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Articles
A Problem Based Learning Meta Analysis: Differences Across Problem Types, Implementation Types, Disciplines, and Assessment Levels (with Andrew Walker), Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning (2009)
Problem based learning (PBL) in its most current form originated in Medical Education but has...
OpenCourseWare
Information Literacy: Finding and Using Information, January 2009 (with Anne Diekema and Wendy Holliday), Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (2009)
This course is for learning information literacy skills, especially those related to using an academic...
Instructional Architect (with Mimi Recker), Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (2009)
The National Science Foundation (nsf.gov) has funded a large initiative to catalog collections of high-quality...
Unpublished Papers
Assessing the Quality of Doctoral Dissertation Literature Reviews in Instructional Technology (with M. Harrison Fitt and Andrew E. Walker), 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 Andrew E. Walker, 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...
Developing a Review Rubric for Learning Resources in Digital Libraries (with Sarah Giersch, Andrew Walker, and Mimi Recker), ITLS Faculty Publications (2009)
This paper describes the development of a review rubric for learning resources in the context...
Presentations
Expert versus Novice Tutors: Impacts on student outcomes in problem based learning (with Andrew Walker, 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...
Integrating an OpenCourseWare and Institutional Repository (with Brett E. Shelton), Library Faculty & Staff Presentations (2009)
This presentation was given at the 2009 Open Education Conference in Vancouver, BC. It shows...
Teaching Information Literacy with Authentic Problems: Creating and Using an Online Module (with Wendy Holliday and Anne Diekema), Library Faculty & Staff Presentations (2009)
The American Library Association defines information literacy as a “set of skills needed to find,...
Podcasting Folklore (with Randy Williams and Trevor Alvord), Library Faculty & Staff Presentations (2009)
Presentation on podcasting folklore given at the Utah Library Association annual meeting in Sandy, Utah....
Other
Instructional Architect Teacher Professional Development Handouts (with Mimi Recker, Andrew Walker, M. Brooke Robertshaw, and Linda Sellers), ITLS Research (2009)
Three handouts for the teacher professional development workshops on the Instructional Architect (IA). Starting spring...
IA Review Rubric (with Sarah Giersch and Mimi Recker), ITLS Research (2009)
This is a review rubric geared for the projects in the Instructional Architect. It is...