My Thesis Available on QUT ePrints

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/89685

My thesis, Informed learning in the undergraduate classroom: The role of information experiences in shaping outcomes, is now available via Queensland University of Technology's ePrints.

Presenting Data Informed Learning

On Monday, I presented a poster (co-authored with Lisa Zilinski from Carnegie Mellon University) at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting on data informed learning. Based on informed learning (Bruce, 2008), data informed learning shifts the focus from acquiring generic data-related skills to learning how to use data in disciplinary contexts. The aim of this project is to develop a data literacy framework for higher education that places learning about using data in the context of disciplinary learning. The attendees I talked to at the poster session suggested that we are on the right track. Teachers, in particular, understood the benefits of learning to use data as part of a broader context. Paper to come!

Bruce, C. S. (2008). Informed Learning. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

Upcoming - Data Informed Learning Poster at ASIS&T

I will be presenting a poster with my colleague, Lisa Zilinski from Carnegie Mellon, on data informed learning at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting this year. The meeting will be held in St. Louis, MO. from November 6-10, 2015.

Data informed learning is a a new framework we are developing for data literacy that emphasizes how data is used in context. More about data informed learning can be found on the International Information Literacies Research Network site.