A wide variety of innovative projects provide the engine for CTLT scholarship over the years by many collaborators, from international consortia to student projects. Funding has been secured from government and research agencies as well as commerce and industry. Projects are described, often with links to web sites of their own.
Currently Funded Projects
Learning Design Solutions: A Student-Led Embedded Enterprise in the College of Human Sciences
Awarded $25,000 as part of the CHS Innovation Initiative.
PI: Ana-Paula Correia, Department of Curriculum and Instruction/ Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching.
Co-PI: Ann Thompson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction/ Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching
Consultant: Linda Niehm, Department of Apparel, Educational Studies, & Hospitality Management
Learning Design Solutions is a student-led organization, which provides educational technology consulting services within Iowa State University (ISU) and communities throughout Iowa.
Learning Design Solutions' primary purpose is to create a context within which student members can develop entrepreneurial skills and competencies (e.g., identify an opportunity, develop a business concept, assess the required resources, acquire the necessary resources, implement and manage, and harvest the venture), practice managing the organization's financial and business components in addition to honing their consulting skills and applying their educational technology expertise to learning problems within the community.
Current members are graduate students in Curriculum and Instructional Technology:
Baran, Evrim;
Larsen, Jacob;
Preast, Vanessa;
Shah, Kajal;
Yusop, Farrah.
Turkish Student Teacher Internship Program (TSTIP) PIs: Denise Schmidt (Curriculum and Instruction), Dale Niederhauser (Curriculum and Instruction), Connie Hargarve (Curriculum and Instruction) Funded by U.S. Department of State for Eight Consecutive Years - 2007-08 - $348,779.00, 2008-09 - $374,998.00
The main goal of this program is to foster mutual understanding, respect and appreciation for the contributions, values and perspectives of cultures worldwide by providing 40 Turkish Student Teacher Interns an opportunity to travel to the US. Visiting Turkish Interns student teach in exemplary Iowa High Schools and experience daily life in rural farming communities as well as metropolitan cities such as Chicago and Washington DC.
Entrepreneurship Grant Program
Instructional Technology Consulting Start-Up - $6,150.00
PIs: Ana-Paula Correia (Curriculum and Instruction), Ann Thompson (Curriculum and Instruction)
The main goal of this project is to create and support a student-led organization that leads Instructional Technology consulting services. It is expected that this project will advance entrepreneurship education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels by providing students with the opportunity to get involved with real entrepreneurial experiences and model the application of entrepreneurial thinking across campus.
Miller Faculty Fellowship
Improving Student Problem Formulation Skills Through Scaffolding - $34,780.00
PIs: John Jackman (Industrial Engineering), Dale Niederhauser (Curriculum and Instruction), Craig Ogilvie (Physics and Astronomy) Sarah Ryan (Industrial Engineering)
CAC Grants
Alternative Technology Exploratorium & Usability Lab - $36,306.00
PIs: Ana-Paula Correia (Curriculum and Instruction), Clyciane Michelini (CTLT), Sheley Johnson (CTLT), Anthony Townsend (LOMIS), Sunghyun Kang (Art and Design), Stephen Gilbert (Human Computer Interaction, Psychology), Brian Mennecke (LOMIS), Lori Brunner (Art and Design)
The aim of the project is to expose students and explore non-traditional technologies for learning and teaching as well as provide access to industry quality usability experiences at Iowa State University.
Dissemination of Online Problem-solving Learning Portal and Diagnostic Pathfinder to Increase Students’ Problem-Solving Skills - $65,651.00
A Collaborative grant with PIs from Physics and Astronomy, Industrial Engineering, Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Horticulture Dale Niederhauser (Curriculum and Instruction)
Moodle: Open Source Management System Exploration - $56,359.00
PIs: Niki Davis (Curriculum and Instruction), Sly Upah (HS Admin)
Exploration of Moodle, an open source course management system, that could exist alongside WebCT.
Dissemination of Online Case Tool to Increase Students’ Problem-Solving Skills - $66,162.00
A Collaborative grant with PIs from Physics and Astronomy, Industrial Engineering, Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Horticulture Dale Niederhauser (Curriculum and Instruction)
Other Projects
Enabling Graduate Learning in Risk Analysis with Emphasis on Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
A Collaborative Grant with PIs from Vet Diagnostic and Production Animal Med, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Economics, Statistics, Ana-Paula Correia (Curriculum and Instruction) Funded by United States Department of Agriculture, Higher Education Challenge Grants Program - $149,831.00.
The goal of this project is to develop and adapt curricula and materials that will lay the foundation for establishing a graduate certification and a graduate minor in Risk Analysis and Decision-Making at Iowa State University.
Training Plant Breeders for Sustainable Maize Production PIs: Thomas Lubberstedt (Agronomy), William Beavis
(Agronomy), Kendall Lamkey (Agronomy), Michael Lee (Agronomy), Ann Thompson (Curriculum and Instruction) Funded by United States Department of Agriculture, CREES - $499,966.00
The CTLT is providing leadership for the distance education portion of this project.
Agronomy Masters at a Distance, Ann Thompson (Curriculum and Instruction), Funding through Agronomy Endowment For more than 10 years, the CTLT has provided leadership for the curriculum development and evaluation in this successful program.
Science in Seed Technology and Business Masters at a Distance, Ana-Paula Correia (Curriculum and Instruction) Funding through the Seed Science Center
Completed Projects
Teacher Education Goes Into Virtual Schooling (TEGIVS)
Virtual High School (VHS)
eDoc - A cross-Disciplinary ePortfolio Project
Rwanda-ISU Collaboration
International Leadership of Educational Technology(ILET), 2001-2005
