Research

Interests

Interdisciplinary Methodologies, Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, Educational Technology, Complexity Theory, Science and Religion

Publications

Woodill, Sharon and Yasushi Akiyama. “Interaction Design for Educational Technologies in Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS): What is educational technologies’ role in cultivating the interdisciplinary Studies Cognitive Toolkit Online?” The 2025 16th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management, and E-Learning (IC4E 2025) will be held in Tokyo, Japan, April 26-29, 2025. Accepted.

Akiyama, Yasushi, and Sharon Woodill. Integrating an LLM (Large Language Model) Tool in Post-Secondary Course Syllabus Analysis Pipeline. Technical Report. Saint Mary’s University, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science. 2024

Akiyama, Yasushi, and Sharon Woodill. “How Can We Improve the UI/UX of Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)? A Survey on Comparison Studies of LMS Features That Support Interdisciplinary Theory,” proceedings, ICEMT 2023.

Akiyama, Yasushi, and Sharon Woodill. “A Survey on How Post-Secondary Courses in Interdisciplinary Studies Are Taught,” The International Journal for Cross Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 13(2): 2022.

Akiyama, Yasushi, and Sharon Woodill. “What Interdisciplinarians Teach: Syllabi Analysis of Post-Secondary Courses in Interdisciplinary Studies”. In: Proceedings of The 12th Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2022). June 2022.

Akiyama, Yasushi and Sharon Woodill. “A Survey on How Post-Secondary Courses in Interdisciplinary Studies Are Taught,” The International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 13(2): 2022.

Akiyama, Yasushi and Sharon Woodill. “What Interdisciplinarians Teach: Syllabi Analysis of Post-Secondary Courses in Interdisciplinary Studies”. In: Proceedings of The 12th Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2022). June 2022.

Woodill, Sharon. “The Epistemology of Complexity and ‘Doing’ Interdisciplinarity.” Interface: An International Interdisciplinary Studies Journal 1, no. 1 (2021): 2.

Woodill, Sharon and Yasushi Akiyama. “Cultivating The Cognitive-Toolkit Online: Emerging Digital Technologies for Interdisciplinary Studies.” International Conference on Education and E-Learning 2021 Conference Proceedings. (2021): 21-27.

Woodill, Sharon. “Defining Interdisciplinary Studies,” Faculty Focus. 19, no. 2 (2020): 25-25.

Woodill, Sharon and Yasushi Akiyama. “Integrating User-Centred Design Approaches for a Course Design Framework for Interdisciplinary Studies Teaching and Learning.” Journal of Teaching and Learning 14, no. 1 (2020): 93-107.

Woodill, Sharon, Richard Plate, and Nathan Jagoda. 2019. “How Interdisciplinarians Work”. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education 8 (2), 112-29. https://doi.org/10.32674/jise.vi0.1452.