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Teaching Tweeting: Recommendations for Teaching Social Media Work in LIS and MSIS Programs by Simons, Rachel N., Ocepek, Melissa G., Barker, Lecia J.

“…A combination of public relations, marketing, advertising, and information and communication technologies, social media work is an increasingly important part…”
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Making Visible the Behaviors that Influence Learning Environment: A Qualitative Exploration of Computer Science Classrooms by Barker, Lecia J., Garvin-Doxas, Kathy

“…The authors conducted ethnographic research to provide deep understanding of the learning environment of a selection of computer science classrooms at a large,…”
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Computer-Assisted Vocabulary Acquisition: The CSLU Vocabulary Tutor in Oral-Deaf Education by Barker, Lecia J.

“…Deficits in vocabulary have a negative impact on literacy and interpersonal interaction for deaf children. As part of an evaluation, an outcomes assessment was…”
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Listen to Librarians: Highlighted Core Competencies for Librarianship from the Perspectives of Working Librarians by Hu, Yuerong, Ocepek, Melissa G, Downie, John Stephen, Barker, Lecia

“…Librarianship is constantly confronted with unexpected and quickly evolving sociotechnical challenges, yet the documents that define the core professional…”
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Measuring Computing Students' Perceptions of Social Presence and Engagement in Synchronous Remote v. In-Person Classes by Cowit, Noah Q., Hovey, Christopher Lynnly, Barker, Lecia

“…The use of synchronous remote learning (SRL) by computing departments to teach classes is increasing. This paper reports survey results of U.S. computing…”
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The student prompt: Student feedback and change in teaching practices in postsecondary computer science by Barker, Lecia, Gruning, Jane

“…Research on retaining students in computer science is clear: pedagogical and curricular interventions that are experienced by all students are the most…”
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A Profile of Student Computer Use, Training, and Proficiency by Weston, Timothy J, Barker, Lecia J

“…A survey of undergraduates found that common computer applications were used by 84 to 90 percent, and 89 percent believed their computer skills are adequate…”
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Indexed Captioned Searchable Videos: A Learning Companion for STEM Coursework by Tuna, Tayfun, Subhlok, Jaspal, Barker, Lecia, Shah, Shishir, Johnson, Olin, Hovey, Christopher

“…Videos of classroom lectures have proven to be a popular and versatile learning resource. A key shortcoming of the lecture video format is accessing the…”
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Results of a large-scale, multi-institutional study of undergraduate retention in computing by Barker, Lecia, Hovey, Christopher Lynnly, Thompson, Leisa D.

“…The recent upsurge in enrollments in computing means that student attrition has a substantial opportunity cost. Admitting a student who leaves both reduces…”
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Surveying Archivists and Their Work toward Advocacy and Management, or “Enterprise Archiving” by Buchanan, Sarah, Gruning, Jane, Gursoy, Ayse, Barker, Lecia

“…Archivists ensure preservation of and access to permanently valuable records in the course of their everyday work. We present results from a spring 2014 survey…”
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Communication in Computer Science Classrooms: Understanding Defensive Climates as a Means of Creating Supportive Behaviors by Garvin-Doxas, Kathy, Barker, Lecia J

“…All learning environments are characterized by numerous communication and interaction practices, which lend themselves to an overall characterization of the…”
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Surveying Archivists and Their Work toward Advocacy and Management, or "Enterprise Archiving" by Buchanan, Sarah A., Gruning, Jane, Gursoy, Ayse, Barker, Lecia

“…Archivists ensure preservation of and access to permanently valuable records in the course of their everyday work. We present results from a spring 2014 survey…”
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Student perceptions of indexed, searchable videos of faculty lectures by Barker, Lecia, Hovey, Christopher Lynnly, Subhlok, Jaspal, Tuna, Tayfun

“…This paper describes a large-scale study of student use and perceived value of videos of faculty lectures as an additional learning resource. The survey-based…”
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Teaching Tweeting: Recommendations for Teaching Social Media Work in LIS and MSIS Programs by Simons, Rachel N., Ocepek, Melissa G., Barker, Lecia J.

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A crowdsourcing caption editor for educational videos by Deshpande, Rucha, Tuna, Tayfun, Subhlok, Jaspal, Barker, Lecia

“…Video of a classroom lecture has been shown to be a versatile learning resource comparable to a textbook. Captions in videos are highly valued by students,…”
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Strategy Trumps Money: Recruiting Undergraduate Women into Computing by Barker, Lecia, McGrath Cohoon, Joanne, Sanders, Lucy

“…Computing departments can maximize recruitment of qualified female students with a low-cost, "high yield in the short term" strategy…”
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Collaborative syllabus design for studying information work by Buchanan, Sarah A., Bullard, Julia, Aspray, William, Bailey, Diane, Barker, Lecia, Carter, Daniel, Clement, Tanya, Gottschlich, Nicholas, Howison, James, McLaughlin, Stephen, Ocepek, Melissa, Sholler, Daniel, Trace, Ciaran B.

“…ABSTRACT Recognizing that current curricula address but a sliver of the wide range of careers pursued by information studies graduates, a team worked…”
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The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies

“…With support from the National Science Foundation, the Engineering Education Research Colloquies (EERC) were designed to collaboratively develop a national…”
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Work in progress - A practical model for achieving gender parity in undergraduate computing: Change the system, not the student by Barker, L J, Cohoon, J M, Thompson, L D

“…This paper presents a systemic change model of undergraduate computing for accomplishing gender parity. Rather than view women as needing to be modified or…”
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The challenges of tracking and understanding student retention in the CS major by Stephenson, Chris, Barker, Sahami, Mehran, Villa, Elsa, Zweben, Stuart

“…This panel focuses on the challenges of collecting sufficient and reliable data relating to retention challenges in undergraduate computer science education…”
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