Rosenbaum
 “His creativity, support and commitment help to foster a campus climate that will increasingly recognize the desirability of scholarly teaching that is grounded in evidence and framed by theory.”
—Jennifer Meta Robinson, director, IU Bloomington Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program |
Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial
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Howard Rosenbaum’s research topics include, among others, customer relationship management and trust in E-commerce. Those topics might be considered a metaphor for his relationship with his students, who are very satisfied “customers” of his courses. For Rosenbaum, however, learning is not a product to be bestowed through lectures, but rather a set of critical thinking and problem-solving skills that students acquire through their own active engagement.
“I aspire to create learning experiences that change the way students think,” he said. “If I do my job, students should be prepared to move easily into careers as information professionals, with a strong set of technical skills and a sophisticated understanding of the social and organizational contexts in which they will work.”
Rosenbaum’s courses often have a strong service-learning component, including a course in which students redesign Web sites for local businesses. Another advanced course that has garnered international attention is Electronic Commerce (L561), in which teams of students start up and operate an online business.
Rosenbaum’s teaching materials also are used internationally; the syllabus for his Electronic Commerce course is listed on at least 38 Web sites, and he has received requests to use his materials in classes at the University of Sydney, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Herzlia Interdisciplinary Center in Israel, and Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece, among others.
Recognition of his pedagogical excellence includes the prestigious MIRA Award for Technological Innovation in Education (2003), the Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology, the 2001 Trustees Teaching Award from the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and four SLIS Teaching Excellence Recognition Awards (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001).
Dedicated to continually improving both his own teaching and helping his colleagues, Rosenbaum has been an active participant in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program and the Pew Inquiry Circle on the IU Bloomington campus. “Indeed, some of the new faculty members are joining him in the ‘don’t miss this professor’ category,” said Debora Shaw, executive associate dean, SLIS. Patricia Allen, adjunct instructor, concurred: “Howard’s willingness to share and encourage adjuncts demonstrates his true excellence as an educator.”
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