Teaching and Learning Research
UW-IT uses a user-centered approach to investigate the technology and support needs of the UW’s faculty, researchers, students, and staff, providing data to help the University make informed decisions in these areas. Projects employ both quantitative and qualitative methods, integrating data from multiple sources (surveys, focus groups, interviews, usability studies, usage logs) to better understand the UW community.
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Campus Reports
Canvas 2017: Evaluation Report
Janice Fournier, Stephanie Cruz, Karin Roberts, UW-IT, Academic Experience Design & Delivery View/Download Report
Panopto in Classrooms: Instructor Survey, 2017
Laura Baldwin, UW-IT, Academic Experience Design & Delivery View/Download Report
Poll Everywhere: Year 1 Assessment
Janice Fournier, Stephanie Cruz, UW-IT, Academic Experience Design & Delivery View/Download Report
2017 Survey of UW Trumba Editors
L. Baldwin, F. Lin, D. Bejarano, H. Stahl, UW-IT, Academic Experience Design & Delivery View/Download Report
Thrive Sophomore Survey Report: Baseline and Year 1
J. Fournier, A. Evans, S. Cruz, UW-IT, Academic Experience Design & Delivery View/Download Report
Husky Experience Phase 2: Report and Recommendations
J. Crowley, A. Evans, J. Fournier, W. Washington, UW-IT, Academic Experience Design & Delivery; T. Pedigo, UW-IT, Student Program View/Download Report
Thrive Messages in MyUW: Year 1 Report
J. Fournier, W. Washington, UW-IT, Academic Experience Design & Delivery View/Download Report
UW Panopto Survey of Instructors and Students, 2016
Laura Baldwin, September 26, 2016 View/Download Report
Integrated Planning and Advising Services: UW Faculty & Student Perceptions, 2016
Tara Coffin, Henry Lyle, Kristen Shinohara & Abigail Evans, March 3, 2016 View Report
UW Student Usage of Mobile Devices for Academic Purposes, 2015
Tara Coffin, Henry Lyle & Abigail Evans, December 4, 2015 View Report
Social Media in the Learning Setting: Opportunities and Challenges
Tara Coffin & Janice Fournier, June 2015 View Report
UW Faculty and Student Impressions of Campus Wi-Fi
Tara Coffin & An Ping, April 2015 Infographic
UW Faculty and Student Interest in Learning Analytics and Personalized Notifications
Tara Coffin & Henry Lyle, March 2015 View Report | Infographic
UW Student Usage of Handheld Mobile Devices, 2014
Tara Coffin and Henry Lyle, December 2014 View Report | Infographic
ECAR Study of Students and Technology, 2014
University of Washington Benchmarking Reports:
ECAR Study of Students and Technology UW Data Tables
ECAR Study of Faculty and Technology UW Data Tables
Canvas Evaluation, 2014
Office of Educational Assessment and UW-IT, July 2014 View Report
MyUW Annual Usage Report, 2012-2013
Ammy Phuwanartnurak, Katherine Kwong, April 2013. Download Report | View Slide Show of Report Highlights
Lecture Capture at the UW: Results from 2013-2014 Needs Assessment and Panopto Pilot
Students Bring Their Own Devices: Findings from the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research 2013 Survey
Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, and Robyn Foshee, February 2014. View Report
Exploring eTextbooks at the University of Washington: What We Learned and What is Next
Cara Giacomini, Peter Wallis, Henry Lyle, Wren Haaland, Keesha Davis, and Dan Comden, August 2013. View/Download Report
Coursera at the UW: The Challenges, Benefits, and Surprises of Teaching a MOOC
Janice Fournier, August 2013. View/Download Report
Canvas 2013: Evaluation Report
Bayta L. Maring and Angela Davis-Unger, Office of Educational Assessment, July 2013. View/Download Report
An Assessment of Two eTextbook Platforms at the University of Washington: Preliminary Report
Cara Giacomini, Wren Haaland, Henry Lyle, Peter Wallis, November 2012. View/Download Report
Improving the Student Experience: Assessment of the 2011-2012 Tegrity Lecture Capture Rollout
Cara Giacomini, Greg Koester, Henry Lyle, Heidi Stahl, November 2012. View/Download Report
Developing a Context-Specific Measure of Technological Expertise
Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, William Wynn, October 2012. View/Download Report
Canvas LMS Pilot 2011-2012
Janice Fournier, Ammy Phuwanartnurak, Bayta Maring, May 2012. View/Download Report
Tegrity Winter 2012 Report
