Eight proposals for the Provost’s eFellows grants have been accepted for 2018-19 as part of a program that promotes innovative and collaborative course design for blended or fully online courses. The program is funded by the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) and administered by educational technology.

The projects are:

• “Development of an online Ecology course (BioSci 2263),” by Dr. Dev Niyogi, associate professor of biological sciences, $5,000
• “Engineering Ethics and Professionalism,” by Dr. William Schonberg, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• “Fossils3D PaleoApp: An interactive and user-friendly approach to improve paleontological learning experience,” by Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor of geosciences, geological and petroleum engineering, $5,000
• “Music Appreciation: Music of Latin America,” by Lorie Francis, associate teaching professor of arts, languages and philosophy, $5,000
• “Blended Course Design for CIV_ENG 5513 Traffic Engineering,” by Dr. Xianbiao Hu, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, $5,000
• “ChE 3111 Numerical Computing,” by Dr. Christi Patton Luks, associate teaching professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, $5,000
• “Increasing Student Engagement and Learning in Quality Education through Blended Learning,” by Dr. Elizabeth Cudney, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, $5,000
• “English 3590 Game Studies New Course Design,” by Dr. Daniel Reardon, associate professor of English and technical communication, $5,000.

The Missouri S&T Provost’s eFellows Program provides funding to improve the learning environment while maximizing the physical learning facilities available for instruction. Support is provided by the educational technology team to develop courses using best practices for eLearning. Projects will be piloted in at least one course section by the 2019 fall semester, and expanded to additional course sections in the following semesters.