Assistant University Librarian
STEM Instruction Librarian
Office: L301E Marston Science Library
Phone: (352) 273-8987
Email: nvalle@ufl.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of Florida (Educational Technology | Minor: Research and Evaluation Methodology)
MAE, University of Florida (Curriculum and Instruction | Concentration: Educational Technology)
English as a Second Language (ESL) Teaching Certificate, Duke University (Continuing Studies)
B.S., Federal University of Pará, Belém-Brazil (Portuguese)
Subject Responsibilities: Information Literacy Instruction Program, STEM Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Design
Research Interests: STEM Education, Motivation, Learning Analytics, Design and Development Research
Recent Publications:
Glueck, H. D., Li, Q., Macleod, J. A., Litkowski, M. E.,Yang, X., Bian, J., Ritzhaupt, D. A., Sommer, M., Valle, N., Shaw, R. J., Muller, E. K. (in press). Power and Sample Size for Balanced Linear Mixed Models with Clustering and Longitudinality: GLIMMPSE Version 3. Plos One.
Valle, N., Elrod, R., Laboy, P. L., Gallagher, E. (2025). Critical Information Literacy in Action: Using a Free Online Collection Tool to Enhance Educators’ Confidence in Building Diverse Book Collections. Information and Learning Sciences.
Valle, N., Antonenko, P., Valle, D., & Baiser, B. (2025). Task-value motivational prompts in a descriptive dashboard can increase anxiety among anxious learners. Computers & Education, 229, 105242.
Valle, N., Zhao, P., Freed, D., Gorton, K., Chapman, A. B., Shea, A. L., & Bazarova, N. N. (2024). Towards a Critical Framework of Social Media Literacy: A Systematic Literature Review. Review of Educational Research, 00346543241247224.
Valle, N., Antonenko, P., & Valle, D. (2023). Dashboard Applications to Support Motivation: A Design Case. In Learning, Design, and Technology: An International Compendium of Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (pp. 2563-2599). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Zhao, P., Bazarova, N. N., & Valle, N. (2023). Digital parenting divides: the role of parental capital and digital parenting readiness in parental digital mediation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 28(5), zmad032.
Valle, N., Brishke, J., Shenkman, E., & Ritzhaupt, A. D. (2022). Design, development and evaluation of the Citizen Science Cancer Curriculum (CSCC): a design and development case study. TechTrends, 66(4), 666-680.