Christopher Devers, PhD

Johns Hopkins University
2018 – present Assistant Professor, School of Education

Indiana Wesleyan University
2011 – 2018 Director of Research, Center for Learning and Innovation
2014 – 2018 Associate Professor, School of Education
2011 – 2014 Assistant Professor, School of Education

Excelsia College
2016 – 2018 Director of Lumen Research Institute

University of San Diego
2009 – 2011 Assistant Professor (graduate faculty), Learning and Teaching

2017 – 2018 Using Evidence-Based Approaches to Improve Early Childhood Success
Amount: $104,940
Funding agency: Indiana Family and Social Services/Early Learning Indiana
Description: five experimental projects that used smartphones, nudging, communities of practice, growth mindsets, and social belonging to increase early childhood success.

2017 – 2017 Developing Computational Thinking Skills
Amount: $4,041
Funding agency: Community Foundations of Grant County
Description: provided network and computer equipment, as well as training for educators at St. Martin Community Center on ways to teach and incorporate computational thinking into their curriculum.

2015 – 2016 An App-Based Approach for Increasing Learning
Amount: One-year app subscription ($1,950 equivalent)
Funding agency: Indiana Wesleyan University, Office of Institutional Research
Description: experimental research explored sending weekly test questions to students through a mobile device.

2015 – 2016 Growth-mindset and Social-belonging: An Innovative Solution for Student Success
Amount: One-year app subscription ($1,950 equivalent)
Funding agency: Indiana Wesleyan University, Office of Institutional Research
Description: experimental research explored the influence of growth-mindset and social-belonging on student success; the intervention was delivered using a mobile device over the course of a semester.

Fall 2010 Tinkering for Thinking!
Amount: One course release ($7,500 equivalent)
Funding agency: University of San Diego, School of Leadership and Education Sciences
Description: prepared a grant that explored a new approach to teaching and its influence on generalizable learning.

Spring 2010 Second Life Learning Space
Amount: One student technology assistant ($2,000 equivalent)
Funding agency: University of San Diego, Provost’s office
Description: developed a learning library in Second Life for student lesson plans and projects.

Fall 2009 Wikiversity Templates
Amount: One student technology assistant ($2,000 equivalent)
Funding agency: University of San Diego, Provost’s office
Description: developed Wikiversity lesson plan templates and developed a lesson plan repository.

Ream, T., Devers, C. J., & Pattengale, J. (accepted). The promise and peril of the public intellectual. In M. Paulsen & L. Perna (Eds.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (pp. xx-xx). New York, NY: Springer.*

Devers, C. J., Devers, E. E., Oke, L. D. (2018). Encouraging metacognition in digital learning environments. In D. Ifenthaler (Ed.), Digital workplace learning (pp. 9-22). New York, NY: Springer.*

Devers, C. J., & Devers, E. E. (2015). Developing a SoTL-based lesson. In R. Smith & B. Schwartz (Eds.), Using SoTL to enhance the academic job (pp. 34-43). Wakefield, RI: Society for the Teaching of Psychology.*

Devers, C. J., & Gurung, R. A. R. (2015). A critical perspective on gamification in education. In T. Reiners & L. Wood (Eds.), Gamification in education and business (pp. 417-430). New York, NY: Springer.*

Ramos, R., & Devers, C. J. (2014). iPad-enabled experiments in an undergraduate physics laboratory. In C. Miller & A. Doering (Eds.), The new landscape of mobile learning: Redesigning education in an app-based world (pp. 334-353). New York, NY: Routledge.*

Devers, C. J., & Devers, E. E. (accepted). The wheel of discussion: A new approach to cold-calling. International Journal on E-Learning.*

Devers, C. J., & Panke, S. (2018). Learning with mobile devices: An overview. Journal of Interactive Learning Research 29(3), 249-262.*

Shepherd, D. S., & Devers, C J. (2017). Principal perceptions of new teacher effectiveness. Journal of Education 195(2), 37-47.*

Bakir, N., Devers, C. J., & Hug, B. (2016). Affordances and constraints of a blended course in a teacher professional development program. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 25(4), 323-341.*

