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Professional Information
Dr. Marilyn Arnone is a professor of practice at Syracuse University’s iSchool. With a background in instructional design, development, and evaluation, her research explores motivation and learning in formal and informal face-to-face and cyberlearning environments. She has a keen interest in the influence of intellectual curiosity, perceived competence, autonomy, and social relatedness on student achievement. An emphasis on teaching and learning principles and practice is also found in courses she teaches such as Information Technologies in Educational Organizations, Storytelling for Information Professionals and others. She has authored or co-authored numerous publications including journal articles, books, and chapters. Most recently, these include a co-authored article in the Spring 2017 issue of Children’s Libraries on summer reading programs and rewards, and a forthcoming chapter on design-based research in Research Methods for Librarians and Educators: Practical Applications in Formal and Informal Learning Environments published by Libraries Unlimited in 2018.
Marilyn received her master's degree in education from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and her Ph.D. in instructional design, development, and evaluation from Syracuse University's School of Education focusing on interactive learning environments.
Research Interests
As curiosity is critical to scholarship, Marilyn is especially interested in the relationship between curiosity (i.e. willingness to explore until uncertainty is resolved) and perceived competence in information and digital literacies. In AASL Standards, curiosity is considered a disposition to be fostered in learners.Research by Arnone & Reynolds published in School Library Media Research provided empirical support for the inclusion of dispositions in action in the American Association of School Librarians’ Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.
She has served as principal investigator on many research and demonstration projects. Through an ALA Carnegie-Whitney Award, she created naturebooklist.org, a database of paired literary and informational texts with active learning strategies for K-12 librarians. She enjoys building resources that encourage children’s curiosity, creativity, and information literacy. She was co-director of the Center for Digital Literacy (CDL) from 2010 - 2015 and serves as principal investigator for one its signature projects, S.O.S. for Information Literacy. This research and demonstration project was awarded National Leadership Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2002, 2005, and 2008, and is a multimedia database of information literacy lesson plans and supporting materials for K-12 librarians and classroom teachers.
Marilyn was vice-chair of evaluation for the Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) for five years. IDPP prepares disability policy leaders for the ASEAN region. With colleagues at IDPP, she has contributed to a number of publications and conferences on the research and work accomplished by the organization. With the help of an IMLS SPARKS! Ignition Grant, Drs. Ruth Small and Marilyn Arnone researched and developed three online automated Web evaluation instruments used by school and public librarians as well as web designers. She is currently co-principal investigator with Dr. Ruth Small on an IMLS National Leadership Grant entitled the Young Innovators Project. One of the main goals of the project is to help school librarians become innovation mentors to their students. Marilyn interviewed more than 50 recognized young inventors in grades 4 – 8 for the project resulting in a searchable database of more than 500 video clips exploring aspects of the innovation process with students. Her passion for protecting the environment is reflected in a website she created called CuriosityCreek.com to inspire young learners to write stories and poems that reflect inquiry learning about nature and the environment.
She served as the principal investigator on an IMLS funded project entitled Investigating Self-Determination Variables in Summer Reading Program Participants which explored connections between free voluntary reading and information literacy and intrinsic motivation to read. She is lead author on Are self perceptions measures used in school library research transferable to the public library context of summer reading programs? published in School Library Research, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2016.
Education
Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation, Ph.D., Curiosity as a Personality Variable Influencing Achievement in an Interactive Learner Control Environment, Syracuse University
1988 → 1992
Children's Television Research and Human Development, Ed.M., Harvard Unviersity
… → 1980
Mass Communications, B.S., Emerson College
… → 1976
External positions
Interim Associate Director, Collaboratory on Technology Enhanced Learning Communities (Cotelco)
2011 → 2013
Co-Director, Center for Digital Literacy
2010 → 2015
Director of Educational Media, Center for Digital Literacy
2003 → 2010
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Projects
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Get SET! The Source Evaluation Tool to Support Young Inventors During the Invention Process
Small, R. & Arnone, M.
9/15/21 → 9/14/22
Project: Sponsored Project
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Library Services to Patrons with Disabilities: A Problem-Based Learning Approach
Small, R. & Arnone, M.
Institute of Museum & Library Services
8/1/19 → 7/31/21
Project: Sponsored Project
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Making the Literacy-Innovation Connection for Rural Libraries and their Youngest Patrons
Arnone, M. & Small, R.
Institute of Museum & Library Services
12/1/18 → 11/30/20
Project: Sponsored Project
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Literary and Informational Pairings: A Searchable Paired Booklist to Excite Students About Reading and Caring for the Environment
5/1/16 → 6/1/17
Project: Sponsored Project
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Applying case-based method in designing self-directed online instruction: a formative research study
Luo, H., Koszalka, T. A., Arnone, M. P. & Choi, I., Apr 2018, In: Educational Technology Research and Development. 66, 2, p. 515-544 30 p., Vol. 66, Issue 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design-based research
Arnone, M. & Rothwell, S. L., 2018, Research Methods for Librarians and Educators : Practical Applications in Formal and Informal Learning Environments. Small, R. V. & Mardis, M. A. (eds.). CA: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., p. 188-200 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Are self-perception measures used in school library research transferable to the context of public library summer reading programs?
Arnone, M. P., Small, R. & Weng, S., Jan 1 2016, In: School Library Media Research. 19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are self-perception measures used in school library research transferable to the context of public library summer reading programs?
Arnone, M., Small, R. V. & Weng, S., 2016, In: School Library Media Research. 19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perceived competence in information skills (PCIS)
Arnone, M., Small, R. V. & Reynolds, R., 2016, Streaming LIS research: : A compendium of tried and true tests, measurements and other instruments. Catalano, A. J. (ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
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Accessibility, universal design, and implications for collaboration in global virtual teams
Derrick L. Cogburn (Speaker) & Marilyn Arnone (Speaker)
2015Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Effective storytelling and digital media for advocacy and public policy (Full day workshop)
Marilyn Arnone (Speaker)
2015Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Universal instructional design and storytelling: A case study
Marilyn Arnone (Speaker)
2015Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Towards an Integrated Model for Accessible Global Cyberlearning: A Case Study of the Institute on Disability and Public Policy
Derrick L. Cogburn (Speaker), J.T. Ellis (Speaker) & Marilyn Arnone (Speaker)
2014Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Storytelling for advocacy (half-day workshop)
Marilyn Arnone (Speaker)
2014Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Prizes
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Book Recognition: "Motivational Design: The Secret to Producing Effective Children's Media"
Arnone, Marilyn (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Other distinction
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Certificate of Achievement for distinguished performance on the Research Apprenticeship
Arnone, Marilyn (Recipient), 1991
Prize: Honorary award
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