Positions

Overview

  • With a background in management consulting, game design, game-based learning, and instructional design, Dr. Ray Pastore earned his Ph.D. in Instructional Systems including a minor in Educational Psychology from Penn State University in 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Instructional Technology Program as well as Program Coordinator of the eSports certificate program and Online Teaching and Learning minor at UNCW.
    In addition to serving as coordinator of UNCW’s eSports program, Dr. Pastore is faculty advisor for UNCW’s Seahawk eSports Club. He has worked on projects for fortune 100 companies, the military, as well as a myriad of schools and universities. He also runs a technology YouTube channel which has over 2 million views.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2023-03-01 “A Bunch of Big Idiots Smack into Each Other” – a Mixed-Method Investigation of Learning Rugby Through Video Gaming Compared to Traditional Instruction.  Entertainment Computing.  46. 2023-03-01
    2020-04-01 Enhancing Motivation in Workplace Training with Casual Games: A Twelve-Month Field Study of Retail Employees.  Educational Technology Research and Development.  2020-04-01
    2018-01-01 A case study of process intervention within the Enterprise Content Management system support process.  Performance Improvement.  2018-01-01
    2017-05-01 Classroom Gamification: How to Use Minecraft In Your Classroom.  Journal of Training, Design, and Technology.  2017-05-01
    2016-12-01 The multimedia principle: A meta-analysis.  International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.  2016-12-01
    2015-12-01 Learner Preferences of Time-Compressed Instruction.  International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.  2015-12-01
    2015-03-01 Effects of captions and time-compressed video on learner performance and satisfaction.  Computers in Human Behavior.  59:222-227. 2015-03-01
    2015-02-01 Using time-compression to make multimedia learning more efficient: Current research and practice.  Techtrends.  59:66-74. 2015-02-01
    2014-12-01 Multimedia: Learner Preferences For Multimedia Learning.  Journal of Multimedia Processing and Technologies,.  5:134-144. 2014-12-01
    2014-07-01 SimSchool..  Computers in the Schools.  32:197-219. 2014-07-01
    2013-09-01 Designing and Developing Mobile Based Instruction: A Designers Perspective.  Design and Technology Education.  18:61-72. 2013-09-01
    2012-09-01 Developing Mobile Based Instruction.  Tech Trends.  56:46-51. 2012-09-01
    2012-01-01 The effects of time-compressed instruction and redundancy on learning and learners’ perceptions of cognitive load.  Computers & Education.  58:641-651. 2012-01-01

    Audio-visual Document

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022-12-01 Game on: Why gamers are getting serious about physical fitness.  verizon wireless. 2022-12-01
    2020-01-01 Blog.  . 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Youtube.  . 2020-01-01
    2019-01-01 Instructional Design Video Series.  raypastore.com. 2019-01-01

    Book

    Year Title Altmetric
    2020-06-01 The Instructional Design and Development Process: A ‘How To’ Guide for Practitioners.  . 2020-06-01
    2020-06-01 The Instructional Design and DevelopmentProcess: A ‘HowTo’Guide for Practitioners.  . 2020-06-01
    2012-05-01 Online Learning: An Instructional Technology Class's Exploration of Online Teaching and Learning.  CreateSpace. 2012-05-01

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2011-01-01 Mobile Computing in Higher Education.  IGI Global. 2011-01-01

    Document

    Year Title Altmetric
    2016-08-01 Hacking Society: How Reality is Broken Constructs Gaming as a Necessary Cure-All.  Games and Culture.. 2016-08-01
    2012-12-01 Ray Pastore’s website.  raypastore.com. 2012-12-01
    2012-04-01 Women and Gaming.  International Journal of Gaming and Computer Mediated Simulations. 86-89.. 2012-04-01

    Manuscript

    Year Title Altmetric
    2011-12-01 Pre- and in-service teachers perceptions of gaming in the classroom..  International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. 2011-12-01
    2011-01-01 User Design: A Case Study of Corporate Change..  Performance Improvement Quarterly. 27-48. 2011-01-01
    2010-10-01 The effects of diagrams and time-compressed instruction on learning and learners’ perceptions of cognitive load.  Educational Technology Research and Development. 485-505. 2010-10-01

    Presentations

    Research Overview

  • Dr. Pastore's research focuses on multiple representations, computer-based tools, gaming in K-12, mobile learning, and metacognitive strategies that support learning from a multimedia environment.

    • Principal Investigator On

  • University of North Carolina Wilmington Mini-grant 2020-11-01 - 2021-08-01
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington Mini-grant 2019-11-01 - 2020-03-01
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington Mini-grant 2018-11-01 - 2019-03-01
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington Mini-grant 2014-11-01 - 2015-03-01
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington Mini-grant 2013-11-01 - 2014-03-01
  • MIni Grant 2013-01-01 - 2013-03-01
  • Research Assistance Grant 2012-03-01 - 2012-06-01
  • MIni Grant 2012-01-01 - 2012-03-01
  • Travel Grant 2012-01-01 - 2012-03-01
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington Mini-grant 2016-11-01 -
  • Inspiration 2011-01-01 -
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington Mini-grant 2010-11-01 -

    • Co-principal Investigator On

    Investigator On

  • Esports and Exercise 2022-10-01 - 2023-05-01
  • UNCW Esports Program 2023-01-01 -

    • Teaching Overview

  • Dr. Pastore has been teaching face-to-face, online, and hybrid courses for many years. He has taught at Penn State University, Slippery Rock University, the University of Phoenix Online, and most recently the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His teaching experience includes a myriad of courses on topics including: technology use in the K-16 classroom and workplace, instructional design practice and theory, project management, online course development, and multimedia development.

    • Full Name

  • Raymond Stefan Pastore