ACIE announces 2015 awards
The provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence has awarded 2015 Innovation in Education Awards to six teaching proposals. Winners of this year’s awards are:
• David Beck, rehabilitation science and technology, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, for “The Virtual Patient Game: Transformative Learning in Physician Assistant Education.”
• Gianni Downs and Annmarie Duggan, theatre arts, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, for “Introduction to Media Design for Performance.”
• Kay Brummond and Geoffrey Hutchison, chemistry, Dietrich school, for “Teaching Quantum Chemistry Through Collaborative Simulations.”
• Cory Holding and Hannah Johnson, English, Dietrich school, for “Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Pitt.”
• Mary Margaret Kerr, administrative and policy studies, School of Education, for “Developing a ‘Best Practices’ App for Research for Pitt Undergrads.”
• Serdar Tumkor, engineering technology, Pitt-Johnstown, for “Augmented Reality Supported Learning: Visualizing the Geometry in Engineering Drawing Problems.”