T&T
Stage II Collaborative Projects
|
| Project Name |
Disciplines
Represented |
Team Members
(Leader in bold),
Institutions
|
Amount/Duration |
Date
Awarded
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| |
New
Tools for Teaching: An Online Laboratory and Guided Discovery
in Psychology Using the World Wide Web
|
Cognitive
Psychology |
Charles
Huffman, CumberlandCollege;
Vicki Garlock, Warren Wilson College;
Wayne Messer, Berea College;
Royce Simpson, Campbellsville University: |
$120,000
over three years |
1999
|
An
online library of guided, discovery-learning exercises
and experiments to provide students with hands-on learning
opportunities
WebQuests a available for use by any psychology class.
An instructor's manual is in progress.
Take
a PsychQuest!
|
| |
The
Use of Electronic Technology to Enhance Cooperative Learning
and Student Directed Laboratories
|
Biology,
Forestry,
Economics
|
John
R. Palisano,
Scott Torreano,
Karen McGlothlin,
and Robin Gottfried,
University of the South;
|
$5000
over one semester |
1999 |
Using
technology to adda more active learning component into
the lecture portion of biology courses, integrate and
model cooperative work skills in a group setting, and
create a common learning experience between different
biology courses taught at the institution
|
| |
Re-Conceptualizing
Introductory Psychology
|
Psychology |
Lori
Schmied
and Kathie E. Shiba, Maryville College;
A. Celeste Gaia, Emory & Henry College;
G. Larry Osborne, Carson-Newman College; |
$120,000
over three years |
1999 |
Redesigning
the current structure of discipline-based content of Psychology
101.
The
resulting course is to thematically organized content;
incorporate identified appropriate instructional technologies
to improve the student learning experience; integrate
opportunities for community-based learning into the psychology
curriculum, starting with the introductory course; and
foster collaboration and sharing of resources across the
cooperating institutions.
See
how interesting Intro to Psych can be with PsychVista!
|
| |
Collaborative
Teaching and Technology in the Commons Curriculum at Tusculum
College
|
English,
American Studies, Psychology, Writing, |
Taimi
Olsen, Jennifer Brooks, Melinda Dukes, and Corrine Nicholas,
Tusculum College
|
$41,946
over two years |
1999 |
Restructuring
two Commons courses, “Our Lives in Community”
and “Citizenship and Social Change,” utilizing
extensive faculty collaboration in the classroom, exploring
alternatives to the traditional team-teaching model, and
planning for multi-section group work and field experiences.
Technology will help structure teamwork, encourage student
creativity and engagement, and build communication among
students across the campus.
Just
what does OLIC
stand for anyway?
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| |
The
Holocaust: Responses in Art, Literature, Christianity and
Society
|
Literature,
Religion,
Sociology,
Visual Arts, |
Maggie
Glasgow, Tim Crawford, Mickey Pellillo, Robert Randall,
and Walter Shroyer, Bluefield College
|
$13,897
over one semester |
1999 |
An
upper-level, interdisciplinary course involving intense
collaboration between faculty and students, extensive
team teaching, and use of technology that will include
web-based research and internet-based discussions.
|
| |
Censorship
and the American “Counterculture”
|
English,
Art, Photography, Paralegal Studies, History |
Mark
Roberts,
Tedd Blevins,
Joe Champaigne, Julie Murthy,
Jay Phyfer,
Roger Schultz,
Rebecca Watson,
Virginia Intermont College
|
$14,670
over one year |
2000 |
Developing
an interdisciplinary course that will arouse student and
faculty interest in traditional liberal arts subjects
by utilizing faculty from several disciplines to focus
on a relatively narrow topic in a technology-enhanced
presentation.
The
project will also be a pilot for upper-division courses
that use writing as the primary tool for learning.
|
| |
Participatory
Research Across the Curriculum
|
Sociology,
Political Science, Information Technology, Psychology |
Susan
Ambler, Maryville College;
Steve Fisher, Emory & Henry College;
George W. Loveland, Ferrum College;
G. Larry Osborne, Carson-Newman College;
Kathie E. Shiba, Maryville College;
Deborah Thompson, Union College |
$120,000
over three years |
2000 |
Educating
students and faculty about the value of participatory
research, how it has been used in the past, and how recently
developed technology can be integrated with it.
Participatory
research (also known as action research) , a method not
commonly known or practiced in the academic setting, is
nevertheless compatible with promoting particular values
in our communities such as democratic participation and
empowerment of working people.
Go
to Just Connections
to find out more!
