Fourteen Faculty Innovators Receive IU SBC Fellow Awards

Indiana University faculty members from across the state have been chosen to receive IU SBC Fellow Awards for innovation in the application of information technology (IT) to teaching and learning. The fifth round of awards totals $176,280 for fourteen projects.

The technologies proposed are as diverse as the academic content, including the distance delivery of a science lab, games to promote collaborative learning and track progress, instructional video production, hand-held computers for data collection and analysis, presentation technologies, animated tutorials, online skills placement, and student-programmed robots.

"We are delighted to recognize innovative faculty for envisioning creative uses of technology to improve learning," said Garland Elmore, Indiana University associate vice president for teaching and learning information technologies and dean of information technologies at IUPUI. "Proposals came from all IU campuses and many disciplines, again demonstrating the depth and breadth of the program, now in its fifth year. The value of the program is extended beyond the individual faculty members and their students," he said," because each Fellow is encouraged to mentor other faculty and contribute to a Web-based repository of effective practices." The IU SBC Fellow Program is directed from the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology (OVPIT) and Teaching and Learning Information Technologies (TLIT), a division of University Information Technology Services (UITS).

The following faculty received Round 5 awards:

IU Bloomington

• Dominic Cooper, "Visualizing Behavioral Safety Using Multimedia Technologies to Enhance Student Learning," Applied Health Sciences, HPER

• Vijay Khatri (Fellow) & Ramesh Venkataraman, "Developing a Learner-centric Collaborative Pedagogical Environment," Kelley School of Business, Information Systems

• Alwiya S. Omar, "Teaching Culture in Context: Web-based Resources for the African Languages of Bambara, Hausa, Twi, Kiswahili, and Zulu," College of Arts and Sciences, Linguistics and African Studies

• Scott Smart, "Animated Tutorials for Beginning Finance Students," Kelley School of Business, Finance

IU East

• Mary Blakefield, "Interactive Microbiology Laboratory: Using Technology to Meet Students Needs," Division of Natural Science and Mathematics, Biology

• Jerome Mahaffey, "Practical Video Production for Distributed Education," Humanities and Fine Arts, Communication Studies

• Susan Shapiro, "Integrating Laboratory Research into Psychology Courses," Behavioral and Social Sciences, Psychology

IU Kokomo

• Kathy Parkison (Fellow) and Joan Hoch, "Using Technology to Increase SIFE Students’ Multimedia Presentation Skills," School of Business, Economics

IU Northwest

• Bogdan Vajiac, "The Implementation of Computer-based Homework Approach Using the WeBWorK Program," Mathematics and Actuarial Science

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

• Jan Cowan, " The Application of Gaming Theory with E-learning: Piloting a New Delivery Model for Teaching/Learning about Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings," School of Engineering, Construction Technology

• Eric Everett, "Virtual Histology with the Aid of Virtual Microscopy," School of Dentistry, Oral Facial Development

• Jennifer Sterling, "The MUSE (Musical Skills Exam) Project: The Design and Integration of a Music Theory Placement Test in the School of Music at IUPUI," School of Music

• Durwin Talon, "A Computer Simulation Experience to Develop and Assess Systems-based Practice and Practice-based Learning and Improvement Competencies in Primary Care Residents," School of Informatics, New Media:

IU South Bend

• James Wolfer, "Enhancing the Computing Curriculum with Hands-on, Real-world, Real-time Robot Assembly Programming," Computer and Information Science

The IU SBC Fellows program was created in 1999 with a $1,000,000 grant from SBC (formerly Ameritech) to support faculty in their efforts to effectively integrate the use of technology for campus and distance education. "IU is extremely appreciative o the vision and support from the SBC Foundation to further the use of technology in teaching and learning," says Elmore.

More information about the program is available at sbcf.iu.edu. If you have questions, e-mail the SBC Fellows Program.

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Posted 29 October 2003
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