Rate My Professor Craig Sims

Sims' research centers on leveraging artificial intelligence, gamification, virtual and mixed reality to enhance student learning agency, engagement, and accessibility, particularly in STEM fields and for diverse learners including those with disabilities. His work has garnered 187 citations on Google Scholar. Key publications include 'A dialogic approach to transform teaching, learning & assessment with generative AI in secondary education: a proof of concept' (2024), 'Game-based science simulations to support learning and motivation in primary science education' (2024), 'Science pre-service teachers’ experience of using a gamified learning tool' (2024), 'Welcome, How Can I Help You? Design Considerations for a Virtual Reality Environment to Support the Orientation of Online Initial Teacher Education Students' (2023), 'Can Generative AI support the learning agency of students with disability? A case study of an Australian secondary school' (2026), and 'AI am Motivated: Leveraging Self-Determination Theory in Chatbots' (2026). He received the Humanities Teaching and Learning Award for Innovative Teaching at Curtin University. As a lead contributor to the CeSL AI-driven chatbot promoting self-regulated learning, his team secured the Business and Law Award at the 2024 Curtinnovation Awards and finalist recognition in the Student-Centric category of the WA LearnTech 2024 Awards.