Dennis Beck Data-verified

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Associate Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

18 h-index 127 pubs 1,180 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Dennis Beck's research investigates educational practices and the use of immersive learning environments. He has explored conceptual frameworks for mapping knowledge and tools within this field, and developed recommendation tools for their application. His work also examines the characteristics of students who attend cyber schools, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and investigates factors influencing enrollment choices, including the potential impact of bullying on non-binary students. Beck has also conducted literature reviews on immersive learning environments for self-regulation of learning. He has published 128 works with an h-index of 18 and over 1,100 citations. His collaborators at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville include Robert Maranto, Martha Bradley-Dorsey, Camie Wood, and Christian Z. Goering.

Metrics

  • h-index: 18
  • Publications: 127
  • Citations: 1,180

Selected Publications

  • An Explosion of the Uses of Immersive Learning Environments: A Mapping of Reviews Update (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Ethical Choices with Educational Technology (ECET) Immersive Technologies Decision Support Framework (2025)
  • Bridging the gaps: an updated mapping of the uses of immersive learning environments (2025)
  • The Role of Test Anxiety in Virtual School Performance: Impacts of Testing Context and Implications for Equity (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • How marginalized identities are related to cyber charter school enrollment (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cube and the Immersive Learning Brain (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Cyber Schooling: An Exploratory Study (2024)
  • Tutorial–Authoring a Personal GPT for Your Research and Practice: How We Created the QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • At-Risk and Online: Parent Perceptions of At-Risk learner’s Choice to Attend and Experiences in a Fully Online School (2024)
  • At-risk and online: parent perceptions of at-risk learner’s supports in a fully online school (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Guest editorial: Special issue on “disruption, innovation and resiliency in immersive learning” (2024)
  • Companion dataset for paper "Immersive Learning Environments for Self-Regulation of Learning: A Literature Review" (2023)
  • Companion dataset for paper "Immersive Learning Environments for Self-Regulation of Learning: A Literature Review" (2023)
  • Virtual school students and state testing: A story of fatigue, irrelevant thoughts and anxiety (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Immersive Learning Research from the Perspective of Its Researchers and Practitioners: Questionnaire Validation and Early Results from a Survey on a Conceptual Framework for the Field (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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