Brian R. Belland

Dr. Brian R. Belland is currently an Associate Professor of Education in the department of Educational Psychology at Penn State University. He is an Educational Technology PhD alum of Purdue University. Dr. Belland's research focuses on scaffolding and problem-based learning in high school and middle school settings. Prior to joining Penn State, he served as Chair of the American Educational Research Association.

Publications:

• Belland, B. R. (2014). Scaffolding: Definition, current debates, and future directions. In Handbook of research on educational communications and technology (pp. 505-518). Springer, New York, NY.

• Belland, B. R., Kim, C., & Hannafin, M. J. (2013). A framework for designing scaffolds that improve motivation and cognition. Educational psychologist, 48(4), 243-270.

• Belland, B. R. (2009). Using the theory of habitus to move beyond the study of barriers to technology integration. Computers & education, 52(2), 353-364.

• Kuo, Y. C., Walker, A. E., Belland, B. R., & Schroder, K. E. (2013). A predictive study of student satisfaction in online education programs. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 14(1), 16-39.

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