Cara Giacomini, Heidi Stahl, William Wynn, May 2012. View/Download Report
Improving the MyUW Student Experience
Karin Roberts, Ammy Phuwanartnurak, William Wynn, Cara Giacomini, April 2012. View/Download Report
2011 Surveys on Learning and Scholarly Technologies: Final Report
Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, William Wynn, Heidi Stahl, Lillian Hankins, March 2012. View/Download Report
Amazon Web Services: Survey Results
Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, August 2011. View/Download Report
Mobile Teaching and Learning Research Project: MLIS Focus Group Summary
Cara Giacomini, Janice Fournier, William Wynn, January 2011. View/Download Report
Understanding UW Students’ Technology Needs
Janice Fournier, Cara Giacomini, Siobhan Mattison, September 2010. View/Download Report
Usage of General-Access Computing Centers and Workstations
Cara Giacomini, August 2010. View/Download Report
Student IT Strategy Report
IT Strategy for Students Advisory Committee, July 2010. View/Download Report
Student Use of Mobile Devices: Findings from the 2009 ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology
Cara Giacomini, July 2010. View/Download Report
Designing Campus Learning Spaces: A Report on Students’ Current and Future Needs
Janice Fournier, Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, March 2010. View/Download Report
2008 Surveys on Learning and Scholarly Technologies: Final Report
Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, Janice Fournier & Claire Connell, April 2009. View/Download Report
Conversations with the University of Washington’s Research Leaders: Final Report
Janice Fournier, Greg Koester, Cara Giacomini, Tom Lewis, William Washington, February 2009. View/Download Report
Transitioning from Paper to Electronic Portfolios in Beginning Composition
Cara Giacomini, Janice Fournier, November 2006. View/Download Report
Podcasting: Evaluation of Year One
Cara Giacomini, October 2006. View/Download Report
Coming Soon: Visual Consistency in the Catalyst Web Tools
Janice Fournier, William Washington, September 2006. View/Download Report
Educational Technology at the University of Washington: Report of the 2005 Instructor and Student Surveys
Cara Giacomini, Greg Yamashiro, February 2006. View/Download Report
Podcasting at the UW: An Evaluation of Current Use
Cara Giacomini, February 2006. View/Download Report
Electronic Portfolios: What a Contest Can Teach us about Student Use
Janice Fournier & Cara Giacomini, September 2005. View/Download Report
Publications
Obstacles and supports related to the use of educational technologies: the role of technological expertise, gender, and age
Cara Giacomini and Henry Lyle, August 2010. Journal of Computing in Higher Education Article
Scientific Advances and Information Technology: Meeting Researchers’ Needs in a New Era of Discovery
Cara Giacomini, Janice Fournier and Tom Lewis, with Greg Koester, Ed Lazowska, Erik Lundberg, Henry Lyle III, and William Washington, June 2010. ECAR Case Study
Imagining All of Campus as a Learning Space
Cara Giacomini, 2010. Educause Quarterly, 33 (3)
The Differing Technology Support Needs of Beginner and Expert Users: Survey Findings from the University of Washington
Cara Giacomini and Henry Lyle, 2009. Article
Information Technologies for eScience: A Preliminary Report from the University of Washington
Louis Fox, Cara Giacomini, Ed Lazowksa, with Janice Fournier, Greg Koester, and William Washington, March 2009. ECAR Research Bulletin.
A Catalyst Without a Mandate: Building an ePortfolio Culture at the University of Washington
Tom Lewis and Janice Fournier, 2008. In D. Cambridge, B.L. Cambridge, & K.B. Yancey (Eds.) Electronic portfolios 2.0: Emergent Research on Implementation and Impact. Sterling: Stylus Publishing. Book
Technology and Change
Cara Giacomini, 2008. In D. Cambridge, B.L. Cambridge, & K.B. Yancey (Eds.) Electronic portfolios 2.0: Emergent Research on Implementation and Impact. Sterling: Stylus Publishing. Book
Connections: Newsletter of the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Cara Giacomini and Tracy Penny Light (Eds.), 2008. Report 1 | Report 2 | Report 3
Internet2 and Libraries: Serving Your Communities at the Speed of Light
James Werle and Louis Fox, November 2007. Information Today, Inc.
