This article describes a recently introduced module at University College Dublin School of Information and Library Studies (SILS), entitled "Information Architecture: Designing the Web." The module provides students with a realistic experience of how information architects apply their skills to produce usable web sites, via a project to…

This article focuses on the challenges facing middle level professors who desire to practice what they preach by using an approach to teaching and learning called problem-based learning. Problem-based learning is a means by which prospective middle grades teachers can design interdisciplinary units and gain familiarity with using them in…