VitaJohn Hilton III
270M JSB, Provo, UT 84602 801-422-7394
Education
2010, Ph.DInstructional Psychology and Technology
Brigham Young University
Department Award: “Student Researcher of the Year”
2004, M. EdLearning and Teaching
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Culminating Project: “Integrating Teaching for Understanding and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences in the Seminary classroom”
2000, B.S.Business Management
Brigham Young University
Summa Cum Laude with University Honors.
Grants Awarded
John Hilton III, David Wiley, and Lane Fischer (2016). Increasing Research on OER and Assisting Instructional Designers with OER Adoption. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Amount: $550,000
Listed as: Principal Investigator
Role: Manage grant, lead research and publication efforts.
Description: Increase the capacities of graduate students in the United States and Canada in terms of performing peer-reviewed research relating to the efficacy and perceptions of OER. In addition, this grant will help the grantees create a network of instructional designers similar to that developed by the Open Textbook Network.
John Hilton III (2015). Increasing the Capacity of OER Researchers. William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Amount: $100,000
Listed as: Principal Investigator
Role: Strategic development; oversee project, direct research and publication efforts.
Description: Increase the capacities of graduate students in the United States and Canada in terms of performing peer-reviewed research relating to the efficacy and perceptions of OER.
David Wiley, John Hilton III, and Lane Fischer(2012).Impact of OER on Cost Savings and Student Success Metrics. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Amount: $272,686
Listed as: Co-Principal Investigator
Role: Direct research and publication efforts.
Description: Determine the impacts of teachers and faculty formally adopting OER in place of commercial textbooks on the cost of education and student outcomes.
David Wiley, John Hilton III, Diana Suddreth, Lane Fischer (2012). Scaling the Use of Open Textbooks in High Schools and Examining their Financial and Educational Impacts. Submitted to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Amount: $125,000
Listed as: Co-Principal Investigator
Role: Direct research and publication efforts.
Description: Scale up the adaptation and adoption of open science textbooks in Utah high schools and research possible cost savings and changes in student learning.
Peer-Reviewed Articles: Open Educational Resources & General Education
John Hilton III. “Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions.” Educational Technology Research and Development, 64(4) pp. 573-590.
David Wiley, Linda Williams, Daniel DeMarte, and John Hilton III. “The Tidewater Z-Degree and the INTRO Model for Sustaining OER Adoption.” Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(41), pp.1-12 (2016).
Lane Fischer, John Hilton III, T. Jared Robinson, and David A. Wiley. “A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students.” Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), pp. 159-172 (2015).
T.J. Robinson, Lane Fischer, David Wiley & John Hilton III. The Impact of Open Textbooks on Secondary Science Learning Outcomes. Educational Researcher, 43(7): 341-351 (2014).
John Hilton III, Lindsay Murphy & Devon Ritter. “From Open Educational Resources to College Credit: The Approaches of Saylor Academy.” Open Praxis, 6(4): 365-374. (2014).
John Hilton III, T.J. Robinson, David Wiley and Jordan Ackerman. Cost-Savings Achieved in Two Semesters Through the Adoption of Open Educational Resources. International Review of Research on Distance and Open Learning, 15(2): 1-18. (2014).
John Hilton III. “A Chinese Tongue Twister.” College Teaching, 62 (1): 3-4. (2014).
Tyler Griffin, John Hilton III, Ken Plummer, and Devynne Barret. “Correlation between grade point averages and student evaluation of teaching scores: taking a closer look.” Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 39 (3): 339-348. (2014).
John Hilton III, Donna Gaudet, Phil Clark, Jared Robinson, and David Wiley. "The adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department." The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 14 (4): 37-50. (2013)
T.J. Bliss, Jared Robinson, John Hilton III, and David Wiley. An OER COUP: College Teacher and Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 17(1).
TJ Bliss, John Hilton III, David Wiley and Kim Thanos. “The Cost and Quality of Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and Students.” First Monday, 18 (1) (2013).
Andrew Feldstein, Mirta Martin, Amy Hudson, Kiara Warren, John Hilton III, and David Wiley. “Open Textbooks and Increased Student Access and Outcomes.” European Journal of Open, Distance, and E-Learning, 15 (2). (2012).
John Hilton III and Carol Laman. “One college’s use of an open psychology textbook.” Open Learning. 27(3), pp. 265-272. (2012).
John Hilton III and Kenneth Plummer. “To Facebook, or Not to Facebook? A Study of One Educational Institution’s Decision to Use Facebook.” Digital Culture and Education. 4 (2), pp. 201-217. (2012).
