Joanne Rodger, PhD, MLIS, BEd, BA
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Contact
Director, Program Quality & Accreditation, MD Program (Faculty Service Officer), Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Family Medicine Dept
- degroot@ualberta.ca
- Address
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1-002 Katz Group Centre For Research
11315 - 87 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Assist Dean Prgm Evaluatios, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Undergrad Medical Education
- degroot@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
medical education teacher-librarian education emotional labour public library teacher-librarian leadership
About
Dr. Joanne Rodger is currently appointed as Assistant Dean, Program Evaluation & Director, Program Quality & Accreditation in the MD Program in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Additionally, she is appointed as an Adjunct Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Education. Joanne has experience working in K-12 education, public and school libraries, the nonprofit sector, and has been teaching at the University of Alberta for more than 20 years.
Research
Dr. Rodger's research program explores various aspects of medical education, emotional labour in public library work, teacher-librarian education, teaching, and learning. Recent projects include the development of an online workshop for public library workers about emotional labour that was released in July 2023 based on research conducted in 2020 about public library workers' experiences with emotional labour. Additional recent projects have focused on the ways in which school library faculty members use their time and an evaluation of an academic mentorship program for medical students.
Teaching
Dr. Rodger teaches graduate courses in the Faculty of Education, including LIS 503, Reference & Information Services; LIS 595, Issues & Trends in Public Libraries; EDEL 540, Introduction to Teacher-Librarianship; EDEL 544, Introduction to Emerging Technologies; EDEL 543, Introduction to Contemporary Literacies; EDEL 545, Integration of Emerging Technologies; and EDEL 546, Introduction to Resource Selection and Evaluation.
Courses
EDEL 495 - Seminar in Group Projects in Elementary Education II
Prerequisite: consent of Department. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.
EDEL 545 - Integration of Emerging Technologies
Explores and critically evaluates the integration of emerging technologies into schools and school libraries with an emphasis on the trends, issues, opportunities and challenges associated with living and working in digital age classrooms and libraries. Note: Not open to students with credit in EDES 545. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.
EDHS 503 - Introduction to Methods of Educational Research
Priority given to graduate students in the Master of Education in Health Sciences Education program. This course offers an overview of the broad spectrum of quantitative and qualitative research, with an emphasis on the health sciences educator as a researcher and knowledge mobilizer. Students will explore research planning, improving the readability of research reporting, and translating results into practice. Sections are offered at an increased rate of fee assessment.
Featured Publications
Branch-Mueller, Jennifer & Rodger, Joanne
School Libraries Worldwide. 2022 January; 27 (1):39-49 10.29173/slw8454
Branch-Mueller, Jennifer & Rodger, Joanne
2021 IASL Conference Proceedings (Denton, Texas). 2021 September; 10.29173/iasl8274
Rodger, Joanne Erickson, Norene
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. 2021 June; 16 (1):1-27 10.21083/partnership.v16i1.6189
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