2009 CFE/Lenovo Instructional Innovation Grants
The CFE was recently selected by computer-maker Lenovo to serve as one of three education innovation centers to anchor its new Global Education Research Program. The selection is accompanied by a gift that will be used to support faculty development and instruction at Carolina.
The CFE has set aside $45,000 per year for the next three years for instructional grants that will be used to promote innovation across three specific focus areas: collaborative learning, global education and engaging large sections. The tracks will likely change annually.
Funded Proposals, 2009
- Students Writing beyond the Classroom
Daniel Anderson and Ashley Hall, Department of English - Lumbee Indian History: Using Technology to Tell Our Own Stories
Malinda Maynor-Lowery, History - Enhancing Collaborative Music Education
Evan Feldman, Music - Preparing Pharmacy Students for Complex Clinical Environments Through
Online Simulation
Peter Gal, School of Pharmacy - Using Virtual Worlds to Make Poster Presentation an Iterative Process
Peter Koval, School of Pharmacy - Improving Dental Competency Evaluations
Carlos Barrero, School of Dentistry
For the 2009 competition, 27 proposals were submitted representing more than twenty academic units on campus. Roughly 60% of the proposals were submitted by faculty members in Academic Affairs units, 40% by faculty members in Health Affairs units.
The Request for Proposals for the 2010 CFE/Lenovo Instructional Innovation Grants will be announced in January 2010.