Studies, is designed to help students examine
mission critical digital marketing systems, show
how to develop a digital marketing plan, and measure success
through return on investment, and profitability.
- Computer Information Systems, is designed as a instructional aid through which the case studies presented in this collection, students will explore mission critical computer information systems designed to teach and explore analytic thinking and best practices through operations research modeling methods and solution algorithms.
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Learning in Cyber-space: A guide to Authentic Assessment Tools
for web-based instruction, Fourth Edition, is
designed to be a
guide for online instructors, showing them how to access and
effectively use current Authentic Assessment tools designed to
help them reach their educational goals. These tools include
alternative and preformance-based assessment; technology
rubrics; rubric builders for web-based instruction; as well as
electronic portfolios and graphic organizers.
- East Asian
History and Culture: focusing on Japanese sword history,
restoration & preservation, and cultural entrepreneurship.
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My most recent book publication (June, 2025), The Art of Tsukamaki, 2nd ed., is an updated version of my 2012 book. It includes a brief history of significant changes in Japanese sword design; a guide to setting up a Tsukamaki workshop; and, easy-to-follow illustrations for twenty-five of the more common styles of sword handle design. I also included three case studies on the disassembly, maintenance, repair and/or rebuilding of sword handles, as well as a visual glossary for the identification and understanding of such things as general Japanese sword parts, temper patterns, blade design, terms and definitions, and signature characters.
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PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
" Everybody is
a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. " -
Albert Einstien
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