In the spring of 2021, 18 proposals were submitted to the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards. The Academic Technology Advisory Council awarded a total of $94,420 for the following five proposals.
Collaboration Between Undergraduate Biomedical Design and Neonatology for the Creation of Lifelike Simulation Equipment
Timothy Elgin, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, Colleen Bringman, lecturer of biomedical engineering, and Seth Dilliard, associate professor of instruction of biomedical engineering, were awarded $15,000 for Phase 2 of a project in which senior biomedical engineering students create lifelike and cost-effective simulations for use in neonatal care education.
Merge Cubes—3-D Data in Hand
Johna Leddy, associate professor of chemistry, and Josh Coduto, graduate teaching assistant, were awarded $22,800 for a project that improves undergraduate students’ comprehension of multi-parametric systems using the augmented reality of Merge Cubes. When viewed through a cell phone camera, these handheld devices display holographic images from various angles to promote spatial reasoning.
Enhancing Art-Science Creativity Through a Hands-on Approach to Designing and Building Innovative Digital Musical Instruments
Jean-François Charles, assistant professor of digital arts and composition, was awarded $7,620 for a project that connects performers, composers, engineers, and computer scientists and facilitates the design and development of digital musical instruments to enhance art-science creativity.
Student Community and Information Literacy
Michael Overholt, adjunct assistant professor of classics, and Anne Sand, lecturer of rhetoric, were awarded $37,500 to enhance students’ information literacy skills through the development of a Chrome extension that rates articles, authors, and sources on their relative bias and credibility. Students will develop the rating system based on known frameworks for measuring bias and credibility; they’ll also be able to compare their ratings with those of their peers.
Enhancing Biomedical Engineering Education and Physical Therapy Education Through Collaboration
Colleen Bringman, lecturer of biomedical engineering, and Amy Kimball, clinical assistant professor of physical therapy and rehabilitation science, were awarded $11,500 to develop new collaboration opportunities between biomedical engineering students and physical therapy students to design and create 3-D anatomical joints, which will be incorporated into the curriculum for physical therapy students.