‘Internal teaching grant spotlight’
Course Improvement Grant Spotlight: “Case Study: Value Implications beyond Shareholders”
Mar. 31, 2022—by Julaine Fowlin Josh White, Assistant Professor of Finance, talked about his Course Improvement Grant, “Case Study: Value Implications beyond Shareholders,” in an interview with CFT assistant director Julaine Fowlin. Josh’s project involves working with a teaching assistant to create a case study examining making value-creating financial decisions for stakeholders beyond shareholders. The case study...
Educational Advancement Fund spotlight:“Learning through Community Engagement in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mar. 24, 2022— Lily Claiborne, Principal Senior Lecturer in Earth & Environmental Sciences, recently told us about her grant from the Educational Advancement Fund. Can you tell us about your project and what inspired you to do it? My project is focused on creating community-engaged science in the Earth and Environmental Sciences department...
Course Improvement Grant Spotlight: “Empowering Students Through Digital Games”
Mar. 17, 2022—by Julaine Fowlin Pengfei Li, senior lecturer of Asian Studies, recently told us about his Course Improvement Grant on increasing students’ engagement and retention through digital games. Can you tell us about your project and what inspired you to do it? I will be using a gaming platform to help students with their vocabulary retention...
Course Improvement Grant Spotlight: “Virtual Reality in World Languages”
Mar. 3, 2022—by Julaine Fowlin Patrick Murphy, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Coordinator of Intensive Elementary Spanish 1103, talked about his Course Improvement Grant, “Virtual Reality in World Languages,” in an interview with CFT assistant director Julaine Fowlin. The interview was done from the CFT’s Digital Media Lab. Patrick’s project involves...
Course improvement grant spotlight: “Music Classroom Technology”
Feb. 17, 2022—Bethany Nickel, visiting assistant professor of Instrumental Music Education, talked about her Course Improvement Grant, “Music Classroom Technology,” in an interview with CFT assistant director Julaine Fowlin. Bethany’s project was inspired by her experience last Fall with teaching a short unit on music technology in her Instrumental Methods for Juniors in Music Education Course (MUED3010)....
Course improvement grant spotlight: “Incorporating Japanese cultural experiences for Japanese language course”
Nov. 4, 2021—Asami Nakano, Lecturer in Asian Studies, talked with CFT assistant director Julaine Fowlin about her Course Improvement Grant, “Incorporating Japanese cultural experiences for Japanese language course.” Asami believes that authentic language learning involves integration of cultural experiences. In the video interview, she shares that in Tennessee there are not many opportunities for authentic Japanese cultural...
Course improvement grant spotlight: “Compare studies of 3D materials to creating quizzes to consider whether learning strategy outshines motivation in memory retention.”
Oct. 28, 2021—Alison Hilbun, senior lecturer in biological sciences, recently talked to CFT associate director Cynthia Brame about her Course Improvement Grant, “Compare studies of 3D materials to creating quizzes to consider whether learning strategy outshines motivation in memory retention.” Can you tell me briefly about your project and what inspired you to do it? Part of...
Educational advancement fund spotlight: “A transformative learning approach for FL2 Spanish students”
Oct. 22, 2021—Carolina Palacios, senior lecturer in Spanish, recently talked to CFT assistant director Julaine Fowlin about her Educational Advancement Fund grant, “A transformative learning approach for FL2 Spanish students.” Can you tell us briefly about your project and what inspired you to do this project? This project fosters life-long learning and involves transformative learning in FL2...
Course improvement grant spotlight: “Cloud-hosted Python notebook for teaching biomedical signals and systems.”
Oct. 14, 2021— Will Grissom, associate professor of biomedical engineering; “Cloud-hosted Python notebook for teaching biomedical signals and systems.” Can you tell me briefly about your course improvement grant project and what inspired you...
Course improvement grant spotlight: “Italian language enhancement for Maymester course in Rome”
Oct. 7, 2021—Chiara Sulprizio, senior lecturer in classical and Mediterranean studies, recently talked with CFT assistant director Julaine Fowlin about her Course Improvement Grant, “Italian language enhancement for Maymester course in Rome.” Chiara teaches a maymester course called, History and Art of Ancient Rome, and she takes students to Rome and Southern Italy for that month. She...