UIT Participates in Two Medical School “Innovations in Education” Grant Projects

UIT Academic Technology has participated in two successful “Innovations in Education” grant proposals and in the implementation of the two projects, which are supported by the Office of Educational Affairs at the Medical School. The first project, proposed initially by Ruth Palombo and carried through by Libby Bradshaw in Public Health, focuses on developing interactive case studies for a variety of critical topics across the public health curriculum. UIT provided instructional design, educational technology, and project management consultation and models at the conception stages and in the early development of the project. The second project, proposed by Ralph Aarons, focuses on integration of classroom/audience response into the Medical School curriculum. In addition to the face-to-face faculty development opportunities that Dr. Aarons will facilitate in collaboration with UIT Academic Technology, he has also worked with UIT to create a wiki-based community of practice site for faculty across Tufts University who are already teaching, or who are interested in teaching, with clickers. The site will feature video exemplars of Tufts faculty and students using clickers to meet particular teaching and learning goals, research and presentations on effective instructional practices, and a blog by Dr. Aarons to inform and inspire.