Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION
  • 2020 - Ph.D. Student Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University

    • Advisor: Assistant Professor Jody Clarke-Midura

  • 2015 – Master of Second Language Teaching, Utah State University

  • 2007 – B.A. Double Major Spanish Literature and Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder

PUBLICATIONS
  1. In Press – Poole, F. & Polio, C. From Sci-Fi to the Classroom: Implications of AI in Task-Based Writing . Journal on Task-based Language Teaching and Learning.3(2). (Impact Factor=2.2)

  2. In Press – Folse, B & Poole, F.. Gamifying gamification in the sociology classroom. Teaching Sociology.1–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X231175176 (Impact Factor=2.2)

  3. In Press – Poole, F. & Clarke-Midura, J. Applying educational data mining to explore individual experiences in digital games. Language Learning & Technology.27(1), 1–26. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73522 (Impact Factor=4.31)

  4. 2023– Poole, F., & Lee, V. R. Esports athletes’ group sensemaking of team gameplay data analytics. Paper Presented at Games, Learning and Society Proceedings, Irvine, CA

  5. 2022 – Poole, F.. Using ChatGPT to design language material and exercise. FLTMag, https://fltmag.com/chatgpt-design-material-exercises/

  6. 2022 – Poole, F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Ji, S..Exploring the Affordances and Effectiveness of a Digital Game in the Chinese Dual Language Immersion Classroom. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching,13(1),46-73.

  7. 2022 – Nagai, T., York, J., Poole, F. & Nakayama, H.. Developing an AR language learning system: Comparing the effects of modality on reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition and motivation. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 388-395). New York City, NY, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

  8. 2022 – Shehzad, U., Lee, V.R., Clarke-Midura, J., Recker, Mi.,& Poole, F.. Authorship and intended difficulty in the context of an expansively-framed-unplugged elementary computer science unit. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA