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| |
Library
Instruction Toolbox
|
Library
and Information Science |
Michael
Sturgeon, Lee University;
Rob Behary, Wheeling Jesuit University;
Susan Foster-Harper, University of Charleston;
Bruce Kocour, Carson-Newman College;
Heather May, Bethany College;
Roger Myers, Maryville College
|
$50,000
over one year |
2000 |
|
Creating
a repository for instructional tools to be used in the teaching
of basic research methodological skills and a clearinghouse
of instructional documents, websites, and animations
Look
for just the right library tool in the Toolbox!
|
| |
Greenlab:
Upgrading Experiential chemistry Education Through Technology
|
Chemistry |
Jim
Bier, Ferrum College;
Joyce Baker, Tennessee Wesleyan College;
Mark Lassiter, Montreat College;
Ambrose Leong, Emory & Henry College;
Richard Lura, Milligan: |
$50,000
over two years |
2001 |
Developing
wet lab and technology-based laboratory exercises for
general and organic chemistry courses.
|
| |
On-Line
Arts Journal for the Appalachian College Association
|
English,
Photography, Library Science |
Robert
Merritt, Bluefield College; Joe Champagne and Mark Roberts,
Virginia Intermont College;
Cy Dillon, Ferrum College |
$40,470
over two years |
2001 |
An
on-line arts journal that will become nationally recognized
for its innovative presentation of high-quality poetry,
fiction, nonfiction and photography from the Appalachian
region. The journal will be a resource for artists and
faculty involved in teaching fine arts (including creative
writing) and will be the focus for a new course offered
simultaneously across campuses in which students will
focus on making aesthetic judgments about submissions
and design.
Go
to the Nantahala
Review.
|
| |
Interweaving
Technology through Language, Cultures, and Communication:
A Collaborative Development/Instructional Approach to Intermediate
Spanish
|
Spanish |
Christina
Czajkoski and James Ashton, Wheeling Jesuit University;
Luis Arevalo, Warren Wilson College: |
$105,000
over 3 years |
2001 |
An
inter-institutional, team taught distance education course
for intermediate Spanish at the undergraduate level.
Three distinct learning modules based on the authors'
individual areas of expertise will be built: Spanish
grammar, Latin American cultures and Conversational Internet
activities.
|
|
The
Virtual Karak Resource Project: Using the WWW to Enhance
Classroom Teaching of History, Anthropology, Archaeology,
and Religion
|
History,
Religion, Anthropology, Sociology |
John
Wineland and David Fiensy, Kentucky Christian College;
Murl Dirksen and Daniel Hoffman, Lee University;
Don Garner, Carson-Newman College |
$120,000
over two years |
2001 |
A
multidisciplinary approach introduces students to the
cultural, political, historical and social status of the
Karak district of central Jordan. Web-based case studies
feature digital pictures of artifacts from the region
and will serve as units for a variety of science and social
science courses. Longer topical studies will explore such
concepts as the culture of the region, the process of
archeology, and the geology and topography of Jordan.
Learn
about the culture, geography, environment, and history
of Jordan at VKRP
|
| |
Biblical
Languages Lab: A Collaborative Web Site Providing Online
Learning, Guidance, and Resources for the Study of Biblical
Greek and Hebrew
|
Religion |
Robert
Dunston and Garland Young, Cumberland College;
Wade Bibb and Carson-Newman College;
Tim Crawford and Ken Lyle, Bluefield College;
Dwayne Howell and John Hurtgen, Campbellsville University |
$63,200
over two years |
2001 |
Developing
online learning activities to teach intermediate Greek
and Hebrew.
Check
out the Biblical
Languages Lab.
|
| |
Text
and Context: Connecting Students with the Historical, Social,
and Cultural Realities that Shape the Practice and Texts
of Religion
|
Religion |
David
Howell, Ferrum College;
Peggy Cowan, Maryville College;
Vicki Phillips, West Virginia Wesleyan College |
$33,890
over two years |
2001 |
Using
technology to recognize resources, create exercises and
construct 'virtual worlds' for students to explore the
diversity and richness of the three major Western monotheistic
religions.
Understand
the Biblical concept of Wilderness
at Dr. Peggy Cowan's section of Text and Context or follow
Paul
along a Roman Road with Dr. David Howell.
|
| |
This
is Not Your Mother's Women's Studies: Collaboration on Women's
Studies Among Four ACA Institutions
|
English,
Sociology, Psychology |
Betty
Powell, Mars Hill College;
Lori Girshick, Warren Wilson College;
Irene Burgess, Wheeling Jesuit University
|
$41,100
over two years |
2001 |
Developing
an interdisciplinary course titled "Introduction
to Women's Studies" for the fall semesters of 2001
and 2002 to be taught collaboratively on three ACA campuses
as part of the Arts and Sciences curriculum.
Get
an introduction to Women's Studies with Feminism
for Everyone
|
| |
Teaching
the African-American Experience in Appalachia
|
History |
Roger
Schultz, Virginia Intermont College;
Jack Roper, Emory & Henry College;
Jeff Cole, King College |
$14,450.00
over one semester |
2001 |
|
Building
an educational and research website for regional African-American
history so that students will be able to use the data on
the site in their discussions and research activities. The
project will enable professors and students to develop a
richer understanding of the African-American contribution
to culture, economy and society in the Appalachian region.
Learn
how this project is Restoring
the Voices.
|
| |
Computer
Operating Systems: An Online Course Using the Internet
|
Computer
Science,
Computer Information Systems |
Bill
Jaber, Lee University;
Jerry Adams, Lee University;
Alan Belcher, University of Charleston;
Richard Lewallen, Lincoln Memorial University |
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Developing
an internet course to teach Computer Operating Systems.
This
project unites three campuses and provides a new course
that students have to this point been unable to take. Faculty
from the various campuses will each teach modules on the
most popular operating systems.
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