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Matthew Easterday

· Associate Professor, Learning Sciences

Northwestern University · Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation

Active 2005–2025

h-index18
Citations963
Papers5916 last 5y
Funding$1.1M

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Research topics

  • Computer Science
  • Psychology
  • Knowledge management
  • Pedagogy
  • Political Science
  • Software engineering
  • Sociology
  • Engineering
  • Operations management
  • Management science

Selected publications

  • Should social scientists be distanced from or engaged with the people they study?

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018-11-05 · 91 citations

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    This commentary focuses on two important contrasts in the behavioral sciences: ( i ) default versus nondefault study populations, where default samples have been used disproportionately (for psychology, the default is undergraduates at major research universities), and ( ii ) the adoption of a distant versus close (engaged) attitude toward study samples. Previous research has shown a strong correlation between these contrasts, where default samples and distant perspectives are the norm. Distanci…

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  • Opportunities for educational innovations in authentic project-based learning: understanding instructor perceived challenges to design for adoption

    Educational Technology Research and Development · 2019-05-10 · 69 citations

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  • The design risks framework: Understanding metacognition for iteration

    Design Studies · 2020 · 36 citations

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  • Distributed Apprenticeship in Online Communities

    Human-Computer Interaction · 2018-05-14 · 32 citations

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    Supporting learning in online communities is an important direction for the future of human–computer interaction as people increasingly leverage social technologies to support professional growth and development. However, few have studied how people leverage the socio-technical affordances of online informal workplace communities to develop professional skills in the absence of dedicated expert guidance. We draw from theories of apprenticeship to introduce an emergent theory of distributed appre…

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  • <i>CheerOn</i>

    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction · 2018-12-20 · 19 citations

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    Novices learn innovation best through project-based learning (PBL), working in face-to-face teams to tackle real-world problems. Yet, real-world projects are complex, stressful, and especially challenging for novices. Online communities could provide social support to motivate novices, but it is unclear how to design online communities to support face-to-face PBL teams. Here we ask: How might we design an online system that enlists external supporters to provide online social support to motivate…

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