  9. 2021 – York, J., Poole, F., & deHaan, J. Playing a new game: An argument for a teacher-focused field around games and play in language education. Foreign Language Annals,54(4), 1164-1188. (Impact Factor=2.06)
  10. 2021 – Poole, F., Clarke-Midura, J., Rasmussen, M., Shehzad, U., & Lee, V. R. Tabletop games designed to promote computational thinking. Computer Science Education: DOI: 10.1080/08993408.2021.1947642(CiteScore=5.1)
  11. 2021 –Poole, F.. Using Scratch to Teach Computer Science in the Language Classroom. FLTMag, November 2021. https://fltmag.com/scratch-computer-science/
  12. 2021 –Poole, F.. Co-Management: A Ludic Language Pedagogy Approach. Ludic Language Pedagogy (3). 48-59.
  13. 2021 – Thoms, J. & Poole, F. Language teachers and the open education movement: A national survey.Open education and foreign language learning and teaching: The rise of a new knowledge ecology. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
  14. 2020 – Poole, F., & Clarke-Midura, J. A systematic review of digital games in second language learning studies. International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 10(3),1-15. (CiteScore = 1.27).
  15. 2020 –Poole, F.. Exploring authentic language use in the classroom. Ludic Language Pedagogy (2). 75-85.
  16. 2020 – Lee, V. R., Poole, F., Rasmussen, M., Clarke-Midura, J., & Recker, M. Examining Variations in Teacher Talk when Implementing New Unplugged-to-plugged Computing Instruction. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
  17. 2020 – Lee, V. R., Poole, F., Clarke-Midura, J., Recker, M., Rasmussen, M. Introducing coding through tabletop board games and their digital instantiations across elementary classrooms and school libraries. In Proceedings of the ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’20). ACM, Portland, OR, USA
  18. 2019 – Poole, F., Clarke-Midura, J., Sun, C, & Lam, K. Exploring the pedagogical affordances of a collaborative board game in a dual language immersion classroom. Foreign Language Annals. 753-775 52(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12425 (Impact Factor= 1.78)
  19. 2019 – Walker, J., & Poole, F. Effects of delaying character instruction in a Chinese as second language middle school classroom. Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language,2(2), 261-280.
  20. 2019 – Clarke-Midura, J., Sun, C., Pantic, K., Poole, F., & Allan, V. Using Informed Design in Informal Computer Science Programs to Increase Youths’ Interest, Self-efficacy, and Perceptions of Parental Support. ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), 19 (4), 1-12 (Article 37), doi: 10.1145/3319445
  21. 2018 – Thoms, J., Arshavskaya, E., & Poole, F. Open educational resources and ESL education: Insights from educators in the United States.TESL-EJ, 22(2), Retrieved from http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume22/ej86/ej86a2/
  22. 2018 – Thoms, J., & Poole, F. Exploring digital literacy practices via L2 social reading, L2 Journal (Special Issue), 10(2), Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0fk329vn
  23. 2018 – Poole, F., Franco, J., & Clarke-Midura, J. Developing a personalized, educational gaming experience for young Chinese DLI learners: A design-based approach. In R. Zheng (Ed.), Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized Learning (pp. 253-274). IGI Global
  24. 2018 – Pantic, K., Clarke-Midura, J., Poole, F., Roller, J, & Allan, V. Drawing a computer scientist: Stereotypical representations or lack of awareness? Computer Science Education Journal
  25. 2018 – Clarke-Midura, J., Poole, F., Pantic, K., Sun, C., & Allan, V. How mother and father support affect youths’ interest in computer science. In Proceedings of ACM ICER conference, Espoo, Finland, August, 2018
  26. 2018 – Clarke-Midura, J., Poole, F., Pantic, K., Hamilton, M., Sun, C., & Allan, V. How Near Peer Mentoring Affects Middle School Mentees. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 664-669. (Second Best Paper CS Education Research)
  27. 2017 – Sung, K. Y., & Poole, F. Investigating the use of a smartphone social networking application on language learning. JALT CALL Journal, 13(2), 97–115. (CiteScore= .62)
  28. 2017 – Thoms, J., Sung, K. Y., & Poole, F. Investigating the linguistic and pedagogical affordances of an L2 open reading environment via eComma: An exploratory study in a Chinese language course. System, 69, 38–53. (Impact Factor = 1.93)
  29. 2017 – Thoms, J., & Poole, F. Investigating linguistic, literary, and social affordances of L2 collaborative reading. Language Learning & Technology, 21(2), 139–156. (Impact Factor = 2.13)
  30. 2017 – Clarke-Midura, J., Poole, F., Pantic, K., & Allan, V. Playing mentor: A new strategy for recruiting young women into computer science. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 23(3). (CiteScore= 1.15)
  31. 2016 – Poole, F., & Sung, K. A preliminary study on the effects of an E-gloss tool on incidental vocabulary learning when reading Chinese as a foreign language. Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association. 51(3), 266–285.
  32. 2016 – Sung, K. Y., & Poole, F. Differences between native and non-native English speaking teachers in China from the perspectives of Chinese EFL students. The Journal of English as an International Language, 11(2), 1–18.
  33. 2016 – Sung, K. Y., & Poole, F. Differences between native and non-native Chinese speaking teachers: Voices from overseas students who study Chinese in China. In C. P. Chou & J. Spangler (Eds.) Chinese Education Models in a Global Age (pp. 133–147). Springer, Singapore.
  34. 2015 – Sung, K. Y., & Poole, F. Evaluating the impact of graded readings on the recognition of Chinese characters and reading comprehension by learners of Chinese as a foreign language. Konin Language Studies, 3(3), 271–294.
  35. 2015 – Poole, F., & Sung, K. Three approaches to beginning Chinese instruction and their effects on oral development and character recognition. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1(1), 59–75.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • 2020 - Present – Assistant Professor, Master of Arts in Foreign Language Teaching Program, Michigan State University, Michigan, MI

  • 2019 - 2020 – Adjunct Instructor, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT

  • 2017 – 2018 – Adjunct Instructor, School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Utah State University, Logan, UT

  • 2015 – Present – Graduate Research Assistant, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT

  • 2013 – 2016 – Graduate/Adjunct Chinese Instructor, Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies, Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT

  • 2010 – 2013 – Director of Studies, Mercan English School, Beijing/Taiyuan, China

  • 2008 – 2013 – English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teacher, Mercan English School, Taiyuan, China

  • 2007 – 2008 – Assistant Dual Language Immersion Teacher (English Teacher), Government of Andalucía, Lora del Río, Seville, Spain

  • 2006 – English Teaching Assistant, English Opens Doors Program, Santiago, Chile

