https://bretsw.com/ Recent content on Bret Staudt Willet, Ph.D. Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/issdl-webinar-2025/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/issdl-webinar-2025/ Watch the Webinar Recording: https://bretsw.com/post/innovation-spotlight-2025/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/innovation-spotlight-2025/ https://bretsw.com/post/social-media-in-college/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/social-media-in-college/ I recently received a request from an undergraduate student at FSU: https://bretsw.com/post/pt-articles/ Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/pt-articles/ For my Promotion & Tenure process, I was asked to identify several journal articles that exemplify my work. https://bretsw.com/post/pt-materials/ Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/pt-materials/ Following the example of my friend Josh Rosenberg, here I am sharing the narrative I wrote for my third-year review this month. https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-ss25/ Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-ss25/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EME6356: Learning & Web Analytics at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/eme5601-hub-fs24/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme5601-hub-fs24/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EME5601: Introduction to Instructional Systems at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/eme6665-hub-fs24/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme6665-hub-fs24/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EME6665: Synthesis, Analysis, and Argumentation in Instructional Systems Research at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/game-devs-sdl/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/game-devs-sdl/ Study Overview In this study, we are exploring self-directed learning (SDL) among game developers, investigating how you acquire and enhance skills in an industry marked by rapid technological evolution and shifting consumer interests. https://bretsw.com/post/keynote-edvolution24/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/keynote-edvolution24/ Keynote: Self-Directed Learning for Navigating Change and Innovation (11/01/24) ED-VOLUTION Summit 2024 presented by LearnTech Initiative AFRICA https://bretsw.com/post/ils-special-issue2024/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/ils-special-issue2024/ Announcement New Double Special Issue of Information & Learning Sciences! Check out the special double issue of Information and Learning Sciences: “Learning with social media in an algorithmic age: Opportunities and challenges for education” https://bretsw.com/post/aect-2024/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aect-2024/ Presentation: Social Media’s Impact on Instruction: Beginning Teachers’ Self-Directed Professional Learning (10/20/24) Bret Staudt Willet, Jeff Carpenter, & Hunhui Na https://bretsw.com/post/college-greeting-fs24/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/college-greeting-fs24/ Good morning, everyone! My name is Bret Staudt Willet. I’m an Assistant Professor in Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies, and I have the privilege of chairing our college’s Faculty Advisory Committee this next year. https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-su24/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-su24/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EME6356: Learning & Web Analytics at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/new-model-sdl/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/new-model-sdl/ Overview Along with Hunhui Na, I have been working on developing an updated model for self-directed learning. https://bretsw.com/post/datasets/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/datasets/ Datasets Built into R Packages Starwars: https://github.com/tidyverse/dplyr/blob/main/data-raw/starwars.csv Cars: https://github.com/tidyverse/ggplot2/blob/main/data-raw/mpg.csv Diamonds: https://github. https://bretsw.com/post/edf5442-hub-ss24/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/edf5442-hub-ss24/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EDF5442: Inquiry and Measurement for Practitioners at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-chatgpt-reddit/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-chatgpt-reddit/ There’s a good bit of good news coming in the next few weeks, and I wanted to kick things off my highlighting a new publication that just came out in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education: “Initial discussions of ChatGPT in education-related subreddits” (DOI:10. https://bretsw.com/post/college-torch-article/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/college-torch-article/ The Torch Magazine - Spotlight I was really grateful to be featured in a spotlight article in The Torch magazine by Melissa Powell, Communications Manager for the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. https://bretsw.com/post/aera-2024-csid/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aera-2024-csid/ Finding Culturally Inclusive Instructional Strategies: “Because of Who I Am, Not in Spite Of” Colleen Smith & Bret Staudt Willet https://bretsw.com/post/third-year/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/third-year/ Following the example of my friend Josh Rosenberg, here I am sharing the narrative I wrote for my third-year review this month. https://bretsw.com/post/farewell-tidytags/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/farewell-tidytags/ I am sad to announce that Josh Rosenberg and I have decided to archive our R