Dr. Erlandson is passionate about building efficient and effective technological systems for learning in and about complex systems: promoting systems thinking to help us design solutions for the complex problems we face, with the goal of practicing systems wisdom manifesting as better decision making. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University, an M.A. in New Media Production from Emerson College, and a B.A. in Multimedia Arts and Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Dr. Erlandson’s primary design and development interests include: technology based learning systems design, interactive data visualization, scaffolding understanding of complex systems in mediated/virtual environments and simulations, cognitive and motivational factors influencing systems thinking and complex problem solving, evidence-­centered assessment design, and automated unobtrusive measurement and assessment with intelligent software systems.