CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
PhD Library
and Information Science
Graduate
MA Curriculum
and Instruction,
Emphasis in Educational Technology
BA Language
Arts & Sciences,
Distributed major in Sociology and Communication
Minor Computer Science
Graduate Classes Regularly Taught
Introduction to ReferenceRobins, J. (2007). Beyond the Bird Unit. In Rosenfeld, E., & Loertscher, D. (Eds). Toward a 21st Century School Library Media Program. Scarecrow.
Robins, J. (2006). What works for me: Electronic portfolios as a bridge. Intervention in School and Clinic, 46(3), 198-209.
Robins, J. (2005). Beyond the bird unit. Teacher Librarian, 33 (2).
Jurkowski, O., Antrim, P., & Robins, J. (2005). Building bridges between students and practitioners. Journal of Education for Library & Information Science.
Robins, J. (2004). Affording
a place: The persistent structures of LEEP. In C. Haythornwaite
& M. Kramer (Eds.), Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education:
Research and Practice.
Robins, J. (2002). Affording a place: The role of persistent structures in social navigation. Information Research, 7(3). Available at: http://informationr.net/ir/7-3/infres73.html
Smith, L. C., Lastra, S. & Robins, J. (2001). Teaching online: Changing models of teaching and learning in LEEP. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), 42(4), 69-84.
Haythornthwaite, C., Kazmer M., Robins, J., & Shoemaker S. (2000). Community development among distance learners: Temporal and technological dimensions. Journal of Computer Mediated Communications, 6(1). Available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue1/haythornthwaite.html
Bulletins, Reports, and Conference Proceedings
Prenger, K., Gibbons, R., & Robins, J. (2007). Leadership in libraries: Super heroes daily. In D. Loertscher & M. Mardis (Eds.) Into the Center of the Curriculum. Salt Lake City: Hi Willow.
Prenger, K., Gibbons, R., & Robins, J. (2007). Leadership in the library:Superheroes Daily. In (D. Loertscher, Ed.), Into the Center of the Curriculum: Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat. October 24-26, Reno, NV.
Robins, J. & Snow, J. (2005). Using portfolio items to assess information literacy. Proceedings
of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL).
July 8-12,
Robins, J. (2002). StoneSoup:
A contextualized portfolio system. Proceedings of Computer
Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community (p.
538-539).
Bruce, B. C., Bishop, A. P., & Robins, J. (2002). The Inquiry
Page: A collaboratory for curricular innovation. Proceedings of Computer
Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community (p.
746).
Robins, J. (2001).
Social navigation and the role
of persistent structures in a collaborative virtual environment. Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer-Supported
Collaborative Learning (ECSCL), March 22-24,
Robins, J. (2000). Inquiry page:
a collaboratory using socially intelligent agents.
Proceedings of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Fall Symposium, Socially Intelligent Agents - The Human in the Loop,
November 3-5,
Robins, J. (2000). K-12 collaboratories. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science. Feb/March, 8-10.
Robins, J. (2000). Teachers, computer networks, and the Internet at TechCity High. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 441399).
Burress, R., Mcgrew, C., & Robins, J., (2008, April 14). Nothing succeeds like success. Missouri Association of School Librarians Spring Conference, Tan-Tar-A, MO.
Robins, J. (2008, April 4).Capture the student's voice. Midwest Education Technology Conference, St. Charles, MO.
Boggs-Hargrave, R., Gibbons, R., & Robins, J., (2007, November 10). 21+ ideas to spark collaboration. Missouri Association of School Librarians Fall Conference, Columbia, MO.
Robins, J. (2007, November 2,). The Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) speaks to administrators, Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration, Kansas City , MO.
Biggs-Hargrave, R., Gibbons, R., & Robins, J. ( 2007, October). 21+ Ideas to Spark Collaboration. Workshop presented at the Fall Meeting of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL). Jefferson City, MO.
Robins, J. (2007, April). Discussant: Evaluation and Assessment in Online Instruction. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Robins, J., Boggs-Hargrave, R., Clark, K., Gibbons, R.,
Pentlin, F., &
Robins, J. (2007, April). The Great Database Debate: Round 2. Workshop
presented at the annual meeting of the Missouri Association of School Librarians
(MASL).
Pentlin, F., &
Robins, J. (2006, April). The Great Database Debate. Workshop presented at the
annual meeting of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL).
Robins, J., Fagan, P., King, C., Ingram, K., & Pierce, L. (2005,
April). Beyond the Bird Unit.
Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Missouri Association of School
Librarians (MASL).
Jurkowski, O.,
Antrim P., & Robins, J. (2005, January). Building bridges between
students and practitioners. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of
the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).
Robins, J., Antrim, P., & Jurkowski, O. (2004, July).Preparing community information specialists. Workshop presented at the School of the 21st Century Conference.
Robins, J. (2004, April), StoneSoup:
Technology for assessing information literacy. Workshop presented at the
annual meeting of the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL).
Robins, J. & Snow, J. (2004). StoneSoup:
Designing in a classroom context using a form-based system. Paper presented
at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). April
12-16,
Robins, J. (2003, January). Community-centered
design. Paper presented at Association for Library and Information Science
Education (ALISE 2003), Declaration of Interdependence: Connecting Research
with Practice.
Haythornthwaite, C., Lunsford, K., Kazmer M., C., Nazarova, K., & Robins, J., (2003, January). The generative dance in pursuit of generative knowledge. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS2003-36). Big Island, HI.
Robins, J. (2001, October). The Inquiry Page collaboratory.
Paper presented at the Association of Internet Research 2.0: INTERconnections,
the Second Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR),
Smith, L.C., Lastra, S. & Robins, J.
(2001, January). Teaching online: changing models of teaching and learning
in LEEP. Paper presented at Association for Library and Information Science
Education (ALISE 2001), Reconsidering Library and Information Science Education,
Robins, J. (2000, October). Stone
Soup: A distributed collaboratory Using Software Agents. Paper presented
at Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT2000),
Doctoral Dissertation
Robins, J. (2003). The Role of a Mediating Information Structure in a Contextualized System. Dissertation Abstracts International 64-03A (UMI No. 3086166).
Offices Held
President
t 2008-2010
Central Regional Association of School Librarians
Chair
2006-2008
Research, Education, Information, and School Libraries SIG
American Educational Research Association
President
Elect 2006-2007
Central Regional Association of School Librarians
Co-Chair
MASL Speaks
American Democracy Project Mini-Grant
2006-2007
American Democracy Project
Instructional Research and Development
Grant 2003-2004
Center for Teaching and Learning
University of Central Missouri
(declined due to teaching obligations)
August 2001 to July 2002, Doctoral
Fellowship
August 2001, Dissertation Research
Grant
Special Skills
Web-programming in HTML, Javascript
and Perl
Office programming in Visual Basic
20+ years public accounting
Research Interests
| Promoting Information Literacy | K12 Information Systems | Self-Directed Learning |
| Authentic Assessment | Charter Schools | Distance Education |