TEACHING

Michigan State University

  • Summer 2022 Foreign/Second Language Acquisition (FLT 860)
  • Summer 2022 Assessment for Foreign Language Teaching (FLT 808)
  • Spring 2022 Foreign/Second Language Acquisition (FLT 860)
  • Spring 2022 Assessment for Foreign Language Teaching (FLT 808)
  • Spring 2022 Foreign/Second Language Methods (FLT 807)
  • Fall 2021 Teaching Foreign Languages with Technology (FLT 881)
  • Fall 2021 Sociolinguistics & Spoken Language (FLT 841)
  • Fall 2021 Foreign/Second Language Methods (FLT 807)
  • Summer 2021 Teaching Foreign Languages with Technology (FLT 881)
  • Summer 2021 Foreign/Second Language Methods (FLT 807)
  • Spring 2021 Foreign/Second Language Acquisition (FLT 860)
  • Spring 2021 Assessment for Foreign Language Teaching (FLT 808)
  • Spring 2021 Experiential Module (FLT 885)
  • Fall 2020 Teaching Foreign Languages with Technology (FLT 881)
  • Fall 2020 Sociolinguistics & Spoken Language (FLT 841)
  • Fall 2020 Experiential Module (FLT 885)

    • Utah State University

    • Spring 2020 – Games and Learning (ITLS 6730) (Graduate Level Online Course)
    • Fall 2019 – Mobile Design and Development for Learning (ITLS 3870/5750) (Graduate Level Online Course)
    • Spring 2019 – Games and Learning (ITLS 6730) (Graduate Level Online Course)
    • Fall 2017 – Learning Theory (ITLS 6540) (Graduate-level course, taught last 7 weeks of course at request of department due to maternity leave of a faculty member)
    • Fall 2017 – Second Language/Literacy Acquisition and Development (TEAL 4745)
    • Fall 2016 – First-Year Chinese 1 (Chinese 1010)
    • Fall 2015 – First-Year Chinese 1 (Chinese 1010)
    • Spring 2015 – Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Chinese 4100)
    • Fall 2014 – First-Year Chinese 1 (Chinese 1010)
    • Spring 2014 First-Year Chinese II (Chinese 1020)
    • Fall 2013 – First-Year Chinese 1 (Chinese 1010)

    Mercan School (Private EFL Institute in China)

    • 2008 – 2013 -> TOEFL/IELTS Test Prep
    • 2008 – 2013 -> High School American Literature/American Culture Course
    • 2008 – 2013 -> Elementary Level English Course
    CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
    1. 2024 – AI & TBLT Workshop for LCTL Instructors. Mellon Grant Workshop for LCTL Instructors hosted by CELTA at MSU [Workshop]

    2. 2024 – Integrated skills assessment and Integrate performance assessments. Ukraine Scholars Delegation Hosted by MSU [Workshop]

    3. 2024 – Data Analytics to Explore the Impact of a Task-based Digital Game on Learners’ Affect. Computer Assisted Language Instruction (CALICO) Conference. [Presentation]. Pittsburgh, PA

    4. 2024 – Can ChatGPT Reliably Score L2 Writing Assessments? The Devil is in the Prompt. Computer Assisted Language Instruction (CALICO) Conference. [Presentation]. Pittsburgh, PA

    5. 2024 – Games for Language Learning: Connecting Industry, Research, and Practice. Computer Assisted Language Instruction (CALICO) Conference. [Panel]. Pittsburgh, PA

    6. 2023 – Data literacy and data-driven decision making for language teachers. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Portland

    7. 2022 – Leveraging a spatial chat software to design gaming experiences for in-class instruction. JALT CALL Conference, Virtual.

    8. 2022 – Esports athletes’ group sensemaking of team gameplay data analytics. Games Learning and Society (GLS). Irvine, CA

    9. 2022 – Using Gather.Town to Re-Imagine Interaction in Virtual and Hybrid Language Learning. Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology (MWALLT) Conference, Virtual. (With Amanda Lanier and Bruna Sommer Farias)

    10. 2021 – Developing Intercultural Competence through Social Justice Education. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, Virtual. (With Kaleigh Doan)

    11. 2021 – Bringing Computer Science into the Language Classroom. International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) Conference. (Virtual)

    12. 2021 – Applying educational data mining techniques to explore second language learning in a digital game. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference.(Virtual)

    13. 2021 – Teaching languages with games: A practice-based workshop. Computer Assisted Language Instruction (CALICO) Winter Workshop (Virtual).

