Professor Steven Cramer McAlpine
Lecturer
Individualized Study
He/Him/His/Himself
About
Steven McAlpine earned his Master’s degree in Arts in Education from Harvard University in 2002, and spent three years at Harvard Project Zero doing post graduate research with the Interdisciplinary Studies Project. He joined UMBC in 2006 as an INDS academic adviser and instructor for INDS 480 Capstone Seminar. He currently leads the project based learning course INDS 430 Kinetic Sculpture Project as INDS Lecturer.
Research interests
How can role playing game design be applied to supporting learning objectives in undergraduate courses?
How could the kinetic sculpture project course be redesigned for high school students interested in STE(A)M projects?
Teaching interests
Project Management
Sustainable design
Educational game design
Concept mapping of research projects
Scholarship of Interdisciplinarity
Education
- MA, ARTS IN EDUCATION — Harvard University Graduate School of Education (2002)
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BA, Policy Studies
— Dartmouth College (1983) Connecting College and Community: the Benefit Booking Agency
Publications
Presentations
- "Classroom Management Strategies" workshop 2023
Grants and Contracts
- Hrabowski Innovation Grant 2014
Performances and Exhibits
- Steve Punk (aka "MC Hammerhead") kinetic sculpture 2023
Courses Taught
- Capstone Project Seminar
- Role Playing Game Design
- Degree Writing Seminar
- Ways Of Knowing
- Degree Writing Seminar
- Capstone Project Seminar
- Degree Writing Seminar
- Capstone Seminar
- Kinetic Sculpture Project
- Degree Design Seminar
- Ways of Knowing
- Capstone Seminar
- Degree Design Seminar
- Ways of Knowing
- Ways of Knowing