RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTERS
Seo, Kay, Amy Byk, and Chris Collins. “Enriching Minds with Cognitive Apprenticeship Inspired Simulations”. Digital Simulations for Improving Education: Learning Through Artificial Teaching Environments. Ed. David Gibson and Young Kyun Baek. Hershey: IGI Global, 2008.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Seo, K.K., Curran, A, Jennings, N. & Collins, C.M. (2010) “Creating a new mobile learning community with podcasting”. Int. J. Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, Vol. 20, No.1, pp. 103-113.
Cheong, D.U., Yun, S. & Collins, C.M. (2009). “Is Second Life effect for pre-service teachers’ teaching practice?”. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 1418-1421). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Park, H., Jung, J. & Collins, C. (2008). “Effect of the activities in the Second Life as tool for mutual understanding of gender role”. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 1778-1783).Chesapeake,VA: AACE.
Rutz, Eugene, Chris M. Collins, and Mani Mina (2008). “A Guided Tour of the Future of Education.” Continuing Professional Development Division and Engineering Research and Methods Division – Best Paper – PIC V. American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 24 June 2008, Pittsburgh, PA USA.Pittsburgh: ASEE, 2008.
Collins, Chris M. (2008) “Looking to the Future: Higher Education in the Metaverse“. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 5 (September/October 2008).
Seo, Kay, Andy Curran, Nancy Jennings, and Chris Collins. (2008) “Lesson on the Go: Creating a NewMobileLearning Community with Podcasting”. Mobility: Adding Flexibility to Web-based Communities, International Journal of Web Based Communities.
Jennings,Nancy, and Chris Collins. (2007) “Virtual or Virtually U: Educational Institutions in Second Life”. International Journal of Social Sciences, 2(3), 180-187. http://www.waset.org/ijss/v2/v2-3-28.pdf
Collins, Chris, and Nancy Jennings. (2007) “Emerging ‘Best Practices’ for Campus Builds in Second Life”. In: D. Livingston and J. Kemp, eds. Proceedings of the Second Life Education Workshop 2007: Part of the Second Life Community Convention 2007, 24-26 August 2007ChicagoHilton,US. pp. 78-81. Available from: http://cis.paisley.ac.uk/livi-ci0/slccedu2007rev2.doc
HANDBOOKS
Collins, Chris. 2nd ed. (2005) “Blackboard Basics & Beyond: An Instructor’s Guide”.UniversityofCincinnati. Available from: http://homepages.uc.edu/~collicn/Bb6_Instructor_Guide2nd_ed.pdf
Collins, Chris. 1st ed. (2004) “Blackboard Basics & Beyond: An Instructor’s Guide”.UniversityofCincinnati. Available from: http://homepages.uc.edu/~collicn/Bb6_Instructor_Guide.pdf
ARTICLES, NEWSLETTERS, and ESSAYS
“New Video and UCit@Langsam Featured in Freshman Orientation.” UCit Now, Summer 2009. University of Cincinnati. Available online at: http://www.uc.edu/ucit/ucitnow/volume_35/summer_09/orientation.html
“Summer Remodeling and New Services for UC’s Virtual Campus.” UCit Now, Summer 2009. University of Cincinnati. Available online at: http://www.uc.edu/ucit/ucitnow/volume_35/summer_09/remod.html
“Traditional Learning Spaces in Virtual Worlds.” (2008) Essay. UC Second Life Learning Community. University of Cincinnati. Available online at: http://homepages.uc.edu/secondlife/index.php/Site/TraditionalLearningSpacesInVirtualWorlds
“UC’s Second Life Community Looks Ahead.” UCit Now, Winter 2008. UniversityofCincinnati. Available online at: http://www.uc.edu/ucit/ucitnow/Volume_34/winter_08/secondlife.html
“Podcast Lectures Big Hit with Students.” UCit Now, Winter 2008. University of Cincinnati. Available online at: http://www.uc.edu/ucit/ucitnow/Volume_34/winter_08/podcast.html
“UCit Awarded Grant to Study Virtual World of Second Life.” UCit Now, Summer 2007. UniversityofCincinnati. Available online at: http://www.uc.edu/ucit/ucitnow/Volume_33/summer_07/life2.html
“New Blackboard Tool Links Syllabi to Learning Opportunities.” UCit Now, Fall 2005. Available online at: http://www.uc.edu/ucit/ucitnow/Volume_32/fall_05/f05_BbS.html
“What’s New in Blackboard for Instructors and Students.” UCit Now, Fall 2004. Available online at: http://www.uc.edu/ucit/ucitnow/Volume_31/fall_04/f04_bb.html