Lilly Lu
- Associate Professor
- WFAB 210
- Tel: 402.554.2479
- Fax: 402.544.3436
- Email: lillylu@unomaha.edu
Office Hours
Tue./ Thur. 1-2 p.m. and 5:15-6:16 p.m. or by appointment
Research Interests
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Digital/new media arts and digital visual culture
- Mixed/augmented reality and virtual reality
- Gaming (video games, game design, and play/game pedagogy) and gaming culture
- Interactive virtual art and virtual world pedagogy
- Online learning and community of practice, and e-learning
- Integration of digital technology/media into art education and in teacher education
- Web 2.0 tools and social media
- Mobile technology and applications
For publications in Art Education and Technology in Education, please see Curriculum Vitae.
Education
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Ph.D., major in Curriculum & Instruction, specializing in Art Education; minor in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington
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M.A., Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington
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B.A., Educational Media and Library Science, specializing in Instructional and Informational Design, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Grants Awarded
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Game Design Camps for KANEKO ($11,685+) (2017- present)
- 2015 National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) Research Grant entitled “Empowering the Digital Generation through Creating Highly Interactive Virtual Environments (HIVEs),” ($8,250) (2015-2016)
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2015-2016 Kelly Endowed Fund award for the project “Creating Blended Learning Environments for the Media Arts program” ($25,000) (2015-2017).
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2008 Research Grant awarded by the National Art Education Foundation (NAEF), an affiliate of the National Art Education Association (NAEA).
For additional grants awarded for research and
Scheduled Teaching
Art Education- Art 3370 Technology in Arts Education
- Art 4350/7350 Trends in Art Education
- Art 4000/8006 Special Studies in Art Education (3D Virtual Worlds and Videogames)
- Art 1220 Digital Media Foundations
- Art 3140 Computer-Generated Imagery I
- Art 3170 Digital Game Design
- Art 4180 Advanced Digital Game Design
- Art 4190 Game Design Studio
Exhibitions
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Rocks Tell Stories (Photography), School of Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (2013-2014)
HIVE (Highly Interactive Virtual Environment)
Dr. Lu received two grants in 2015 to support her HIVE research project. This project will investigate the digital generation’s art and design learning through highly interactive virtual environments (HIVE), virtual worlds and digital games.
For more information about Dr. Lu's current grant projects, please visit the official HIVE website: hive.unomaha.edu.
Contact Us
- Dean's Office
- 6001 Dodge Street, WFAB 314
- Omaha, NE 68182
- Phone: 402.554.3857
- Fax: 402.554.3436
- Email: cfam@unomaha.edu
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