    14. 2020 – Analyzing Digital Social Reading Practices in an L2 Chinese Literature Course. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Denver, Co,(with Dr. Joshua Thoms). – CANCELED (Covid-19)

    15. 2019 – A Chinese RPG Game, Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference [Showcase Presentation], Montreal, Canada.

    16. 2018 – Analyzing Digital Literacy Practices via L2 Collaborative Reading. World CALL, Concepción, Chile (with Dr. Joshua Thoms).

    17. 2018 – Interactive Stories with Twine. Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

    18. 2018 – Using digital games in the language classroom. Utah Foreign Language Teaching Association (UFLA) Conference, Ogden, UT.

    19. 2017 – Investigating linguistic, literary, and social affordances of L2 collaborative/social reading. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Portland, OR, (with Dr. Joshua Thoms).

    20. 2017 – Using a story-driven game in the Chinese dual language immersion classroom. Utah Foreign Language Teaching Association (UFLA) Conference, Orem, UT.

    21. 2016 – A cross-language analysis of online language tutors’ corrective feedback and learners’ uptake when learning via videoconferencing tool. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Orlando, FL.

    22. 2016 – Collaboration and learning with a board game in a Chinese dual language immersion classroom. Utah Foreign Language Teaching Association (UFLA) Conference, Orem, UT.

    23. 2015 – Investigating the effectiveness of ‘We Chat’ on language learning. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, San Diego, CA.

    24. 2015 – The effects of E-dictionaries on incidental vocabulary learning. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, San Diego, CA.

    25. 2015 – A new model for Chinese compliment responses. Western Conference Association for Asian Studies (WCAAS) conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

    26. 2015 – A comparison and analysis of three-character instruction approaches. Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (CAERDA) Conference, Chicago, IL.

    27. 2015 – Practical applications for web-based tools in the Chinese classroom. Utah Foreign Language Teaching Association (UFLA) Conference, Ogden, UT.

    28. 2014 – Graded readers in the Chinese classroom. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, San Antonio, TX.

    29. 2014 – Effects of e-glosses on long-term retention of vocabulary when reading Chinese. Lackstrom Symposium, Logan, UT.

    30. 2013 – Integrating reading into the communicative classroom. Intermountain Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (I-TESOL) Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/SERVICE
    • 2022 – Co-Chair, JALT CALL Conference

    • 2021 – Manuscript Reviewer, Language Learning & Technology

    • 2021 – Manuscript Reviewer, System Journal

    • 2021 – Manuscript Reviewer, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

    • 2020 – Manuscript Reviewer, Language Learning & Technology

    • 2020 – Manuscript Reviewer, Ludic Language Pedagogy

    • 2019 – Manuscript Reviewer, Foreign Language Annals

    • 2019 – Book Reviewer, Language Learning & Technology

    • 2018 – Manuscript Reviewer, Computers & Education

    • 2018 – Search Committee for Tenure-Track Position in Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University.

    • 2018 – Search Committee for Professor of Practice Position in Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University.

    • 2017 – Manuscript Reviewer, Computers & Education

    • 2017 – Manuscript Reviewer, Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized Learning

    • 2016 – Manuscript Reviewer, New Waves—Educational Research and Development
    AWARDS & GRANTS

    1. 2018 – Doctoral Student Researcher of the Year, Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University

    2. 2017 – Graduate Enhancement Award (Awarded $4,000), Utah State University

    3. 2016 – Rick Q. Lawson Scholarship (Awarded $3,000), Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University

    4. 2016 – Presidential Fellowship (Awarded $20,000), Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University

    5. 2015 – Rick Q. Lawson Scholarship (Awarded $1,750), Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, Utah State University

    6. 2015 – TalkAbroad – Short-Term Research Grant – (Awarded $5,000 TalkAbroad credit; $1,500 for research)

    7. 2015 – Pat Buckner Award for Collaborative Teaching Projects (Awarded $950), Utah Foreign Language Association

    8. 2014 – Graduate Researcher of the Year, Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies, Utah State University

    9. 2014 – Graduate Research Paper of the Year, Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies, Utah State University

    10. 2013 – Graduate Researcher of the Year, Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies, Utah State University
    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
    • Japanese Association of Language Teaching (JALT)
    • International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)
    • Ludic Language Pedagogy (LLP)
    • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
    • Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)

    • American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)

    • American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

    • Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)

    • Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (TESOL)

    • Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA)
    LANGUAGES
    • English – Native
    • Chinese (Mandarin) – Near-native
    • Spanish – Advanced