One of the new Technology Innovation Office’s most important roles is helping faculty get and use new technologies through the Teaching and Learning Technology Innovation Grant (TLTIG) program. Awarded grants are meant to foster excellence in undergraduate teaching through the innovative application of technology.
The grant program allows faculty who aspire to enhance their learning environments to work with TIO staff, who in turn collaborate with others on campus to assist with proposal writing, technical support, research, development, and implementation of grant proposals. Staff work with faculty throughout the process, assisting with technical details and specifications to achieve the end goal. The goal of the grant program is to make brilliant new teaching ideas a reality.
In fall 2018, Dr. John Denis, assistant professor in the School of Music, and Dr. B.J. Spencer, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Engineering and Technology were awarded grants. Dr. Denis launched multi-channel video reflection in his classroom to assist music students with self-assessment. Dr. Spencer introduced immersive mixed reality through Microsoft’s HoloLens to construction science and management students helping them visualize construction management projects in three dimensions.
More teaching and learning grants will be available in 2020.
— 2016 —
Mobile Robots in Engineering Instruction
Department: Engineering
Faculty Name: Eduardo Perez
Grant Amount: $5,000
Mobile Devices in Music Education for Elementary and Secondary School Teaching
Department: Music
Faculty Name: Amanda Soto
Grant Amount: $5,000
Media Management Systems in Hybrid and Online Courses
Department: Communication Studies
Faculty Name: Seth Frei
Grant Amount: $5,000
Flipped Classroom with Tablet Presentations
Department: Mathematics
Faculty Name: Young Ju Lee
Grant Amount: $2,400
— 2017 —
Programing for Physics Using Glowscript Blocks
Department: Physics
Faculty Name: Hunter Close
Grant Amount: $4,900
Getting Outdoors with Emerging Technologies in Communications
Department: Journalism and Mass Communications
Faculty Name: Cindy Royal
Grant Amount: $5,700
Location-based Storytelling Using Bluetooth Beacons
Department: Theater Dance
Faculty Name: Michael Rau
Grant Amount: $3,700
Digital Science Notebooks: Elementary Pedagogy for the 21st Century
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Faculty Name: Shelly Forsythe
Grant Amount: $5,100
— 2018 —
Video Reflection in the Music Education Classroom
Department: School of Music
Faculty Name: John Denis
Grant Amount: $4,000
Augmented Reality and HoloLens Applications in Construction Science
Department: Engineering Technology
Faculty Name: B.J. Spencer
Grant Amount: $9,000
This story was written by Rebecca Ormsby, communication specialist in the IT Marketing and Communications office. It first appeared the 2019 IT Division Almanac.
