LECTURER
Department of STEM Education & Professional Studies

Dr. Brett Cook-Snell

757-683-5308
Brett H. Cook-Snell

4120 EDUCATION BULDING II
NORFOLK, 23529

Dr. Cook-Snell is a lecturer within the STEM-PS department of the college of education. He uses his PhD in instructional design and technology to inform his teaching. He currently lives in Norfolk, VA, with his husband, Mark Snell-Cook and their two corgis, Alexander Jack and Atari.

M.Ed. in Individualized Degree Plan, Regent University, (2008)

B.A. in Religious Studies, Regent University, (2007)

Expertise

Instructional Design
Accessible Instruction
Serious Games

Research Interests

Dr. Cook-Snell’s research interest is universal design for learning focusing on how best to implement accessible instruction for those differently abled and the impact of serious games on student performance.

Presentations

Adcock, A. B., Watson, G. S., Cook-Snell, B. and Sovay, M. (October , 2010). Computer Agents Teaching Helping Interactions Effectively (CATHIE): An Agent-based Training System Designed to Teach Empathetic Communication Skills Paper The Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Anaheim, CA..
Adcock, A. B., Watson, G. S. and Cook-Snell, B. (November , 2011). Effects of Experience on Learning from a Counseling Simulation: Ideas about Fidelity and Design Paper The Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Jacksonville, FL.
Adcock, A. B., Cook-Snell, B., Newcomb, T., Downs, J. and Craigen, L. M. (October , 2012). Designing Cross-Cultural training for Dental Hygiene Students Using an Avatar-Mediated Simulation Paper The Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Louisville, KY.
Stefaniak, J., Luo, T., Cook-Snell, B. and Scott-Brown, J. ( 2017). Instructional design considerations for the diffusion and adoption of OERs. Oral Presentation ODU faculty summer institute on Open Educational Resources Norfolk, VA..
  • 2015: Shining Star Award , Old Dominion University
  • 2013: Alan Mandell Endowed Award in Instructional Design , Old Dominion University
  • 2013: Darden College of Education Dissertation Fellowship , Old Dominion University
  • 2009: School of Education Barnabas Award , Regent University
  • 2007: Outstanding Bachelor of Arts Undergraduate Student , Regent University

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