David Wiley, John Hilton III, Shelley Ellington, and Tiffany Hall. “A preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open textbooks in middle and high school science classes.” International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 13 (3), pp. 261-276. (2012).
John Hilton III, Neil Lutz, and David Wiley. “Examining the Reuse of Open Textbooks.” International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 13 (2), 45-58 (2012).
John Hilton III and David Wiley. “Open Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge.”International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 12 (5), 18-26. (2011).
John Hilton III and David Wiley. “Free E-Books and Print Sales.” The Journal of Electronic Publishing, 14 (1). (2011).
John Hilton III, Brad Wilcox, Tim Morrison, and David Wiley. “Effects of various methods of assigning and evaluating required reading in one general education course.” Journal of College Reading and Learning, 41(1), 7-28 (2010).
John Hilton III and David Wiley. A sustainable future for open textbooks? The Flat World Knowledge story. First Monday. 15(8). (2010).
John Hilton III, Charles Graham, Peter Rich, and David Wiley. “Using online technologies to extend a classroom to learners at a distance.” Distance Education. 31 (1): 77-92. (2010).
John Hilton III and David Wiley. “Free: Why authors are giving books away on the Internet.” Tech Trends. 54 (1): 43-48. (2010)
John Hilton III and David Wiley. “The short-term influence of free digital versions of books on print sales.” The Journal of Electronic Publishing, 13 (1). (2010)
John Hilton III, David Wiley, Jared Stein, and Aaron Johnson. “The four R’s of openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources.” Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. 25 (1): 37-44. (2010)
John Hilton III and David Wiley. “The creation and use of Open Educational Resources in Christian higher education.” Christian Higher Education. 9 (1): 49-59. (2010)
John Hilton III. “From PDF to MP3: Motivations for creating derivative works.” First Monday. 14 (9). (2009)
David Wiley and John Hilton III. “Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education.” International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 10 (5). (2009)
Peer-Reviewed Articles: Religious Education & Topics Related to the LDS Church
John Hilton III. “‘One of the Great Moments of the History of the Church’:The Construction of the First Chapel in the Chinese Realm.” Journal of Mormon History, 42(3), pp. 211-234 (2016).
John Hilton III, Kenneth Plummer, Ben Fryar, and Ryan S. Gardner: “Comparing spiritual outcomes between students in one general education distancereligion course with students in the same face-to-face course,”Religion & Education, 43(1), pp. 95-116 (2016).
John Hilton III. “Helping Students Study the Scriptures.” The Religious Educator, 17(1), pp. 109-119. (2016).
John Hilton III. “Core Curriculum in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” Religious Education, 110(1), pp. 16-23. (2015).
Brad Farnsworth, John Hilton III, Jaclyn Nielson, Jonathan Ogden. “Prophetic Use of the Pauline Epistles, 1970-2013.” The Religious Educator, 16(1), pp. 76-103. (2015).
Shon Hopkin and John Hilton III. “Samuel’s Reliance on Biblical Language” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 23(1), pp. 31-52 (2015).
John Hilton III, Anthony R. Sweat & Kenneth Plummer. “Factors Related to In-Class Spiritual Experience: Relationship Between Pre-Class Scripture Reading, In-Class Note-Taking, and Perceived In-Class Spiritual Experiences,” Journal of Research on Christian Education, 24:3, 271-291 (2015).
John Hilton III and Alyssa Aramaki. “Encouraging Students to Act: Helping Students Apply Principles Learned in a Religious Education Setting.” Teaching Theology and Religion, 17 (2): 99-111. (2014).
Frank Judd and John Hilton III. “The Pedagogy of Paul.” Journal of Research on Christian Education, 23 (1): 95-107. (2014).
Ken Plummer and John Hilton III. “Measuring the Impact of Religious-oriented Courses.” Religion & Education, 41 (2): 134-150. (2014).
John Hilton III “Jacob’s Textual Legacy.” Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 22 (2): 52-65. (2013).
John Hilton III and P. N. Felipe Chou. “The History of LDS Seminaries and Institutes in Taiwan.” Mormon Historical Studies 14, (2): 83-106. (2013).
John Hilton III. “The Silent Lesson.” Religious Educator. 14 (3): 111-119 (2013).
John Hilton III and Kenneth Plummer. “Examining Student Spiritual Outcomes as a Resultof a General Education Religion Course.” Christian Higher Education. 12 (5): 331-348. (2013)
John Hilton III and Jana Johnson. “Who Uses the Word Resurrection in the Book of Mormon and How Is It Used?”The Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scriptures, 21 (2), pp. 30-39. (2012).