The Journey to Best Practices: Results of a Two-Year Study of ePortfolio Implementation in Beginning Composition Courses
Janice Fournier, Cara Giacomini, Steven Corbett, June 2007. ED-MEDIA 2007 World Conference on Education Multimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications Proceedings. Presentation | Paper
Searching for Word(s): Common Preconceptions about Writing Technologies
Cara Giacomini, June 2005. ED-MEDIA 2005 World Conference on Education Multimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications Proceedings (2005):3215-3222. Paper
Imaging, Security, Configuration, and Maintenance for the Masses
Brandon Koeller & Karalee Woody, November 2005. SIGUCCS 2005 Annual Conference. Paper | Presentation
Mapping the Changing Technological Landscape: Faculty and Student Surveys on Educational Technology
Cara Giacomini, Karalee Woody, and Greg Yamashiro, November 2005. SIGUCCS 2005 Fall Conference Proceedings (2005):154-159. Paper | Presentation
Presentations and Posters
Poster Session: Experimenting with Technology
Cara Giacomini, Heidi Stahl, Henry Lyle, William Wynn, & Sergei Larionov, April 2012, UW Teaching & Learning Symposium. Poster
Poster Session: Enhancing the Student Experience: Canvas, eTexts, and Tegrity
Cara Giacomini, Heidi Stahl, April 2012, UW Teaching & Learning Symposium. Poster
Poster Session: Working with the UW Community to Create a New ePortfolio Solution
Cara Giacomini, William Wynn, Heidi Stahl, April 2011, UW Teaching & Learning Symposium. Poster
A New Direction in Student Computing: Developing Spaces and Services to Meet Students’ Evolving Needs
Lane, C.A. (2010). EDUCAUSE Annual Conference: The Best Thinking in Higher Ed IT, Anaheim, CA. Poster
New Directions in General-Access Computing
Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, 2010. Technology, Colleges, and Community Worldwide Online Conference hosted by the University of Hawaii. Presentation
Campus Learning Spaces — Research Findings & Real Applications at the UW
Janice Fournier, April, 2010. LST Spark Session. Presentation
Learning and Scholarly Technologies at the University of Washington: Faculty, Teaching Assistant, and Student Surveys
Cara Giacomini, Henry Lyle, Claire Connell, & Janice Fournier, April 2009. CIDR Teaching and Learning Symposium 2009. Poster
Online Course Management with Catalyst CommonView and GradeBook
Karin Roberts, April 2009. CIDR Teaching and Learning Symposium 2009. Poster
Technologies for Teaching and Learning: What do UW Faculty, TAs, and Students Want, Use, and Need?
Janice Fournier & Cara Giacomini, March 2009. LST Spark Session. Presentation | Audio
Conversations with the University of Washington’s Research Leaders
Janice Fournier, Tom Lewis & William Washington, February 2009. LST Spark Session. Presentation | Audio
Rapid Research in the Educational Technology Development Process
Cara Giacomini, April 2008. ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium 2008. Presentation
LST Researchers Present at ED-MEDIA World Conference on Differing Technology Support Needs of Beginner and Expert Users
Cara Giacomini and Henry Lyle, October, 2009. Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3
Poster Session: Adventures in ePortfolioland
Janice Fournier, Cara Giacomini, Steven Corbett, Kelly Reinhard, and Laura Baldwin, April 2007. CIDR Teaching and Learning Symposium. Presentation
Podcasting: A Panel Discussion
Cara Giacomini, March 2007. Catalyst Spark Session. Presentation
The Wireless Classroom
Cara Giacomini, January 2007. Catalyst Spark Session. Presentation
Poster Session: Podcasting
Cara Giacomini & Roberta Hopkin, April 2006. UW Teaching and Learning Symposium. Poster
Poster Session: ePortfolios
Cara Giacomini, Janice Fournier, & Steven Corbett, April 2006. UW Teaching and Learning Symposium. Poster
Results from the 2005 Faculty and Student Surveys on Educational Technology
Cara Giacomini, April 2006. Catalyst Spark Session. Presentation
A Profile of Student Use of Educational Technology at the University of Washington
Bill Corrigan & Karalee Woody, January 2006. ELI Annual Meeting. Poster 1 | Poster 2
