FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2000

Contact: Christine Y. Fitzpatrick
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IU Announces Second-Round Ameritech Fellows Program Awards

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indiana University Office of the Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer has announced the names of 13 faculty selected to receive grants totaling $180,520 in the second round of the Ameritech Fellows Program.

"The faculty selected as IU's Ameritech Fellows in this round will apply information technology to enhance teaching and learning in disciplines including history, education, biology, and fine arts," said Garland C. Elmore, Associate Vice President for Teaching and Learning Information Technologies at IU. Elmore added that the innovative projects proposed by these faculty will include CD ROM authoring, Web-based interactive modules, a digital time-lapse video, and many other creative uses of information technology.

Faculty receiving awards include:

Mostafa Analoui, "Interactive Oral and Maxillofacial Radiographic Imaging," Oral Surgery (School of Dentistry) IUPUI

Elaine M. Cooney, "Assessable Electronics Manufacturing Curriculum," Electrical Engineering Technology (School of Engineering and Technology) IUPUI

Michelle Fiander, "Interactive Virtual Reference Desk," IUPUI University Library (University Libraries) IUPUI;

Roger P. Hangarter, "Plants-in-Motion: An information and learning resource for teaching plant growth and development," Biology (College of Arts and Sciences) IUB

Thomas Keefe, "The Internet and Face-to-Face Go Head-to-Head," Business (School of Business) IU Southeast

Marchusa Huff, "Teaching Surgical Nursing in On-Line Learning Communities," Environment for Health (School of Nursing) IUPUI

Vesna Kilibarda, "The Implementation of Dynamic Geometry Software in a Problem-based Learning and Academic Service Learning Environment," Mathematics (College of Arts and Sciences) IU Northwest

Joanne Meyerowitz, "U.S. History Scholarship via Online Lesson Plans," History (College of Arts of Sciences) IUB

Theresa Ochoa, "Development of an Interactive Multidisciplinary Problem-Based Learning (DIMPL) CD ROM to Increase Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge Acquisition of Behavior Disorders and Improve Instruction of Students with Disruptive Behavior," Education (School of Education) IUB

Randall Osborne, "Unique Opportunities: Using Distance Technology to Facilitate Access to Special Topics Courses," Psychology (School of Behavioral and Social Sciences) IU East

David Pace, "Modeling Skills on the Web in ‘A History of the Future,'" History (College of Arts and Sciences) IUB

Glenda R. Westmoreland, "Web-Based Geriatrics Modules for Resident Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial," Medicine (School of Medicine) IUPUI

Benjamin C. Withers, "Web-Based Teaching Platform for Art Appreciation Classes at IUSB," Fine Arts (School of Arts) IU South Bend

Administered by the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, the IU Ameritech Fellows Program was created in 1999 to support faculty in their efforts to effectively integrate the use of technology for campus and distance education. The program is supported by the Office of Distributed Education and the UITS Division of Teaching and Learning Information Technologies. More information about the program is available at http://www.amfellow.iu.edu/.

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