{"id":5129,"date":"2015-04-14T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T22:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2015-04-15T10:21:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T17:21:20","slug":"matt-anderson-85-named-2014-15-sdsu-university-senate-distinguished-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/matt-anderson-85-named-2014-15-sdsu-university-senate-distinguished-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Anderson (&#8217;85) named 2014-15 SDSU University Senate Distinguished Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_5138\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CWHMtSNKxYA?list=UUH2rTXSDD5rJGPs10xERXrA\" title=\"Link to Youtube video explaining the Learning Class Project\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5138\" src=\"http:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Matt-Anderson-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Anderson demonstrating his &quot;Learning Glass&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Matt-Anderson-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Matt-Anderson-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Matt-Anderson.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Anderson demonstrating his &#8220;Learning Glass.&#8221; Click on the image above to view a video explaining how the Learning Glass works.<\/p><\/div>The SDSU University Senate will honor the 2014-2015 Senate Distinguished Professor, Dr. Matt Anderson, at a special event from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 28 in The Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anderson will be giving a lecture entitled: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CWHMtSNKxYA?list=UUH2rTXSDD5rJGPs10xERXrA\" title=\"How the Learning Glass Works\">The Learning Glass Project<\/a>&#8220;.  The Learning Glass is a transparent whiteboard lecture capture system developed to allow a professor to face his students while writing on the board \u2014 and let them see what he is writing in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Learning Glass has now been adopted by other faculty at SDSU and at other institutions across the country.  Dr. Anderson will speak about this new technology and the pilot studies underway to study its effectiveness at engaging students.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Anderson grew up in Encinitas.  He attended UCSD as an undergraduate, the University of Oregon for his Ph.D., and the University of Rochester for a postdoc.  He joined San Diego State in 2000.  <\/p>\n<p>He is married with three children and lives in La Mesa.  His research in optics focuses on ultrafast laser physics, and his teaching interests have recently concentrated on the introductory physics courses, which motivated the Learning Glass development.  Examples of this work may be found on his YouTube channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/yoprofmatt\" title=\"Matt Anderson's Youtube channel\">professormattanderson.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SDSU University Senate will honor the 2014-2015 Senate Distinguished Professor, Dr. Matt Anderson, at a special event from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 28 in The Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union Theatre. Dr. Anderson will be giving a lecture entitled: &#8220;The Learning Glass Project&#8220;. 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