Recipients of Instructional Improvement Awards
2018-2019
CTL decided to hold two competitions, instead of one, for IIAs in the past academic year and was able to expand the total amount available for the awards. Accordingly, it received 26 proposals from faculty, and 10 were selected for funding at an average level of approximately $3,900 per project.
| Principal Investigators | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sylena Measles Qin Fang | Learning Technologies | UTD Online Lecture Creation Training Course |
| Jeremiah Gassensmith | NSM | Peer Driven Research in Creating Next Generation Laboratory Course Content |
| Christina Thompson | Honors College | Project Primer |
| Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki | NSM | Preparing Material and Establishing Recitation Sessions Urgently Needed For Introductory Physics Large Classes for Sciences and Engineering Majors |
| Emily Hennessy | NSM | Training First Year Leaders on Cooperative and Social, Emotional Learning to Develop Skills for Academic Success and Career Readiness |
| Clint Peinhardt | EPPS | Open Educational Resources in International Political Economy |
| Kimberly Hill | A&H | History Teachers and Undergraduate Instructors in North Texas |
| Kathryn Evans | A&H | Arts-Based Learning For Business: Creating Arts-Based Learning Modules for Encouraging Creativity and Innovation in Existing Business Courses |
| Carie King | A&H | Usability Study of Recorded Instructor Comments: Assessing Students’ Perspectives through a Replication Study |
| Diana Cogan | ECS | EE/CE 2310 – Introduction to Digital Systems Redesign |
2017-2018
CTL received 20 proposals from faculty and seven were selected for funding at an average level of approximately $4,550 per project.
| Principal Investigators | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Monica Brussolo | JSOM-Management | Understanding the Central Limit Theorem the Easy Way: A Simulation Experiment |
| Rabin Dahal and John Zweck | NSM-Mathematical Sciences | Extension of Active Learning from Calculus to Linear Algebra |
| Warren J. Goux | NSM-Chemistry | Streamlining an Upper Division Required Laboratory Course in Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Randall E. Lehmann | ECS-Electrical and Computer Engineering | ECE Undergraduate Lab Transformation |
| John Sibert | NSM-Chemistry | Research Pods: A Model To Increase the Scale and Quality of the Undergraduate Research Experience |
| Jason Slinker | NSM-Physics | Developing and Instituting Optics Laboratories at the University of Texas at Dallas |
| M. Kate York | NSM-Science and Mathematics Education – UTeach Dallas | Innovative Teaching Practices: A Partnership Exploring an Effective Model of Active, Inquiry-Based Stem Teaching and Learning |