Bandi-Rao, S., & Devers, C. J. (2015). Developing MOOCs to narrow the college readiness gap: Challenges and recommendations for a writing course. International Journal on E-Learning, 14(3), 351-371.*

Cortez, D., Sharma, N., Devers, C. J., Devers, E. E., & Schlegel, T. (2014). Visual transform applications for estimating the spatial QRS-T angle from the conventional 12-lead ECG: Kors is still most Frank. Journal of Electrocardiology, 47(1), 12-19.*

Cortez, D., Sharma, N., Devers, C. J., Devers, E. E., & Schlegel, T. (2013). Visually estimating the spatial QRS-T angle from the conventional 12-lead ECG. Journal of Electrocardiology, 46(4), e13.*

Devers, C. J. (2011). Developing trust and openness in an online environment. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 8(5), 17-28.*

Devers, C. J. (2017, October). Future directions and challenges of e-learning: A panel conversation of e-learning leaders. Invited panel presentation at the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Vancouver, Canada.

Devers, C. J. (2015, October). MOOCs and open education around the world: A discussion of the resulting book and special issue. Invited panel presentation at the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Kona, HI.

Palmer, K., & Devers, C. J. (2018). An evaluation of MOOC success: NetPromoter scores. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2018 (pp. xx-xx). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.*

Devers, C. J., Leonard, S., Devers, E. E., Tripp, S., Leonard, J., Johnson, A., & Alayan, A. J. (2018, May). Supporting evidence-based practices using text messaging. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 30th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.*

Hall, A. C., Devers, C. J., & Devers, E, E. (2018, May). Using certainty-based marking to improve metacognition. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 30th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.*

Steenbergh, T., Daugherty, D., Devers, C. J., Oke, L., & Evey, K. (2017, May). Nudging students toward success: Mobile delivery of social belonging and growth mindsets. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 29th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.*

Devers, C. J., E., Devers, E. E., Alayan, A., Ragsdale, E, Hayes, O., Cook, M., Evey, K., Cobb, A., Gandy, K., & Ngo, S. (2017, April). An app-based approach for increasing learning. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.*

Steenbergh, T., Daugherty, D., Devers, C. J., & Oke, L. (2017, February). mSuccess: A smartphone-based growth mindset and social belonging intervention. Paper presented at the 36th Annual First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA.*

Devers, E, E., Devers, C. J., Alayan, A., & Ragsdale, E. (2016). Interleaved, distributed, and practice testing: Using smartphones to increase learning. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (pp. 652-655). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.*

Devers, C. J., Daugherty, D., Steenbergh, T., Runyan, J., Oke, L., Alayan, A., & Ragsdale, E. (2016). Mindsets, smartphones, and student success. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (pp. 648-651). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.*

Devers, C. J., Devers, E. E., Lehman, T. E., Steenbergh, T. A., Alayan, A., Ragsdale, E., Hayes, O., Evey, K., Cook, M., Cobb, G., Gandy, K., Reng, D., & Aitchison, M. (2016). Khan Academy: Learning and self-explanation. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2016 (pp. 1040-1044). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.*

Devers, C. J., Daugherty, D., Steenbergh, T., Runyan, J., Oke, L., & Alayan, A. (2016). Enhancing student success: Disseminating a growth-mindset and social-belonging intervention with smartphones. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2016 (pp. 1674-1677). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.*

Devers, C. J., Conrad, J., Devers, E, E., Cook, M. & Alayan, A. (2016). Video and written discussions. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2016 (pp. 1045-1048). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.*

Devers, C. J., Daugherty, D., Steenbergh, T., Runyan, J., & Alayan, A. (2016, May). Mindsets, smartphones, and student success. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 28th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.*

Devers, C. J. (2016, December). Challenges persist when gamifying education. Education Drive. Retrieved from http://www.educationdive.com/news/challenges-persist-when-gamifying-education/430817/

Devers, C. J. (2016, October). Flipgrid supports evidence-based practices. Flipgrid Blog. Retrieved from http://blog.flipgrid.com/news/2016/10/5/flipgrid-supports-evidence-based-practices

Devers, C. J. (2009, October). Transforming education in the age of digital literacy. Horizons News Magazine, 2-4.