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14 receive SBC Fellowships
IU faculty throughout the state have been chosen to receive SBC Fellow Awards for innovation in the application of information technology to teaching and learning. The fifth round of awards totals $176,280 for 14 projects.

The technologies proposed are as diverse as the academic content, including the distance delivery of a science lab, games to promote collaborative learning, hand-held computers for data collection and analysis, animated tutorials, online skills placement and student-programmed robots.

IU Bloomington
• Dominic Cooper: “Visualizing Behavioral Safety Using Multimedia Technologies to Enhance Student Learning,” Applie Health Science

• Vijay Khatri (Fellow) and Ramesh Venkataraman: “Developing a Learner-centric Collaborative Pedagogical Environment,” Kelley School of Business

• Alwiya Omar: “Teaching Culture in Context: Web-based Resources for the African Languages of Bambara, Hausa, Twi, Kiswahili and Zulu,” Linguistics and African Studies

• Scott Smart: “Animated Tutorials for Beginning Finance Students,” Kelley School of Business, Finance

IU East
• Mary Blakefield: “Interactive Microbiology Laboratory,” Biology

• Jerome Mahaffey: “Practical Video Production for Distributed Education,” Humanities and Fine Arts

• Susan Shapiro: “Integrating Laboratory Research into Psychology Courses,” Psychology

IU Kokomo
•Kathy Parkison (Fellow) and Joan Hoch: “Using Technology to Increase SIFE Students’ Multimedia Presentation Skills,” Economics

IU Northwest
• Bogdan Vajiac: “Implementation of Computer-based Homework Approach Using the WeBWorK Program,” Mathematics and Actuarial Science

IUPUI
• Jan Cowan: “ The Application of Gaming Theory with E-learning: Piloting a New Delivery Model for Teaching/Learning about Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings,” School of Engineering

• Eric Everett: “Virtual Histology with the Aid of Virtual Microscopy,” School of Dentistry

• Jennifer Sterling: “MUSE (Musical Skills Exam) Project: Design and Integration of a Music Theory Placement Test in the School of Music at IUPUI”

• Durwin Talon: “A Computer Simulation Experience to Develop and Assess Systems-based Practice and Practice-based Learning and Improvement Competencies in Primary Care Residents,” School of Informatics

IU South Bend
• James Wolfer: “Enhancing the Computing Curriculum with Hands-on, Real-world, Real-time Robot Assembly Programming,” Computer and Information Science

http://www.sbcf.iu.edu