Fourth-round Ameritech Fellows named

By Marsha Waren

“Each year, the Ameritech Fellows Program grows in its distinction for recognizing and funding our faculty innovators,” said Brad Wheeler, program director and associate dean of teaching and learning technologies. “The strong competition this year among many good proposals attests to the distinctiveness of the award and its value among busy faculty. Faculty proposals in medical and life sciences were especially strong this year.”

Wheeler directs the program for the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology (OVPIT) and Teaching and Learning Information Technologies (TLIT), a division of University Information Technology Services (UITS).

Faculty receiving awards include:

IU Bloomington

Katy Börner, “ Information Visualization Learning Modules,” $15,000, School of Library and Information Science; Romualdo de Souza, “Engaging students in chemistry with C.A.L.M.: Computer Assisted Learning Method,” $15,000, Department of Chemistry; Catherine Pilachowski, “Discovery in the Classroom: A Research Curriculum in Astronomy for Non-Science Majors,” $13,600, Department of Astronomy; Bill Rainey, “Development and Assessment of Web-Based Optometry Patient Clinical Simulations,” $12,308, School of Optometry; Richard Shockley Jr., “Using technology to enhance the Learning of ‘Valuation of Real Options’: A New Pedago for a New Paradigm,” $10,086, Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business; and S.P. Srinivas, “Resources for Problem Based Learning in Pharmacology,” $15,000, School of Optometry.

IU Kokomo

Sharon Calhoon, “Flash Templates for Use in ACCEL Courses,” $15,000, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

IPFW

AnnMarie LeBlanc, “Interactive Color Theory,” $11,500, Department of Visual Communication and Design.

IUPUI

Dr. David Canal, “Development of a Web-based Assessment Portfolio for Medical Students and Residents,” $15,000, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine; Dr. Mark Frank, “Application of a New Education Technology to Create a Web-centric Core Curriculum in Diagnostic Radiology for Fourth-year Medical Students at IU School of Medicine,” $14,400, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine; and Dr. Lawrence Garetto, “Development of a Web-based Discovery Tool for Enhancement of Dental Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Programs,” $15,000, School of Dentistry; Joyce MacKinnon, “Certificate in Therapeutic Outcomes Evaluation,” $7,325, School of Allied Health Sciences; and Jiang Yu Zheng,” Acquiring and Representing Visual Data to Enhance Learning and Exploration,” $12,800, Department of Computer and Information Science.

IU Southeast

Delaine Cochran, “Modeling Mathematics Across the Curriculum (Creating a Quantitative Literacy Classroom Laboratory),” $14,375, Department of Mathematics; Melanie E. Hughes, “Ars Femina Digital Library,” $14,243, Library Services; and Gary Pinkston, “Teacher Education Without the Wires,” $15,000, School of Education.

IU South Bend

Bridget Fong-Morgan, “Spanish for Health-Care Personnel: Supporting the Novice Learner through Technology,” $15,000, Department of Foreign Languages.

The Ameritech Fellows program was created in 1999 with a $1 million grant from SBC Ameritech to support faculty in their efforts to effectively integrate the use of technology for campus and distance education.

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