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Education
PhD, Educational Technology, concentration in Arts, Media & Engineering
Arizona State University
December 2014
MEd, Curriculum & Instruction
Arizona State University
August 2009
BA, Sociology
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)
September 2003
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Professional Positions
Jan 2022 – Present
Learning Research Manager
General Assembly
Phoenix, AZ
Apr 2023 – Present
UX Researcher / Customer Success Manager
Master Your Mix
Phoenix, AZ
Sept 2019 – Dec 2021
Principal Learning Designer
Pearson
Phoenix, AZ
Mar 2017 – Sept 2019
Learning Capabilities Design Manager
Pearson
Phoenix, AZ
Jun 2014 – Mar 2017
Sr. Learning Designer
Pearson
Phoenix, AZ
Aug 2011 – Mar 2014
Graduate Research Assistant
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Jul 2006 – Jun 2011
Reading/Language Arts Teacher
Kyrene Aprende Middle School
Chandler, AZ
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Publications
Journal Articles
Conley, Q., Sadauskas, J., Christopherson, R., Lin, L., Ilgaz, H., Seto, C., Kula, I., Dalal, M., & Atkinson, R. K., (2022) Facebook usage patterns looking into the mind via the ICAP engagement framework, Behaviour & Information Technology, doi:10.1080/0144929X.2021.2024597
Tinapple, D., Olson, L., & Sadauskas, J. (2013). CritViz: Web-Based Software Supporting Peer Critique in Large Creative Classrooms. Bulletin of the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology, 15(1), 29–35. Link
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Conference Proceedings
Payne, A., Sadauskas, J., Conley, Q., & Shapera, D. (2018). Designing and Validating Learner-Centered Experiences. In P. Zaphiris & A. Ioannou (Eds.), Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Design, Development and Technological Innovation (pp. 170–179). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319- 91743-6_13
Sadauskas, J., Byrne, D., & Atkinson, R. K. (2015). Mining Memories: Designing a Platform to Support Social Media Based Writing. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’15) (pp. 3691–3700). Seoul, South Korea: ACM. doi:10.1145/2702123.2702383
Sadauskas, J., Byrne, D., & Atkinson, R. K. (2013). Toward Social Media Based Writing. In A. Marcus (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction – DUXU/HCII 2013, Part II, LNCS 8013 (pp. 276–285). Las Vegas, NV, USA: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_31
Sadauskas, J., Tinapple, D., Olson, L., & Atkinson, R. K. (2013). CritViz: A Network Peer Critique Structure for Large Classrooms. In J. Herrington, A. Courous, & V. Irvine (Eds.), Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2013 (pp. 1437–1445). Victoria, BC, Canada: AACE. http://www.editlib.org/p/112149
Tinapple, D., Sadauskas, J., & Olson, L. (2013). Digital Culture Creative Classrooms (DC3): Teaching 21st century proficiencies in high schools by engaging students in creative digital projects. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC ’13 (pp. 380–383). New York, NY, USA: ACM Press. doi:10.1145/2485760.2485803
Danielescu, A., Savio-Ramos, C., & Sadauskas, J. (2013). Constructing an Embodied Interaction for Concept Mapping. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2013), Posters, Part II, CCIS 374 (pp. 23–27). Las Vegas, NV, USA: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39476-8_5
Ornelas, A., Savenye, W., Sadauskas, J., Houston, S., Zapata, C., & Ramirez, E. (2013). An Engineering and Educational Technology Team Approach to Introducing New Unsaturated Soils Mechanics Material into Introductory Undergraduate Geotechnical Engineering Courses: Cross-Curricular Coordination & Working Outside of Your Comfort Zone. In Proceedings of the 120th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Atlanta, GA, USA: ASEE. PDF
Jensen, C. N., Burleson, W. & Sadauskas, J. (2012). Fostering early literacy skills in children’s libraries: Opportunities for embodied cognition and tangible technologies. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. (pp. 50-59) Bremen, Germany: ACM Press. doi:10.1145/2307096.2307103
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Doctoral Dissertation
Sadauskas, J. (2014). Improving Adolescent Writing Quality and Motivation with Sparkfolio, a Social Media Based Writing Tool (Doctoral dissertation). Arizona State University. Retrieved from https://repository.asu.edu/items/26893
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Posters
Christopherson, R. M., Conley, Q., & Sadauskas, J. (2013). Facebook Usability Study Incorporating Physiological Sensors for Extracting Learning Potential. Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Technologies and Technology (AECT). Anaheim, CA, USA: AECT.
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Presentations
Savenye, W., Houston, S., Zapata, C., Ornelas, A., Corral, A., Sadauskas, J., & Ramirez, E. (2013). Needs Assessment for Designing an Interdisciplinary, Flexible Engineering Instruction Module. In M. Simonson (Ed.), Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Technologies and Technology (AECT). Anaheim, CA, USA: AECT.
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Media Articles
Sadauskas, J. (2020). How to be a student again, this time online. Pearson Education Blog. https://www.pearson.com/ped-blogs/blogs/2020/04/how-to-be-a-student-again-this-time-online.html
Sadauskas, J. (2017). 3 simple research-based ways to ace a test. Pearson Teaching and Learning Blog. http://www.pearsoned.com/three-simple-research-based-ways-to-ace-a-test/
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In the Press
The Really Smart People Who Are Designing Tomorrow’s Learning Experiences. (2016). Pearson LearnED. https://www.pearson.com/corporate/news/learned/2016/04/the-really-smart-people-who-are-designing-tomorrows-learning-experiences.html
Stenger, M. (2013). ASU Researchers Study Facebook to Increase Student Motivation in Online Learning. InformED. http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/news/asu-researchers-study-facebook-to-increase-student-motivation-in-online-learning-6012/
Ringle, H. (2013). ASU studying how online learning can be as appealing as Facebook. Phoenix Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2013/10/09/asu-studying-how-online-learning-can.html
Grega, K. (2013). Students research connections between Facebook, online learning. The State Press. http://www.statepress.com/2013/10/23/students-research-connections-between-facebook-online-learning/
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Professional Associations
Computer Science Teacher Association, February 2012 – Present
National Education Association, 2006 – 2011
Arizona Education Association, 2006 – 2011
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