ICCE 2010 Award Winners

 

ICCE 2010 Course of the Year

Professional Photography Basics Certificate Program

Program Coordinator: Carol Tanner, Assistant Director of Personal and Professional Development

Lead Instructor: Jim Gabbard, Continuing Lecturer in Photography and Professional Photographer

ICCE Member Institution: Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

In this program adult learners are taught the photographic and business skills to help them actually make a living or to supplement their income.  Many of the participants have been downsized or are looking for a new career path.  One letter of support noted the following: "Because of the skill of the instructor, Jim Gabbard, our students receive training on the most current photography technology and equipment, giving them a real competitive edge in the marketplace.  In fact 100% of the final 15 students in the certificate program have improved their skills to the extent that they are now working as professional photographers at some level--either in their own business or for an outside company."

Read the complete nominating package here.

 

ICCE 2010 Faculty Member of the Year

Anya Peterson Royce, Chancellor’s Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature, Indiana University--Bloomington

A former ballerina with prominent ballet companies, Professor Royce has devoted much energy to making the art of dance accessible to nontraditional  learners.  She has developed a wide range of innovative short courses for IU’s Mini University and Lifelong Learning.  One letter of support observes that “Since 1995, her lifelong learning classes have followed a unique model of integrating lectures and performance.  Using her superb personal library of film and video and personal experience, Anya’s lectures focus on great performers, a specific dance company, or a particular ballet.  The final session of each course involves attending a dance performance offered on campus.”

Read Prof. Royce’s  full nominating package here.

 

ICCE 2010 Professional Staff Member of the Year

Jeanne Madison, Director Lifelong Learning and Mini University, Bloomington Continuing Studies, Indiana University

Jeanne has worked in Continuing Studies for 15 years.  During her tenure Mini University has grown into a nationally recognized program and has won the CASE gold medal for best collaborative program and the bronze medal for best alumni program, among many other recognitions.  Her Lifelong Learning  program offers 40 to 50 new faculty-taught short courses in the arts and humanities per year, on and off campus.  IU Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis writes of Jeanne, “She has performed outstanding service to continuing education students and in innovative ways that have proven enormously successful.”

Read Jeanne Madison's complete nominating package here.

 

ICCE 2010 Graduate Research Award

Anita Morgan, Nova Southeastern University,
Using an Online Homework Manager in Accounting Courses

Abstract: The study will compare two semesters of Accounting courses, both online and traditional face-to-face. During the first semester, students will be given a pre-assessment exam to identify his/her knowledge of the unit concepts. Students will then be provided a list of exercises and problems that should be completed to help them master the objectives in the unit. The students will be instructed to complete exercises and problems that coincide with the objectives of the questions they answered incorrectly on the pre-assessment. Feedback will be provided to students by the instructor of the course via e-mails, online chat sessions, and face-to-face interactions. Once the student feels (s)he has mastered the concepts in the unit, (s)he will complete the post-assessment exam. The student will then complete an application problem that is designed to mimic real-world situations.

During the second semester, an online homework management system will be implemented. Students will use the online homework manager to complete the pre- and post-assessments. The homework manager will develop a study plan of exercises and problems based on the student’s performance on the pre-assessment exam. The students will work through the exercises and problems within the homework manager, which provides guidance and immediate feedback. Once the student feels (s)he has mastered the concepts in the unit, (s)he will complete the post-assessment exam. The student will then also complete the application problem for the unit.

The performance of students will be compared between the semesters. In addition, student perception of working exercises/problems in the text and by using the online homework management system will be explored.

Anita will update us on her research at the 2011 Professional Development Conference.

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