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.     

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.