John Hilton III and Ryan S. Gardner. “The Pedagogy ofJeremiah: A Teaching Model for Religious Educators.” Religious Education, 107(5), pp. 531-543. (2012).
John Hilton III. “Textual Similarities in the Words of Abinadi and Alma’s Counsel to Corianton.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51 (2), pp. 39-60. (2012).
John Hilton III. “Look, and I Looked!” Lessons in Learning and Teaching from Nephi’s Vision.” Religious Educator. 13 (2), pp. 32-43. (2012).
John Hilton III. “I Know Not.” Religious Educator. 13 (1), 117-123. (2012).
John Hilton III. “The Very Best Teaching.” Religious Educator. 12 (3), 129-137. (2011).
John Hilton III and Brandon Gunnell. “Helping Students Act as a Result of Classroom Lessons.” Religious Educator,12 (1) (2011).
John Hilton III. “Multiple intelligences in the gospel classroom.” Religious Educator. 11 (1):183-189. (2010)
John Hilton III. “See that ye do them.” Religious Educator. 10 (3): 115-122. (2009)
John Hilton III. “Helping students ask questions.” Religious Educator. 9 (3): 75-83. (2008)
John Hilton III. “The Power of Student Discovery and Sharing.” Religious Educator. 8 (3): 75-83. (2007).
Edited Books, Book Chapters and Encyclopedic Entries
Dennis Largey, Andrew Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull, eds. The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: selected papers from the 44th Annual Sperry Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center), 526 pages. (2015).
John Hilton III. “Old Testament Psalms in the Book of Mormon.” In Ascending the Mountain of the Lord, ed. David R. Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey (Provo, UT: The Religious Studies Center, 2013), 291-311. (2013).
Robert L. Millet and John Hilton III, “Leadership Within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook, 2 vols., ed. Sharon Henderson Callahan (Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2013), 1: 209-15. (2013).
John Hilton III. Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion, Dennis L. Largey, General Editor.Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012. Nine entries: Last days, Saints, Sin and transgression, Strength, Talent, Temptation, Treasure, Unity, World. (2013).
John Hilton III and Lani Hilton. “For this Child I Prayed.” The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament: 36th Annual Brigham Young University Sperry Symposium, Edited by D. Kelly Ogden, Jared W. Ludlow, and Kerry Muhlestein (Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, pp.32-47). (2009).
Devotional Publications
John Hilton III. “What shall I do?” Ensign, March 2016, pp. 20-21.
Frank F. Judd, Jr. and John Hilton III, “The Apostle Paul as Master Teacher,” Ensign, Sept. 2015, pp. 66-69.
John Hilton III and Brad Wilcox. 52 Life Changing Questions from the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013.
John Hilton III. “Patterns of Prayer in the Book of Mormon.” Ensign, October 2012, pp. 60-63.
John Hilton III and Anthony Sweat. The Big Picture. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012.
Papers Presented: Open Educational Resources & General Education
“Saving Students Money: Teaching with Open Educational Resources.” Presented at the Teaching Professors Conference, Washington D.C., June 4, 2016.
“Measuring and Doing: Keys for Student Learning.” Presented at the 6th Education Conference of the China-Canada-United States English Immersion Research Collaborative, Xi’an, China, May 11, 2016. Included in the conference proceedings published by Xi’an Jiaotong University Press.
“OER Research Fellows: Research in Action.” Presented at the Open Education Global Conference, Krakow, Poland, April 12, 2016.
“Recent Studies in OER Adoption.” Presented at the Open Education Global Conference, Krakow, Poland, April 12, 2016.
“Open Educational Resources and College Textbook Choices: A Review of Research on Efficacy and Perceptions.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington D.C., April 9, 2016.
“A Review of Recent Research on the Efficacy and Perceptions of OER” (With Lane Fischer and David Wiley). Presented at the Open Education Conference, Vancouver, B.C., November 19, 2015.
“Quantitative Evaluation of OER Textbook Quality” (With Lane Fischer and David Ernst). Presented at the Open Education Conference, Vancouver, B.C., November 18, 2015.
“The Entire OER Package: OER Research, Implementation, Success” (With Nicole Finkbeiner and Lauren Fancher). Presented at the Open Education Conference, Vancouver, B.C., November 18, 2015.
“Open Textbook Research.” Utah Workshop on Open Educational Resources and Open Textbooks, October 1, 2015
Multiple presentations at the Open Textbook Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, August 10-12, 2015.
