Fatih Ari, Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Studies, College of Education, Applications of Learning Principles (EDET 709)
Fatih Ari, Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Studies, College of Education,is “tuning up”EDET 709: Applications of Learning Principles to facilitate meaningful student-student and student-content interactions. Ari will redesign assignments and discussion activities so that they offer opportunities for interaction and promote active learning through authentic activities. Furthermore, the proposed revisions to the course will be based on sound theoretical decisions implementing principles of experiential learning, adult learning theory and social constructivist theory. With these changes, he expects that students will become more engaged and active in the online environment, and see the practical value of their learning. This, in turn, would promote transfer of learning into new situations.

Ann Clifton, On Your Time Initiatives/Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences, Calculus I (Math 141)
Ann Clifton, an instructor in On Your Time (OYT) Initiatives teaching mathematics, teaches Math 141: Calculus I, the first course in the calculus sequence. Many students come in without a sufficient algebra background leaving instructors to decide between leaving those students behind or sacrificing material throughout the semester. Presented in a traditional face-to-face lecture format, there is little to no time for activities or general class discussion.  This puts the bulk of the higher forms of cognitive work outside the classroom without the immediate help from an instructor or peers. Clifton will develop and implement a flipped classroom for the course so that students will gain exposure to new material prior to class and the more difficult tasks of application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation will occur in the classroom with access to their instructor and peers, thus making it easier to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Nicole Hair, Assistant Professor, Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, Health Economics (HSPM 412)
HSPM 412 – Health Economics is offered as a public health major requirement for students in the B.A. and B.S. programs. Traditional lecturing presents a challenging environment in which to foster student engagement, particularly in this high-enrollment course. Too often, the course falls short of assisting students in the development of a new and useful skill set. Nicole Hair, assistant professor Health Services Policy and Management at the Arnold School of Public Health, intends to make changes in individual class sessions and in the overall course design to better connect with students. To encourage active learning and student participation, she plans to develop new (and augment existing) in-class applications of course material, “flip” several class sessions and expand the use of classroom response systems in any remaining lecture/note-taking class sessions.  Through the creation of learning communities and the implementation of innovative pedagogical strategies (e.g. flipped learning and active learning strategies), she hopes to better support students’ learning and progress toward meeting course objectives.

Daniel Kiernan, Senior Instructor of Biology, Division of Science, Mathematics and Engineering, USC Sumter, Biology 110
Daniel Kiernan, senior instructor of biology, Division of Science, Mathematics and Engineering at USC Sumter believes that non-major science courses should produce informed citizens who can think critically and are equipped with practical knowledge that is relevant to their lives. When he first encountered the concept of flipped and case study pedagogy, he found himself focusing on how inquiry-based teaching as opposed to more traditional forms of teaching is a good recipe for relevance and critical thinking. With a desire to encourage these qualities in his students, he created a new Biology 110 inquiry-based course. A major issue that he encountered with the inquiry-based Biology 110 course was running out of time. After hearing about the flipped classroom he determined that the methodology was the perfect solution to his dilemma.  The updated flipped/case study course with creative outside learning and inside cooperative problem solving will allow students to learn about the scientific method (outside the classroom) but also actually work through the scientific method (inside the classroom). 

Anwar Merchant, Professor, Director, Curriculum Development, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, Concepts and Methods of Epidemiology (EPID 701)
Concepts and Methods of Epidemiology (EPID 701) is an introduction to epidemiology for master’s students. Anwar Merchant, professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Arnold School of Public Health intends to revise EPID 701 to engage students more and make the content more relevant to current needs. He plans to adopt an active learning/flipped classroom approach, incorporate statistical software into instruction and design activities that integrate concepts and relate to public health. The exercises and activities that will be developed will reinforce core epidemiologic concepts and help the student integrate knowledge across areas that are needed for public health practice. Student learning outcomes are likely to improve because the material will be presented in different ways accommodating individuals with varying learning styles, concepts will be reinforced by application in different situations and technology will be integrated into learning.

Shemsi Alhaddad, Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, USC Lancaster, Statistics and the Media (STAT 112)
Shemsi Alhaddad, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at USC Lancaster,is revising the delivery method of the course content for STAT 112: Statistics and the Media to make it accessible to more students. Currently Alhaddad teaches the class face-to-face and supplements the meetings with online videos. Now he’ll be offering the class almost-fully online, giving students an easier time fitting the coursework into their schedule.

Karen Edwards, Senior Instructor, Department of Retailing, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management, Asset Protection for Retailers (RETL 330)
The Course: RETL 330 Asset Protection for Retailers is designed to provide students with an understanding of key concepts in retail loss prevention and risk management. Karen Edwards, senior instructor, retailing, College of HRSM, plans to convert the course to 100% asynchronous online delivery to better meet the needs of a growing and diverse student population and to make more courses easily accessible to students, particularly over the summer months. To date, students have been able to take RETL 330 only during the fall or spring semesters, and in a traditional face-to-face classroom setting with limited seating space. Offering an online version of the course during the regular academic year, as needed, will enable students to timely graduate, and offer them the convenience of continuing their studies in the summer months.

Deborah Hazzard, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, Diversity and Inclusion
A diverse and multicultural environment, the current demographic shift and the presence of multiple generations in the workplace and consumption-scape, has made the development of diversity and inclusion strategies a key focus for multinational corporations. Given the heightened focus on diversity and inclusion in organizations, Deborah Hazzard, clinical assistant professor department of management, Darla Moore School of Business, will develop the first ever Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) course for the Darla Moore School of Business (DMSB).  During the D&I course students will explore basic concepts in diversity and inclusion and will further explore their understanding of how D&I works in a corporate setting through a strong experiential component. The goal of the course is to provide a forum for meaningful conversations and active engagement relative to diversity and inclusion, while also equipping students with the knowledge, skills and tools to create and implement D&I training and strategies for organizations. 

