{"id":12,"count":14,"description":"A long and varied career can lead to a long and varied resume. Katrin makes no apologies for having such a long resume \u2013 it indicates she\u2019s done a lot of things.\r\n\r\nKatrin taught her first university course in 1982 while she was still a graduate student and she\u2019s been teaching computer science in various forms on and off ever since. Her research interests have included instructional and software ethology, educational game design & analysis, digital game-based learning (DGBL), interdisciplinary communication, and sometimes computer science education (CSE) and data architecture. She started using classic arcade games as both programming and algorithmic examples and also as assignments in computer science over 15 years ago, and has been using digital games as instructional technologies as long as she\u2019s been teaching.\r\n\r\nKatrin holds a BSc and an MSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Educational Technology; she\u2019s a systems analyst, interactive media designer, and instructional designer with 30 years\u2019 worth of teaching and course design experience. She\u2019s designed curricula in information technology; designed, developed, and taught courses in computer science, education, engineering, fine art, and general science at the post-secondary level. She\u2019s used leading edge technology, developed internationally recognized and award winning innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and has developed several design and analysis models for instructional design generally and serious games in particular. These days, a lot of what Katrin does in her classes is called gamification, so, she does gamification now too.\r\n\r\nShe\u2019s consulted as a systems analyst, programmer, web designer, and instructional designer. She\u2019s published widely on education, computer science education, games studies and serious games, and has developed and maintained extensive resource and educational websites as well as installing and managing her own Moodle courses. She is also the author of two books; one on the technical aspects of simulations and games written for non-technical people published in 2011, and another on choosing and using games for the classroom, due out in 2015.\r\n\r\nFinally, to counterbalance a very digital life, she runs a small farm where she has been raising waterfowl, rabbits and other animals for over 25 years. This farm forms the basis for her \u201cDucks in the Classroom\u201d program, which provided eggs for hatching in classrooms locally from 1988-2012, and information on school hatching projects globally since 2001. It also accounts for occasional bit of poo on her shoe.","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/books\/?book-authors=katrin","name":"Katrin Becker","slug":"katrin","taxonomy":"book-authors","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/books\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/book-authors\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/books\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/book-authors"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/books\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/book-authors"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/books\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbooks&book-authors=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}