Lucas John Jensen

Lucas John Jensen is an Associate Professor of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development at Georgia Southern University. His work focuses on social media and education, motivation, video games and education, and online instruction. Much of his research has examined youth game design activities in informal learning environments.

Publications

Humanizing Online Instruction With AI-Powered Chatbots and Multimedia Introduction: Empirical Advice for Online College Classrooms
Humanizing Online Instruction With AI-Powered Chatbots and Multimedia Introduction: Empirical Advice for Online College Classrooms
Lucas John Jensen, Jackie HeeYoung Kim. © 2024. 16 pages.
Given ongoing issues with a lack of humanization in online classroom settings, this chapter shares insights gained through failed implementations of social media, the use of...
Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter
Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter
Mete Akcaoglu, Charles B. Hodges, Lucas John Jensen. © 2023. 16 pages.
Social media has become an important tool for informal teacher professional development. Although there is a growing body of research investigating issues across the US, there is...
Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter
Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter
Mete Akcaoglu, Charles B. Hodges, Lucas John Jensen. © 2022. 16 pages.
Social media has become an important tool for informal teacher professional development. Although there is a growing body of research investigating issues across the US, there is...
Pedagogical Cases in Integrating Technology Into Instruction: What Can We Do to Celebrate Failure?
Pedagogical Cases in Integrating Technology Into Instruction: What Can We Do to Celebrate Failure?
Jackie HeeYoung Kim, Lucas John Jensen. © 2020. 23 pages.
This chapter will showcase two practitioners' experiences in using technology tools to promote student engagement in learning in high school and college classroom contexts. A...
Examining the Evolution of Gaming and Its Impact on Social, Cultural, and Political Perspectives
Examining the Evolution of Gaming and Its Impact on Social, Cultural, and Political Perspectives
Keri Duncan Valentine, Lucas John Jensen. © 2016. 456 pages.
With complex stories and stunning visuals eliciting intense emotional responses, coupled with opportunities for self-expression and problem solving, video games are a powerful...
Toward Broader Definitions of “Video Games”: Shifts in Narrative, Player Goals, Subject Matter, and Digital Play Environments
Toward Broader Definitions of “Video Games”: Shifts in Narrative, Player Goals, Subject Matter, and Digital Play Environments
Lucas John Jensen, Daisyane Barreto, Keri Duncan Valentine. © 2016. 37 pages.
As video games grow in popularity, ambition, scope, and technological prowess, they also mature as an art form, shedding old definitions tethered to video games as simple...
Jamming Econo: The Phenomenon of Perspectival Shifts in Indie Video Games
Jamming Econo: The Phenomenon of Perspectival Shifts in Indie Video Games
Keri Duncan Valentine, Lucas John Jensen. © 2016. 34 pages.
By their nature, video games create perspectival relationships between the game space, with its mechanics, characters, etc. and their players. Perspectival mechanics in games...