EduRealms is maintained by Lucas Gillispie. Lucas has been an educator for more than a decade now, working as a high school science for ten years before taking a position as a district-level instructional technology coordinator for Pender County Schools in southeastern North Carolina. Lucas holds a MS in Instructional Technology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he completed thesis work researching the effects of a 3D video game on middle school student’s achievement and attitude in mathematics. His interests include gaming in education particularly the use of MMORPG’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplay Games), mobile game-based learning, virtual training and simulations. His current projects include the WoWinSchool Project, a collaborative effort to explore the impact of using World of Warcraft in both an after-school program and as part of the regular instructional program and iPod Games for Learning, a program that explores the use of game-based learning using the iPod Touch. His presentations have been well-received at Games, Learning, and Society, Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, Games in Education, NCTIES, and NCDLA among others.
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Gillispie, L. and Sheehy, P. (2010, June). Learning with the Lich King: The Potential of World of Warcraft in the Classroom. Workshop presented at the 2010 Games, Learning, and Society Conference – Educators Symposium, Madison, WI.
Gillispie, L. (2010, June). Learning with the Lich King: Education in World of Warcraft. Presented at the 2010 Games, Learning and Society Conference, Madison, WI.
Gillispie, L. (2010, March). World of Warcraft in the Classroom: Learning With the Lich King 2.0. Presented at North Carolina Technology in Education Society Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Gillispie, L. (2010, March). Know Your Gnomes: A Student-Led Virtual Tour of World of Warcraft. Presented at the 2010 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference, Sisters of Elune Server, World of Warcraft.
Gillispie, L. & Sheehy, P. (2010, March). Learning With the Lich King 2.0. Presented at the 2010 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference, Second Life.
Gillispie, L. (2009, August). Learning With The Lich King. Presented at Games in Education Symposium, Troy, NY.
Gillispie, L. (2009, March). Game On! Connecting Video Games and Virtual Worlds to Instruction. Presented at the 2009 North Carolina Distance Learning Association Virtual Conference, PCS Island, Second Life.
Gillispie, L., Martin, F., & Parker, M. (2009, March). Effects of the Dimension-M 3D Video Gaming Experience on Middle School Student Achievement and Attitude in Mathematics. Presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference, Charleston, SC.
Martin, F., & Gillispie, L. (2009, March). Multimedia Tools (Proprietary, Open Source and Freeware) for Developers. Presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference, Charleston, SC.
Gillispie, L. (2009, March). Embracing the Power of Virtual Worlds and Video Games in Education. Presented at North Carolina Technology in Education Society Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Gillispie, L (2009, April). Game On! Connecting Video Games and Virtual Worlds to Instruction. Presented at North Carolina Distance Learning Association Virtual Conference, Second Life.
