TILT-VA
Transparency in Learning & Teaching (TILT) is a teaching methodology that focuses on transparent assignment design. I’m co-coordinating the TILT-VA research team activities, an initiative supported by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) and the Virginia Educational Developers Collaborative. Learn more about the project here.
VIVA Course redesign grants
I am leading two Virginia Academic Library Consortium (VIVA) Course Redesign Grants. The goal of the VIVA Course Redesign Grant program is: “to make textbook and course materials free to students by empowering faculty with the resources and time they need to redesign their curricula using open, library, or no-cost resources.” The projects will adapt currently available pre-college and college composition materials, and create new materials as needed, for non-native English-speaking students. Learn more about the VIVA OER course redesign project here.
Instructor Feedback Practices
I am participating in a two-year research seminar, Re(Examining) Conditions for Meaningful Learning Experiences, based at Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning. The seminar brings together scholar-practitioners in higher education to work in cohorts on multi-institutional research projects exploring high-impact educational practices. My team’s specific research focus is looking at how feedback instructors provide students impacts student success and persistence. We are in the process of launching a Faculty Feedback Practices survey.