Associate Professor Rebekah Willett’s research on children’s media and technology use couldn’t come at a better time than during the COVID-19 shutdown. Now more than ever, young children are using screens and digital technologies to …
Year: 2020
Rebecca Millerjohn (MA’16) named a 2020 Library Journal Mover and Shaker
Congratulations to iSchool alum Rebecca Millerjohn! Ms. Millerjohn was named a 2020 Mover and Shaker by Library Journal. Currently a Youth Services Librarian at Madison Public Library, she is recognized for incorporating assessment into the …
Application deadline extended for the PhD Program
Given the disruptions caused by COVID-19, the iSchool at UW-Madison is extending the application deadline for those who wish to begin the PhD Program in Fall 2020. PLEASE NOTE: we are waiving the GRE requirement for this …
Online students’ Bootcamp goes virtual
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, for the safety of our students, UW-Madison and the iSchool have determined that the format of Bootcamp will be changed from in-person to a synchronous, online event, held on the …
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett Named Partner Investigator in $23.4 million Global Study on Digital Technology and Children
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett has been named a partner investigator in the first global effort to study the effects of digital technology on children based in the Australian Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. …
Associate Professor Alan Rubel on Data Mining in Higher Ed
Associate Professor Alan Rubel published A Matter of Trust: Higher Education Institutions as Information Fiduciaries in an Age of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics in the December issue of JASIST. The paper’s co-authors are …