Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard N Landers

In this episode of the Better Thinking podcast, Nesh Nikolic speaks with Dr Richard N. Landers about artificial intelligence, game-thinking, privacy and how data is used in organisational psychology. Dr Richard N. Landers is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, USA. He is also holder of the John P. Campbell Distinguished Professorship of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. His research program concerns the use of innovative technologies in assessment, employee selection, adult learning, and research methods. Recent topics have included big data, game-based learning, game-based assessment, gamification, unproctored Internet-based testing, mobile devices, virtual reality, and online social media. His work has been published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Perspectives, Computers in Human Behavior, Simulation & Gaming, Social Science Computer Review, and Psychological Methods, among others, and his research and writing have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Science News, Popular Science, Maclean’s, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. He is also author of a statistics textbook, A Step-by-Step Introduction to Statistics for Business, editor of Social Media in Employee Selection, and editor of the upcoming Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior. Episode links at https://neshnikolic.com/podcast/richard-landers

Richard N. Landers is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and holds the John P. Campbell Distinguished Professorship of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. His research concerns the use of innovative technologies in psychometric assessment, employee selection, adult learning, and research methods, with a recent focus on game-based assessment, gamification, artificial intelligence, unproctored and mobile Internet-based testing, virtual reality, and social media. His work has been published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior, and Psychological Methods, among others, and his work has been featured in popular outlets such as Forbes, Business Insider, and Popular Science.

Dr. Richard N. Landers is the John P. Campbell Distinguished Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Minnesota, and directs the TNTLAB (Testing New Technologies in Learning, Assessment and Behavior). Dr. Lander’s is one of the foremost authorities on advanced assessment methods. His research on advanced gamification, AI, and Virtual reality based assessments techniques make him the perfect person to answer the question,"Are advanced assessment technologies overhyped in 2018?"This episode’s conversation seeks separate fact from fiction when it comes to AI based pre-hire assessment tools. In discussing the current state of advanced assessment techniques- consideration is paid to both the benefits and drawback of techniques that are being hyped as revolutionary (e.g., Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Gamification, and Virtual Reality).Dr. Landers shares his view that these tools are still in their early days and a rush to widespread application over more trusted methods may be premature. Dr. Landers also highlights bright spots in the current state of advanced assessment tools and provides suggestions for getting the most out of them.Through TNTLAB, Dr. Landers trains Ph.D. students and undergraduates in this research area and I/O psychology more broadly. If you are interested in becoming a part of TNTLAB in either of these roles, please see this page http://rlanders.net/join/. If you are interested in learning more about TNTLAB research, please see their Research Areas to learn more: http://rlanders.net/research/