Katherine Carl, Ph.D.
Online Course Design and Video Game Design Expert
Dr. Katherine Carl is the Program Coordinator for the Master of Science in Business Analytics and an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and Management Information Systems at Governors State University. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Illinois Wesleyan University before earning her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from University of Arizona.
Before Governors State University, Dr. Carl taught at Brigham Young University, University of the Incarnate World, and West Texas A&M University.
Dr. Carl's Research Focus:
- Online course design
- Video game design
- Tacit and explicit knowledge acquisition
- Graph theory applications
Relevant Work:
- “Examining the learning effects of live streaming video game instruction over Twitch,” Computers in Human Behavior: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217304971
- “Inside the Antechamber,” Issues in Information Systems: https://www.iacis.org/iis/2021/2_iis_2021_1-20.pdf
- “Teachers' sense of efficacy and technology acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Issues in Information Systems: https://iacis.org/iis/2021/4_iis_2021_63-73.pdf
- “Development and validation of the information systems creative self-efficacy scale,” 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: https://researchr.org/publication/PayneKBS18
- “Systems and methods for providing topographical graphs and travel routes based on perceived exertion,” US Patent 9217649B1: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9217649B1
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Dr. Carl is available to talk about online course design, video game design, tacit and explicit knowledge acquisition, and graph theory applications. If you would like to arrange an interview with Dr. Carl, please contact Zion Banks, Media & External Relations, 708.235.7685 or zbanks@govst.edu.