The Faculty Innovator Grant (FIG) program encourages Old Dominion University faculty to explore the use of technology in teaching and learning issues that are targets for improvement and innovation. Proposals involving collaboration of two or more faculty members from the same department, or different departments in the same or different colleges, were encouraged.

The lessons learned by FIG recipients will be shared as an important step in promoting or fostering a campus-wide dialog on innovation in teaching and learning. The final report for each grant will be published on the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) portal as a resource for the campus community. Recipients will also present their completed projects as part of CLT's series of workshops, panels, and/or special events.

Selection for award is based on the Faculty Innovator Grant Selection Criteria and is judged by a team that includes past grant recipients as faculty representatives. The selection criteria and other details about each grant project are available on the Faculty Innovator Grant website.

The Center for Learning and Teaching is pleased to announce the awards for 2012:

Team-based Learning by Students' Video Clips in Intermediate Accounting
Jong Chool Park, Accounting
Collaborating Faculty:
Yin Xu, Accounting

Incorporating Technology in to Non-majors Chemistry Laboratories
Pinky McCoy, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Collaborating Faculty:
Craig Bayse, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Integration of ePIV in Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Engineering Education
Xixi Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Multi-modal Assessment for the Millennial Student
Elizabeth Vincelette, English
Collaborating Faculty:
Tim Bostic, English
Jennifer Kidd, Teaching and Learning

Improving Healthcare Informatics Competency in Post-Professional Athletic Training Students
Matthew Hoch, Human Movement Sciences
Collaborating Faculty:
Bonnie Van Lunen, Human Movement Sciences
Andy Carter, Human Movement Sciences
Scott Johnson, ODU Athletics Department

Virtual versus Real Prisms for Optics Education
Declan De Paor, Physics
Collaborating Faculty:
Charles Sukenik, Physics
Gail Dodge, Physics
Dick Zimmerman, Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Scott Sechrist, Medical Laboratory and Radiation Science