My research interests include writing assessment; the impact of assessment on curriculum development, outcomes, and pedagogy; electronic portfolios; and information literacy. In my dissertation, "Outcomes and Assessment for an Undergraduate Technical Communication Program," I researced our understanding of the constructs incorporated into programmatic learning outcomes for undergraduate technical communication programs. My research sought to answer how the constructs are addressed and demonstrated by students as outcomes for assessment. Further, I identified a framework to begin to contextualize the constructs of information literacy (IL) and technology as technical communication learning outcomes.
Recent Publications and Presentations
Book Chapters
Maid, Barry M. and D’Angelo, Barbara J. (20XX) Why do we bother to teach research: Our students can find everything online” In: The New Digital Scholar: Exploring and Enriching the Research and Writing Practices of NexGen Students. J. Purdy and R. McClure, eds. American Association of Information Science and Technology. In press.
Maid, Barry M. and D’Angelo, Barbara J. (2012) What do you do when the ground beneath your feet shifts? In: Online Education 2.0: Evolving, Adapting and Reinventing Online Technical Communication. Kelli Cargile-Cook & Keith Grant-Davies, eds. Amityville, NY: Baywood Press, In press.
Maid, Barry M. and D’Angelo, Barbara J. (2012) Is rhetorical knowledge the uber outcome? In: The WPA Outcomes Statement: A Decade Later. D. Roen, D. Holstein, N. Behm, and G. Glau, eds. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, In press.
Maid, Barry M. and D’Angelo, Barbara J. (2012) “ePorts: Making the passage from academics to workplace” In: ePortfolio Performance Support Systems: Constructing, Presenting, and Assessing Portfolios in Public Workplaces. R. Rice and K. Willis, eds. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, In Press.
Maid, Barry M. and D’Angelo, Barbara J. (2012) “The WPA outcomes, information literacy, and challenges of outcomes-based curricular design” In: Teaching and Assessing Writing: A Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration. Norbert Elliot & Les Perelman, eds. Hampton Press, pg. 99-112.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. and Maid, Barry M. (2009) Assessing outcomes in a technical communication capstone In: Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education. Christopher Schreiner, ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Gobal, pgs. 152-166.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (2007) From partnership to program development: Information literacy in an academic curriculum In: Information Literacy Programs in the Digital Age. Educating College and University Students Online. A. Daughtery and M.F. Russo, eds. Chicago: American Library Association.
Articles
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (2012) Beyond academics: Reconceptualizing information literacy for workplace relevance. Library Trends 60(3):636-649.
D’Angelo, Barbara J. (2010) Social media community management: Implications for the business communication curriculum. Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication Annual Convention.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (November 2009) Using Portfolio Assessment to Discover Student Learning Proceedings of the 74th Annual Convention of the Associatioon for Business Communication.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (January 2006) Information and knowledge management: What technical communication can learn from library science. Information Design and Architecture Special Interest Group Newsletter, Society for Technical Communication. Available: http://www.stcsig.org/id/id_articles/0601_inf_knowledge_mgt.htm.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. and Maid, Barry, M. (2005) Beyond instruction: Integrating library service in support of information literacy. Internete Reference Services Quarterly. 9(1/2):55-63. Co-published simultaneously in Improving Internet Reference Services to Distance Learners (William Miller and Rita M. Pellen, eds.)
D'Angelo, Barbara J. and Maid, Barry, M. (2004) Moving beyond definitions: Implementing information literacy across the curriculum Journal of Academic Librarianship. 30(3):212-217.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (2001) Using source analysis to promote critical thinking. Research Strategies 18(4):303-309.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (2001) Integrating and assessing information competencies into a gateway course. Reference Services Review 29(4):282-293.
Presentations
D’Angelo, Barbara J. (2012) Working collaboratively to develop writing skills for nurses. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference 2012, Savannah, GA.
D’Angelo, Barbara J. (2012) The WPA Outcomes Statement, information literacy: Mediating information. Panel session on Communicating in Digital Environments – Implications for the WPA Outcomes Statement. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St.Louis, MO.
D’Angelo, Barbara J. (March 2010) Them vs. Us? Or Them and Us? Disciplinary Differences in Portfolio Scoring. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. (Poster)
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (November 2009) "Using Portfolio Assessment to Discover Student Learning" Associatioon for Business Communication Annual Convention, Portsmouth, VA.
D’Angelo, Barbara J. and White, Otis. (October-November, 2008) “Learning from Our Stakeholders: Using Research to Redesign a Business Writing Course” Association of Business Communication Annual Convention, Lake Tahoe, NV.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (August 200) "More than Mere Collections : Portfolios as Direct and Authentic Assessment of Information Literacy Outcomes" International Federation of Library Associations, Quebec City, Quebec. Published in proceedings.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (July 2007) Information literacy and writing: A rhetorical analysis of standards and outcomes. Council of Writing Program Administrators Annual Conference, Tempe, AZ.
D'Angelo, Barbara J. (March 2007) Rhetoric, information, technology, and assessment: Using the WPA Outcomes Statement to craft program identity. Panel member: Refactoring Identities in a Culture of Assessment: Rhetorical and Technical Approaches to Program Review and Development. Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY.
