Andrew does research in technology teacher professional development, recommender systems, problem-based learning, and meta-analysis. His bachelor's degree is in English but he is a self-taught and self-professed geek, doing development in several different languages and environments from Adobe Flash to php.
Articles
A Problem Based Learning Meta Analysis: Differences Across Problem Types, Implementation Types, Disciplines, and Assessment Levels (with Heather Leary), Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning (2009)
Problem based learning (PBL) in its most current form originated in Medical Education but has...
Problem-Based Educational Games: Connections, Prescriptions, and Assessment (with Brett E. Shelton), Journal of Interactive Learning Research (2008)
The overwhelming success of the commercial game market has brought increased attention to emerging work...
The Underutilization of Internet and Communication Technology-assisted Collaborative Project-Based Learning Among International Educators: A Delphi Study (with Barry S. Kramer and Jennifer M. Brill), Educational Technology Research and Development (2007)
This study explores the barriers associated with teachers implementing Internet and Communication Technology-assisted Collaborative Project-based...
A Study of Teachers' Use of Online Learning Resources to Design Classroom Activities (with Mimi M. Recker, S. Giersch, X. Mao, B. Palmer, D. Johnson, Heather M. Leary, and B. Robertshaw), New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (2007)
While much progress has been made on the technical design and development of digital libraries,...
An investigation into the competencies required of an effective project manager: A Web-based Delphi study (with Jennifer M. Brill and M. J. Bishop), Educational Technology Research & Development (2006)
This study explores the competencies required for a project manager to be effective in the...
Contributions to Books
Reciprocal Mentoring "In the Wild": A Retrospective, Comparative Case Study of ICT Teacher Professional Development (with B. Robertshaw, H. Leary, K. Bloxham, and Mimi M. Recker), Effective Blended Learning Practices: Evidence-Based Perspectives in ICT- Facilitated Education (2009)
For teachers in the 21st century it is become critical that they develop the skills...
From isolation to legitimate peripheral participation: Encouraging a community of practice among teacher education students through a web resource database (with Jennifer M. Brill), ITLS Faculty Publications (2006)
Collaboratively Filtering Learning Objects (with Mimi M. Recker and David A. Wiley), Designing Instruction with Learning Objects (2001)
This chapter describes and discusses the application of collaborative filtering techniques to the design of...
Other
Filamentary Hα structure in the milky way, University of Wollongong Thesis Collection (2006)
The first part of this thesis presents the first results of a search for new...
Unpublished Papers
Developing a Review Rubric for Learning Resources in Digital Libraries (with Heather Leary, Sarah Giersch, and Mimi Recker), ITLS Faculty Publications (2009)
This paper describes the development of a review rubric for learning resources in the context...
Conference Papers
Expert versus Novice Tutors: Impacts on student outcomes in problem based learning (with Heather Leary, Brett E. Shelton, and M. Harrison Fitt), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2009)
Problem based learning (PBL) is well known for the large amount of literature in Medical...
Assessing the Quality of Doctoral Dissertation Literature Reviews in Instructional Technology (with M. Harrison Fitt and Heather M. Leary), ITLS Faculty Publications (2009)
Assessment of the doctoral dissertation literature review provides insight into a student’s preparation for future...
Expert Versus Novice Tutors: Impacts on Student Outcomes in Problem-Based Learning (with Heather M. Leary, M. Harrison Fitt, and Brett E. Shelton), ITLS Faculty Publications (2009)
The tutor is an essential part of problem based learning (PBL). However, tutor characteristics and...
A Study of How Online Learning Resource Are Used (with Mimi M. Recker, S. Giersch, S. Halioris, M. Xin, and B. Palmer), Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (2007)
OpenCourseWare
Instructional Architect Teacher Professional Development Handouts (with Mimi Recker, M. Brooke Robertshaw, Linda Sellers, and Heather M. Leary), ITLS Research (2009)
Three handouts for the teacher professional development workshops on the Instructional Architect (IA). Starting spring...
INST5245 - Interactive Multimedia Production, Summer, 2008, Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (2008)
This course uses Flash CS3 (Flash 9)/Actionscript 3.0. You may also be interested in INST...
INST5270 - Flash, Fall 2006, Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (2006)
This course uses Flash 8/Actionscript 2.0. You may also be interested in INST 5245, which...