Dr. Amanda Hovious earned a PhD in Information Science from the University of North Texas, specializing in the emerging research field of cognitive informatics. With master's degrees in both library and information science and instructional design and technology, she has extensive professional experience in teaching and the application of learning design within public and academic library settings. Dr. Hovious has authored numerous publications on the topic of transmedia storytelling and its emerging role as an innovative educational technology. Sparked by a keen interest in the convergence of games and literature, its implications for immersive literacy, and its impact on the flow of learning, her goal is to disrupt the educational system as it currently stands by introducing information theory-based methods to educational assessment that can be used in immersive learning environments. These sophisticated measures have the capability of capturing the subjective nature of cognitive processing, going beyond the traditional behavioral assessments of low-level learning (e.g., multiple choice tests that measure recall and comprehension) to measure higher-level meaning making in a quantitative way.