Saurabh Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Director, Environmental Health & Disease Laboratory, Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, Concepts of Environmental Health Sciences (ENHS 660) 
Saurabh Chatterjee is an Associate Professor in the department of Environmental Health Sciences and Director of the Environmental Health and Disease Laboratory at the Arnold School of Public Health. He plans to revise ENHS 660:  Concepts of Environmental Health Sciences, a core instructional course in the MS, MPH and Ph.D. programs of the Arnold School of Public Health. Chatterjee will model real-life, man-environmental interactions and challenges in a graduate science classroom using innovative augmented reality theatric tools, experiential learning and flipped learning approaches.  He will introduce novel integrated theatrics as a tool to explain, facilitate learning and disseminate strong scientific concepts in environmental health and climate change. The revised class will also host at least two interactive exchange sessions involving a pro and anti-talking point debate involving industry and environmental groups and include lab based student visits.

Suzy Hardie, Instructor, Educational Leadership and Policies, College of Education, Educational Leadership and Policies (EDLP) in Certification for Elementary Principals and Certification for Secondary Principals
Suzy Hardie, instructor, Educational Leadership and Policies at the College of Education, intends to bridge the gap between knowledge and application in pedagogical instruction for principal preparation.  The courses Educational Leadership and Policies (EDLP) in Certification for Elementary Principals and Certification for Secondary Principals are taught in sequence and have congruent learning objectives. Presently, the students entire program is online. Hardie realized that the students needed additional practice with implementing a variety of styles of leadership. She intends to develop a one-day seminar with face-to-face interactions that is packed with leadership activities, relationship building activities, and presentations by distinguished principals to help the master level students to practice exemplary leadership. The revised course will provide experiential practice with guided feedback in a safe setting to give the students the opportunity to practice leadership skills including relationship building and to receive guided feedback from the course instructor and peers.

Nina Morena, Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences, Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (SPAN 515/ LING 504)
Nina Moreno, Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Linguistics has worked for two semesters in flipping the format for her SPAN 515/ LING 504 (Introduction to Spanish Linguistics) course. She wishes to further revise the methodology of the course to develop a more prominent way to inspire integrative learning in her classes. Her project goal is three-fold:  1. To create reading comprehension check exercises by integrating an application of adaptive learning as the means to include formative assessments that provide feedback to students. 2. To enhance the experiential learning components by incorporating ‘Reflection’ tasks at the end of every module and 3. Encouraging integrative learning by having students apply what they learn in class to the outside world. Her proposed changes to the course will help students retain new information, and then apply it to problem-solving. The changes will also aid students in experiencing the class more meaningfully, as they connect what they learn with the outside world.

Kathy Quarles Moore, Lab Instructor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, College of Pharmacy,  Advanced Community Lab (PHMY 771)
PHMY 771 (Advanced Community Lab) is a comprehensive course designed to facilitate student’s learning in more complex situations and tasks in the community setting. Much of the course revolves around practical experiences taught through role-playing and mock patient interactions. This is a skill-based class and this type of active learning engages the students in an environment where students are comfortable and can make mistakes without real life negative patient outcomes. Currently, the College of Pharmacy’s capabilities to provide videos to demonstrate proper patient interaction is limited. Kathy Quarles-Moore, Lab Instructor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences in the college of pharmacy sees technological expansion as necessary to provide a better and more effective learning experience in terms of flipped, active learning and distance education. An expansion could improve the manner in which interaction issues are conveyed and allow more personalized and realistic scenarios.  Students would be provided with the best possible practical experience prior to advanced clinical rotations.

Stephen Thompson, Professor, Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education, Elementary Science Instruction (EDEL 450)
Stephen Thompson, professor of Science Education at the college of Education is revising the on-line version of the EDEL 450 Elementary Science Instruction course taken through Palmetto College. The majority of the college’s teacher candidates take a traditional  “brick and mortar” EDEL 450 course. Over the past several years the Elementary Education program began to emphasize “practice-based” teaching approaches. This emphasis on practice-based approaches has created gaps between the on-line and brick and mortar coursework. Thompson will revise the on-line EDEL 450 course to add “Video-case” components to the on-line EDEL 450 course section. These video-cases will be used to create “guided” classroom-based experiences that are similar to those the EDEL 450 brick and mortar teacher candidates’ experience. The series of video-cases  will allow teacher candidates to observe model teaching, practice professional-decision-making in a guided setting, and engage in collaborative reflection.

Donna Watts, Instructor, Department of Retailing, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management, Fashion Through the Ages: 1800 A.D. to Present (RETL 116)
RETL 116 – Fashion Through the Ages: 1800 A.D. to Present is an elective online course in the Department of Retailing available to all University students. The course currently uses very little technology (none outside of Blackboard). Donna Watts, Instructor in the department of retailing plans to integrate several technological components to bring the course into the digital age, not only making it more relevant and interesting for students but also adding a wealth of online content previously unavailable in the course. She will be integrating technology into every chapter of the course, providing pertinent websites and online data in each weekly module and adding numerous online activities and assignments to keep students engaged. In addition to incorporating exciting technology, she also plans to add a “Sustainability in Fashion” section to the course.  With increased emphasis on environmental responsibility, fashion sustainability is a pertinent topic for today’s retail students.