1. Designing Doctoral Education for iSchools: A Case Study
Jennifer Golbeck, Allison Druin, Paul T. Jaeger, Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Jimmy Lin, Yan Qu, Ping Wang, and Bo Xie

2. Challenges for iSchool Education
Core of any one field is insufficient for iSchool doctoral education
Students need to be knowledgeable about all related fields
Students should recognize how their research relates to other topics, even if they are very different

3. Lenses People Systems Environments Information
Together the lenses provide a way to understand research topics

4. The Modular Method
Modules are 2-week mini-courses on a variety of topics
Each module includes
A description of the research topic
Discussion questions
Lenses perspectives on the topic
5-8 readings related to the topic
Faculty members create modules on their areas of expertise

5. Sample Module
Information Economics

6. Module Topics (semesters 1&2)
Cloud Computing
Information Economics
Lifelong Users
Multicultural Identity
Organizations
Computing with Social Relationships
Social Visualization Systems
System Design for User-Centered Information Sharing and Access
Universal Access and Usability
Values and Ethics

7. The Doctoral Seminar Five modules Broad range of topics
May choose one main lens for the whole semester, or different lenses based on the modules available
Discuss papers, how the lenses apply to each paper, and discuss the issues specific to the paper and as they relate to information studies more broadly

8. Student Participation
Lead a discussion on a paper from a module
Build your own module
The Integrative Paper

9. Student Module Topics Educational Technology
Alternative Approaches to Copyright Protection
Culture and Learning Styles
Information Privacy Online
Personal Learning Environments
Social Geolocation
Software Licenses and Agreements
Value Perspectives in Net Neutrality
Video Games and Learning
Virtual Communities and Communication
Web Search

10. Conclusions
Lenses of people, systems, environments, and information form a coherent language to describe and discuss the field
Modules provide a broad coverage of topics representing the faculty expertise
Students learn how to think about many problems from a variety of perspectives
Allison Druin, Paul T. Jaeger, Jennifer Golbeck, Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Jimmy Lin, Yan Qu, Ping Wang, and Bo Xie The Maryland Modular Method: A Case Study in iSchool Doctoral Education, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS). to appear.