University Senate Teaching Effectiveness Committee announces 2020 Daniel F. Breeden Grant awardees

The University Senate Teaching Effectiveness Committee recently announced the awardees of the 2020 Daniel F. Breeden Grant. These outstanding proposals seek to impact student learning and enhance teaching excellence across Auburn’s campus. To view the project abstracts, go to the Biggio Center’s website.

Stephanie Shepherd, Department of Geosciences

"Enhancing Field-Based Education: Training Faculty and Students to use Ground Penetrating Radar"

Min Zhong, Department of Biological Sciences

"Transformative Use of Virtual Reality in Project-Based Learning of Introductory Biology Course"

Kevin Astle and Allison Chung, School of Pharmacy

"From Exam to Practice: A comparison of student pharmacist performance on standardized patient cases during OSCEs and in the community pharmacy setting"

Betty Patten, Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling/EAGLES; and Kara Schall, Department of Communication Disorders

"Certified Social Skills Training"

Jeanna Sewell, School of Pharmacy

"Friday Night at the ER for Interprofessional Education"

Erica Kierce, School of Nursing

"Mental-Health First Aid Training"

Amna Salman and Salman Azhar, School of Building Science

"Creating Augmented Reality based instructional tools to enhance students’ understanding and conceptual clarity in concrete design and construction"

Adrienne Wilson, Department of Theatre; and Courtney World, University of the South

"Research Travel for the Bill Evans Tap Legacy Project"

Sean Smithgall, School of Pharmacy

"Let's Talk About it! Enhancing Learner Experience through Educational Podcasts"

Sara Driskell and Ana-Franco Watkins, Department of Psychology

"Laboratory and Activity Development for Introduction to Psychology EASL Modules"

Andrea Smith and Morgan Yordy, School of Nursing

"Engaging Nursing Student in Dosage Calculation Through Escape Room"

Kelly Strickland, Hopewell Carroll, School of Nursing; and Kelly Brumbeloe Schweck, Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling

"Enhancing Student Preparedness Through an Interdisciplinary Health Awareness Workshop"

Matthew Hoch, Department of Music

"Hearing and Recognizing Musical Elements in Real Time: Takeaways from Vanderbilt University’s Musicianship Intensives and Implementation of These Concepts in the Classroom and Studio"