The creative approaches used by DU faculty to enhance teaching and learning are demonstrated by the list of faculty projects that have been funded by the CTL. Many of these items have abstracts along with general information.
20K Grants - 2009
Lamont School of Music
Katharine Knight
Abstract: Musicians who major in performance are most often employed in two principal activities: performing and teaching. As music majors, Lamont performance students take part in many hours of solo and collaborative performance experience, culminating in the recital each student must present in order to graduate. The demands of performance are fully explored through this experience, as is appropriate; practice may not make perfect, but it's a sure winner over its absence. read more
20K Grants - 2009
Daniels College of Business - Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies
Corey Ciocchetti
Abstract: We plan to develop an Ethics Boot Camp for students starting their undergraduate business career at the Daniels College of Business. This Boot Camp is a pilot for a fully implemented required co-curriculum experience in ethics for all students starting their business education at the beginning of their sophomore year. While a couple of hundred students will be invited to participate this fall, it is estimated that 600 each year will attend this Ethics Boot Camp, and eventually interact with ethics faculty during their entire business academic careers. read more
20K Grants - 2009
Daniels College of Business - Department of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce
Don McCubbrey
Abstract: The learning transformation within higher education through the strategic use of information technology attracts attention from students and faculty alike. An increasing number of colleges and universities are exploring the use of games and simulations to gain a fresh view of cognition and learning by looking at games as the intersection of play, pedagogy, and technology. read more
20K Grants - 2009
Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Department of Biological Sciences
Nancy Sasaki
Abstract: Most of life's relationships with the environment occur not at the organismal level which is easily observed, but at the molecular level which is not. This is especially challenging for students who are just being introduced to the concepts of how life processes actually interact, interpret and react to the environment immediately surrounding them. In this proposal, I am requesting support to implement a change in the approach in which non-major students as well as majors participate in the laboratory sections of several biology courses. read more
20K Grants - 2009
Natural Sciences & Mathematics - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Michelle Knowles
Abstract: What will we do? How will it impact student learning? Biochemistry majors and BS Chemistry majors who get the ACS approved degree are required to take a sequence of 3 lecture courses and Biochemistry lab (Chem 3820). The experiments done in Chem 3820 have not changed in at least 10 years. Dramatic changes in biochemical techniques have occurred in recent years, necessitating a change in the methods taught in our only biochemistry laboratory course. read more
20K Grants - 2009
Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Department of Mathematics
Nick Galatos
Abstract: This proposal requests funding for developing teaching material on the topic of non-classical logics and ordered structures currently not represented in the curriculum. The material will be used to various degrees in the following courses offered by the Department of Mathematics and taken by students (math majors and not) at different stages of their studies. read more
20K Grants - 2009
Natural Sciences & Mathematics - Department of Physics & Astronomy
Peter Hallam
Abstract: This proposal is concerned with upgrading the three-quarter Intermediate Lab sequence in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. As the first two quarters of Intermediate Lab are required courses for all physics and astronomy majors, this project will impact all our majors (approximately 10 to 15 students per year) during their junior year. Further, this project will be supported by one faculty and one staff member. read more
20K Grants - 2009
School of Engineering & Computer Science - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mohammad Matin
Abstract: In the United States, engineering ethics originated in the mid-70s when engineering and philosophy professors began to consider ethical problems facing engineers[i]. Courses in engineering ethics were developed at a number of universities in that period. According to Davis [ii] , "Teaching engineering ethics . . . can achieve at least four desirable outcomes: a) increased ethical sensitivity; b) increased knowledge of relevant standards of conduct; c) improved ethical judgment; and d) improved ethical will-power (that is, a greater ability to act ethically when one wants to)." read more
20K Grants - 2009
Graduate School of Social Work
Kim Bender
Abstract: The field of social work attempts to bridge existing empirical knowledge and social work practice with clients. To support this goal, social work programs across the country strive to incorporate training on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) into their curricula (Howard, McMillen, & Pollio, 2003). This is not an easy task, and is one met with considerable challenges and barriers. read more
