Daniel A. Brown, Analysis and Applications of Project Management Software (ITEC 560) Adjunct Instructor Senior Director of Instructional and Information Technology College of Pharmacy
Daniel Brown designed the ITEC-560 course to provide an overview of the Project Management
Institute’s Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) and an in-depth training
of Microsoft Project 2016. This course is essential for Integrated Information Technology
(IIT) majors as it encourages proficiency with Microsoft Project software and enhances
their experiences by working through a project scenario as members of a project team.
One of the main goals of Daniel’s revision was to condense a 14-week traditional course
into a high-quality online 6-week course, while maintaining or increasing student
engagement.
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Jean Ellis, Introduction to Physical Geography (GEOG 104) Associate Professor Geography College of Arts and Sciences
Jean Ellis, Associate Professor of Geography, is converting GEOG 104 from a traditional to online
course. GEOG 104 is a Carolina Core course which fulfills the SCI requirement, and
synthesizes and connects elements of our physical environment as they relate to human
beings. It includes many aspects of various earth and life sciences, but expresses
them in a way that emphasizes patterns of interaction between elements and with humankind.
The goal of this project is to convert this traditional 3-credit hour course into
an innovative, highly engaging online version that maintains the integrity of the
in-person instructional activities. Her aim is to provide a flexible learning opportunity
for students as well as being able to support her department’s objective of increasing
enrollment. The main thrusts for the conversation of the course are to achieve accessibility
accommodation, to create an innovative delivery of course activities, and to increase
student engagement.
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Kurt Goblirsch, Viking Mythology (GERM 290) Professor Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
Kurt Goblirsch has offered Viking Mythology, the overview of the Germanic gods and
goddesses and Germanic heroic poetry in their Scandinavian variant, for over 20 years. The course satisfies the Carolina Core requirements for a foundation level course
in Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding, Humanities requirement, and Literature
requirement. The development of an online version of this course would include a platform for distributing
lecture notes and power points presentations as well as enriching the course by adding
online visual and audio components such as illustrations, artists renderings, maps,
videos, and audio renditions of poetry. Given the recent popularity of the subject matter of this class and the availability
of lively, colorful, and engaging resources, this would be an ideal course for online
delivery. One of the main goals of converting this course to an online format is to increase
opportunities for students to take this Carolina Core class online.
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Catherine Gutshall, Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia (ANES 700) Assistant Professor Assistant Director of Nurse Anesthesia Program Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience School of Medicine
Catherine Gutshall designed ANES 700 to meet the needs of the students in the Nurse
Anesthesia graduate program. The School of Medicine is moving towards offering a
doctoral degree in Nurse Anesthesia which will require a 36-month commitment from
the students enrolled in the program. To reduce the financial burden to the students
from increased costs and the loss of potential earnings, the program determined that
an online component allowing students to complete the first two semesters online was
beneficial. This design will allow the student to complete the introductory coursework
while continuing to work full time, if desired. Through this 3D’s Bootcamp Grant,
Catherine hoped to gain information and assistance in creating a totally online course
that her program will use in the second semester of the program. Offering this course
online will benefit the students in her department greatly by providing the nurse
anesthesia department an opportunity to communicate with new students and facilitating
a sense of belonging and cohesiveness before the students first come to campus for
classes.
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Barry Markovsky, Sociology of the Paranormal (SOCY 330) Professor Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences
Barry Markovsky participated in online course development five years ago and was ready
to expand his knowledge and experience in distributive learning. He designed the
Sociology of the Paranormal course from scratch by building content and implementing
delivery and assessment methods without the aid of a compilation of publishers’ materials.
This course is well-suited to distributed learning. This online design will help to
reach more students by addressing their interests and expectations for teaching and
learning methods. The development process will enable Barry to increase his effectiveness
as an educator and will allow the department to expand the course listings by offering
online courses with greater student enrollment capacity. The course reflects a variety
of popular topics which are enhanced by the inclusion of audio and video clips, info-graphics,
traditional data charts, and other media. Barry had a goal of developing course that,
from the students’ perspective, is attractive, innovative, and engaging.
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Gabrielle Peterson, Understanding and Appreciation of Theatre (THEA 200) Adjunct Faculty Theatre and Dance College of Arts and Sciences
Gabrielle Peterson created and developed a distributed learning adaptation of a traditional
face to face course: THEA 200: Understanding and Appreciation of Theatre. THEA 200
is a Carolina Core course and is required for theatre minors. As a result, this course
is of interest to the population of the entire student body, regularly enrolls hundreds
of students each semester, and has served thousands of students over the past five
years. With the Department of Theatre and Dance, Gabrielle would like to make theatre
courses more accessible to the wider student body by offering this course in an online
format, allowing more people to access the course and to save valuable classroom space
and resources. In doing so, the department is also supporting the wider university
mission to “promote the dissemination of knowledge, cultural enrichment, and an enhanced
quality of life” by providing an Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding Carolina
Core course in a manner that not only serves the needs of the department and the College
of Arts and Sciences but that also provides accessibility and flexibility that will
appeal to and serve a wider segment of the student population.
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Eric P. Robinson, Law and Ethics of Mass Communications (JOUR 303) Assistant Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Eric Robinson, Assistant Professor, developed an online version of JOUR 303, a required
course for all majors within the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Offering
this course online will allow for increased student enrollment and freeing of classroom
space for the college. The online component includes an emphasis on audio-visual components
that illustrate the material that led to legal cases as well as explanations of the
courts' rulings.
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Mark S. Rosenbaum, Principles of Customer Service (RETL 362) Chair and Professor Retailing College of Hospitality, Retailing, and Sport Management
Mark Rosenbaum, Chair of the Department of Retailing, developed RETL 362 as an online
course. RETL 362 is a required course in the College of Hospitality, Retailing, and
Sport Management (HSRM) Event Management Minor and will also serve as an alternative
required course in Retailing; it will be available to all students in both the College
of HRSM and the university. This course will be provided in both online and in-person
formats to provide convenience for student enrollment. The goal of RETL 362 is to
prepare students for successful management careers in service industries, including
retailing, e-commerce (Internet), hospitality/tourism, food/beverage, and sports/event/music
organizations. The field of customer service is a well-defined paradigm in business, health care,
education, social work, retailing, fashion merchandising, hospitality, food/service,
and event management. Students, in all of these aforementioned fields, may all benefit
by understanding their organization’s role in creating satisfied customers and in
ensuring that their customers’ obtain value during their consumption experiences.
Indeed, just replace customer with patient, student, client, fan, patron, attendee,
user, and so forth, and you can see the prowess of this course.
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