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Dr. Michele Jacobsen, PhD (Calgary) is the Vice Dean, Werklund School of Education, and a Professor in the Learning Sciences. Michele's research focuses on design based learning, technology and teaching in classrooms and post-secondary education using case study, action research and design-based approaches to research. Dr. Jacobsen's book, entitled "Learning Technology in Continuing Professional Development: The Galileo Network, published in 2006, emerged from her research on leadership and professional development in ten Alberta schools.
Dr. Jacobsen received a Faculty of Graduate Studies 2018 GREAT Supervisor Award, the Werklund School of Education 2014 Excellence in Leadership Award, the Werklund School of Education's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2001 and 2012, nominations for Excellence in Graduate Supervision in 2013 and 2017, and a Students Union Excellence in Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, in 2010.
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Dr. Jacobsen’s design-based and case study research includes K-12 and post-secondary learning and teaching with educational technology. Michele examines and creates innovative designs for learning that shift instruction from standardized delivery and testing to participatory pedagogies in technology enabled learning environments that sponsor knowledge building, intellectual engagement and assessment for learning. Michele also studies research ethics, especially the ongoing development of policy and guidelines to inform Internet research methodology.
Funded Research Projects:
M&E/Scientific Advisory Committee for CFSC-OPEC deliverables in the Connecting Families initiative (‘SciCom’): Funded by Computers for Success Canada (CFSC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), Government of Canada. Team: Karsenti (McGill), Collin (UQAM), Irvine (Victoria), Jacobsen (Calgary), Middleton (Ryerson), Venkatesh (Concordia), Harper-Merrett, Brouillet, and Matsuo.
Improving Student Research Activities in Online Course-Based Master's Programs in Education. Funded by a University of Calgary Teaching and Learning Collaborative Team Grant. Barb Brown, Mairi McDermott, Marlon Simmons, Sarah Eaton, Michele Jacobsen.
PhD (Educational Psychology)
University of Calgary
MSc (Educational Psychology)
University of Calgary
BEd (Secondary Education)
University of Calgary
BA (English)
University of Calgary
Dr. Jacobsen is the President of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE), Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), and serves on the Editorial Board of EdCanada, and CEA's Pat Clifford Early Career Award Committee; she is a former Editor of The Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (CJLT). Dr. Jacobsen is a member of the following academic and professional organizations: American Educational Research Association (AERA), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), and the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship (SAFS).
Meyers, G., Jacobsen, M., and Henderson, E. (2018). Design-Based Research: Introducing an Innovative Research Methodology to Infection Prevention and Control. Canadian Journal of Infection Control, 33(3), 158-164.
Jacobsen, M., McDermott, M., Brown, B., Eaton, S., and Simmons, M. (2018). Graduate students' research based learning experiences in an online Master of Education program. The Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 15(4), 1-18. Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol15/iss4/4/
Meyers, G., Jacobsen, M., and Henderson, E. (2018). An Exploration of IPAC Educational Intervention Research: What do we mean by education? Canadian Journal of Infection Control, 33(2), 89-95.
Alharbi, H., and Jacobsen, M. (2018). Evaluating the Design and Development of the Quality Graduate Supervision miniMOOC. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 19(1), 13-26.
Martin, S., and Jacobsen, M. (2018). Coding and Computational Thinking in Math and Science. Alberta Science Education Journal, 42(2), 17 – 27.
Jacobsen, M., Eaton, S., Brown, B., Simmons, M., and McDermott, M. (2018). Action research for graduate program improvements: A response to curriculum mapping and review. The Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 48(1), 82-98. Online: http://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/article/view/188048
Loftus, J. J., Jacobsen, M., & Wilson, T. D. (2018). The Relationship Between Spatial Ability, Cerebral Blood Flow and Learning with Dynamic Images: A Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Study. Medical Teacher, 40(2), 174-180. Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1395401
Pethrick, H., Nowell, L., Oddone-Paolucci, E., Lorenzetti, L., Jacobsen, M., Clancy, T., Lorenzetti, E. L. (2017). Psychosocial and career outcomes of peer mentorship in medical resident education: A systematic review protocol. BMC Systematic Reviews, 6, 178. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0571-y
Loftus, J. J., Jacobsen, M., & Wilson, T. D. (2017). Learning and assessment with images: A view of cognitive load through the lens of cerebral blood flow. British Journal of Educational Technology, 48(4), 1030-1046. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12474
Brown, B., & Jacobsen, M. (2016). Principals’ technology leadership: How a conceptual framework shaped a mixed methods study. Journal of School Leadership, 26(5), 811-836.
Alharbi, H., and Jacobsen, M. (2016). Educational Development for Quality Graduate Supervision. Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 1(1), 41-46. Online: http://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/pplt
Brown, B., Dressler, R., Eaton, S., & Jacobsen, M. (2015). Practicing what we teach: Using action research to learn about teaching action research. Canadian Journal of Action Research, 16(3), 60-77. Online: http://journals.nipissingu.ca/index.php/cjar/article/view/228
Law, S., & Jacobsen, M. (2015). Playing for Climate Change: The Design and Development of a Game Prototype to Promote Scientific Literacy. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 6(1), 72-84. URL: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/article/view/5343
Mazur, A. D., Brown, B, & Jacobsen, M. (2015). Learning Designs using Flipped Classroom Instruction. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 41(2), 1-26. URL: http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/909 * 2016 CJLT Editor’s Award for Best Article, Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE-RCIE).
Francis, K., Jacobsen, M., & Friesen, S. (2014). The use of graphics to communicate findings of longitudinal data in design-based research. Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 13, 233-255. URL: http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol13/JITEv13ResearchP233-255Francis0659.pdf
Jacobsen, M. (2014). Design based research: Sponsoring innovation in Education. Education Canada, 54(5), 22-24. URL: http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/design-based-research
Warrell, J. G., and Jacobsen, M. (2014). Internet Research Ethics and the Policy Gap for Ethical Practice in Online Research Settings. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 44(1). [http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cjhe]
Daniels, J. S., Jacobsen, M., Varnhagen, S., and Friesen, S. (2014). Barriers to Systemic, Effective and Sustainable Technology Use in High School Classrooms. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology. 39(4). URL: http://cjlt.csj.ualberta.ca/index.php/cjlt
Brown, B., Eaton, S., Jacobsen, M., Roy, S., and Friesen, S. (2013). Instructional Design Collaboration: A Professional Learning and Growth Experience. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 9(3), 439-452. Online: http://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no3/brown_0913.htm
Francis-Poscente, K., and Jacobsen, M. (2013). Synchronous Online Collaborative Professional Development for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14(3), 319-343. URL: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1460
Jacobsen, M., Lock, J., and Friesen, S. (2013). Strategies for engagement: Knowledge building and intellectual engagement in participatory environments. Education Canada, 53(1), 14-18. Retrieved from: http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/strategies-engagement