package, tidytags. https://bretsw.com/post/keynote-sevilla23/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/keynote-sevilla23/ Keynote: Possibilities and Perils of Teachers’ Self-Directed Learning (12/12/23) II International Online Congress on Social Networks and Teacher Training https://bretsw.com/post/eme5601-hub-fs23/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme5601-hub-fs23/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EME5601: Introduction to Instructional Systems at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/eme6665-hub-fs23/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme6665-hub-fs23/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EME6665: Synthesis, Analysis, and Argumentation in Instructional Systems Research at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-su23/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-su23/ This page compiles all of my slide decks as I teach EME6356: Learning & Web Analytics at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/aera-2023/ Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aera-2023/ Early Career Scholar Award, from the Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching & Learning (TACTL) SIG Discussant: Teacher Use of Social Media for Teaching and Professional Development (4/13/23) Presentation 1 - I Wanna Go Where Nobody Knows My Name: Affinity and Anonymity in the r/Teachers Subreddit (Hunhui Na & Bret Staudt Willet) https://bretsw.com/post/aera-2023-roundtable/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aera-2023-roundtable/ The Nature of Online Discussions: Structure, Content, and Discourse in Whole Class vs. https://bretsw.com/post/sloan-project/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/sloan-project/ Project Overview This research project, entitled “Aligning Graduate Education and Workforce Opportunities: A Robust, Equity-Focused Landscape Scan of Computing Terminology” is supported by the Alfred P. https://bretsw.com/post/teaching-statement-2023/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/teaching-statement-2023/ Facilitating and Inspiring Students’ Learning My teaching philosophy is shaped by two primary principles: situation and iteration. https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-early-career-teachers-pln/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-early-career-teachers-pln/ Background I recently had an article titled “Early career teachers’ expansion of professional learning networks with social media” published in the journal Professional Development in Education (DOI:10. https://bretsw.com/post/ask-a-scientist/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/ask-a-scientist/ https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-affinity-anonymity-reddit/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-affinity-anonymity-reddit/ Background My first Ph.D. student, Hunhui Na, and I recently co-authored an article titled “Affinity and anonymity benefitting early career teachers in the r/Teachers subreddit” in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education (DOI:10. https://bretsw.com/post/aect-2022-learning-analytics-panel/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aect-2022-learning-analytics-panel/ Learning Analytics for Continuous Improvement: An Instructional Design Perspective Learning analytics has been a hot topic in the last decade. https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-ss22/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme6356-hub-ss22/ I wanted a place to compile all of my slide decks as I teach EME6356: Learning & Web Analytics at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/data-analytics-tools/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/data-analytics-tools/ https://bretsw.com/post/aect-sna-workshop/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aect-sna-workshop/ Workshop Hub Remembering You’re Just One in 11: An Introduction to Social Network Analysis https://bretsw.com/post/eme6357-hub-fs21/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/eme6357-hub-fs21/ I wanted a place to compile all of my slide decks as I teach EME6357: Evaluation of Instruction & Training in Human-Performance Technology at Florida State University. https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-balancing-open-science-and-privacy/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/new-paper-balancing-open-science-and-privacy/ Background I recently co-authored (with Josh Rosenberg a response to a valuable paper by Ifenthaler and Schumacher (2016) as a part of a special issue of Educational Technology Research & Development on “Shifting to Digital” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://bretsw.com/post/aect-2020/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aect-2020/ Workshop - Simple Collection and Powerful Analysis of Twitter Data Using R Friday, October 30, 2020 https://bretsw.com/post/dissertation-themes/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/dissertation-themes/ As I’ve wrapped up numerous cycles of qualitative coding of interview data for my dissertation, Into the edu-verse: New teachers seeking induction support on social media, I used geom_tile() in {ggplot2} to create heatmap plots to help me quickly visualize how thematic codes varied by interview participant. https://bretsw.com/post/irr-visual/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/irr-visual/ Background on Reporting Inter-rater Reliability Qualitative studies often report inter-reliability (IRR) scores as a measure of the trustworthiness of coding, or an assurance to readers that they might follow the researcher’s codebook and expect to find similar