“Review of OER Research Conducted with Faculty and Students” (with Boyoung Chae). Presented for the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, online, February 11, 2015.
“Open Educational Resources and Empirical Studies on Cost, Access, and Quality.” Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Conference (Combined meeting of Academic Teaching of the Bible and the Global Education Research and Technology groups), San Diego, CA, November 24, 2014.
“A review of research on the perceptions and efficacy of open educational resources.” Presented at the Open Education Conference, Washington D.C., November 19, 2014.
“A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students” (with Lane Fischer and David Wiley). Presented at the Open Education Conference, Washington D.C., November 19, 2014.
“Efficacy – Are they learning?” Connexions Conference, Houston, TX, April 2, 2014.
“The Impact of OER Textbook Adoption on Student Learning in Eight Post-Secondary Courses.” Presented at the 2013 Open Education Conference.
“Cost Savings and User Perceptions of OER.” Online presentation presented at during Athabasca University’s Open Access Week.
“Assessing the Educational Value of OER.” Presented at the 2013 Global OpenCourseWare Consortium Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
“Open Educational Resources in Action: Beyond the Textbook – Description, results, and analysis of a study on the use of an open learning system in a community college mathematics department.” Presented at the 2013 Global OpenCourseWare Consortium Conference, Bali, Indonesia (with Donna Gaudet).
“Using Open Textbooks in Community Colleges.” Presented at the 2012 Open Education Conference.
“Open Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge.” Presented at the 2011 Open Education Conference.
“Financial and Educational Impact of Open Textbooks in High School Science Courses.” Presented at the 2011 Open Education Conference.
“Implications of Open Publishing.” Presented at the 2009 Open Education Conference.
“Hunting, Gathering, and Growing Open Educational Resources.” Presented at the 2009 Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange.
“Good Work.” Presented at the 2004 Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Research Conference.
Papers Presented: Religious Education & Ancient Scripture
“Teaching with Spiritual Impact: An Analysis of Student Comments Regarding the Spiritual Influence of Religion Classes.” Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 23, 2015.
“Intertextuality in the Book of Mormon.” Presented at a Book of Mormon Conference with Restoration Groups, Independence, MO, March 13, 2015.
“Crossings and Dwellings: Encounters between Latter-day Saint Missionaries and Taiwanese Individuals, 1956–1966.” Presented at the Pacific History Association Conference, Taitung, Taiwan, December 5, 2014.
“Examining student-reported spiritual outcomes as a result of a general education religion course.” Presented at the LDS Instructional Design & Learning Community Conference, Provo, UT, November 14, 2014.
“Examining Student-Reported Spiritual Outcomes as a Result of a General Education Religion Course.” Presented at the 2013 Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature.
“Fathers and Sons: Textual Connections in 2 Nephi 2 and Alma 42.” Presented at the 2013 Mormon Theology Seminar.
“Textual Connections Between Jesus Christ and Nephi.” Presented at the 2013 Mormon Scholars in the Humanities Annual Conference.
“Using Learning Preferences as a Shortcut to Improving Lesson Quality.” Presented at the 2012 Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature.
“Motherhood in the Old Testament.” Presented at the 2009 Brigham Young University Sperry Symposium.
“Teach your students to fish.” Presented at the 2001 Church Educational System Symposium.
Professional Awards
2015 Brigham Award Recipient. This award is given annually to five BYU students and/or faculty members each year based on outstanding service.
2012 Continuing Education BYU Faculty Member of the Year. This award is given annually to one BYU faculty member in recognition of his/her outstanding service to BYU Continuing Education.
Professional Experience
2011-PresentAssistant Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University
-Research Book of Mormon, Open Educational Resources, and
Religious Pedagogy
-Teaching a variety of religion classes, including Religion 121, 122, 211, 212, 275, 301, 302
2012-PresentVisiting Lecturer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China and Xi’an Jiaotong
University, Xi’an China.
-Invited to participate inmultiple five-week summer semesters.
-Taught introductory psychology, literature and history classes.
-Lectured to faculty members.
-Visited classes and provided feedback regarding pedagogy.
2010-2011Manager, Public Facing Websites for Seminaries and Institutes
-Manage redesign of seminary and institute websites
-Initiated social media and other digital initiatives.
-Member of global website committee
2009-2010Secondary Education Religion Teacher, Salt Lake City, Utah
2008-2009Part-time Instructor, BYU Department of Ancient Scripture
2008-2009Research Assistant for David Wiley, BYU.
2004-2008Church Educational System Coordinator, Miami, Florida
2000-2003Secondary Education Religion Teacher, Nyssa, Oregon