results. https://bretsw.com/post/career-reflection/ Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/career-reflection/ I’ve applied for a handful of academic jobs in the past six months, as many tenure track faculty positions as I could imagine fitting my experiences and skills. https://bretsw.com/post/diversity-statement/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/diversity-statement/ In Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction (2016), Corrine Glesne argued that to establish the trustworthiness of qualitative research, a researcher must reflect on their positionality, answering, “Why do I notice what I notice? https://bretsw.com/post/research-statement/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/research-statement/ I study online learning environments. I research networked learning at the intersection of educational psychology, instructional technology, and information science. https://bretsw.com/post/teaching-statement/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/teaching-statement/ Teaching Philosophy My teaching philosophy is shaped by two primary principles. https://bretsw.com/post/edchat-comparisons/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/edchat-comparisons/ I am in the midst of two projects looking at how Twitter #Edchat tweets may have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. https://bretsw.com/post/dissertation-proposal/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/dissertation-proposal/ Into the Edu-verse: Early-Career Educators Seeking Induction Support on Social Media On November 26, 2019, I successfully defended my dissertation proposal for my PhD in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology through Michigan State University’s College of Education. https://bretsw.com/post/content_conversation_context/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/content_conversation_context/ On November 11, 2019, I gave a talk on a recent research project as part of the Educational Psychology and Educational Technology (EPET) brownbag series at Michigan State University. https://bretsw.com/post/aect-gsa-webinars/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/aect-gsa-webinars/ February 7, 2019: How to Review AECT International Convention Proposals March 27, 2019: How to Become and Effective and Efficient Academic Writer May 8, 2019: Navigating Leadership Opportunities in AECT July 24, 2019: Information and Communications Technology for Enhancing Education Internationally August 22, 2019: Design and Research Guidelines for Diverse Makerspaces October 2, 2019: What Happens in Vegas Does Not Stay in Vegas https://bretsw.com/post/coursework_epet/ Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/coursework_epet/ I have completed the coursework for my Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology through Michigan State University’s College of Education. https://bretsw.com/post/tale-of-two-grandpas/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/tale-of-two-grandpas/ https://bretsw.com/post/passion_talks_strength_of_weak_ties/ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/passion_talks_strength_of_weak_ties/ https://bretsw.com/post/early-research-interest/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/early-research-interest/ https://bretsw.com/post/motivation-interview/ Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/motivation-interview/ https://bretsw.com/post/procatstination/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/procatstination/ https://bretsw.com/post/coursework_maet/ Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/coursework_maet/ In 2015, I completed a Master of Arts degree in Educational Technology through Michigan State University’s College of Education. https://bretsw.com/post/alessia_bulwark/ Thu, 30 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/alessia_bulwark/ “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” Picasso’s famous words were among those jumbling in my head while watching Super Bowl commercials this year. https://bretsw.com/post/online_communities/ Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/online_communities/ Perceiving Community Patterning Community Embodying Community Modeling Community Synthesizing Community https://bretsw.com/post/coursework_serious_game/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/coursework_serious_game/ In 2014, I completed a 3-course Graduate Certificate in Serious Game Design and Research through Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences. https://bretsw.com/post/learning-to-read-socially/ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/learning-to-read-socially/ https://bretsw.com/post/tell-a-good-story/ Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/post/tell-a-good-story/ https://bretsw.com/cv/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/cv/ K. Bret Staudt Willet, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Florida State University Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies https://bretsw.com/design/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/design/ Research & Exploration of Context-Aware Self-Teaching (website) Digital space of the RECAST research team organized by Dr. https://bretsw.com/research/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/research/ New Teachers’ Induction Support Systems Introduction New teachers face numerous decisions as they transition from teacher preparation into enacting practice (i. https://bretsw.com/teaching/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://bretsw.com/teaching/ Courses Taught Florida State University Learning & Web Analytics (EME6356) - This course addresses the collection and use of data for decision making and assessment in learning and human performance contexts.