Appendix A: Innovation in Teaching

College of Arts and Sciences

Edwin Conner, Associate Professor in Whitney Young School, continued pedagogical innovation in Whitney Young School this fall semester with an unusual role-playing game in which students assume the roles of people in decisive positions on the eve of the American Revolution. The game is called "Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776." Dr. Conner is using the game in HON 201: Human Rights / Early Modern Period.

Scott Ross and Reba Rye conducted a curriculum fieldtrip for 14 Art Majors to visit 21C Gallery Museum and galleries in Louisville, October 2012.

Reba Rye accompanied 8 Art Students on a curriculum fieldtrip to the Cincinnati Museum of Art. The Students and faculty spent the day viewing and discussing the diverse collection at the museum, with a discussion in the Modern/Contemporary galleries. This trip is a required component of the Contemporary Art History class.

Both Cynthia Shelton (WYS) and Tamara Sluss (Math/Science) have been chosen by the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad, KSU's study-abroad consortium for English-language counties. Dr. Shelton taught a course titled: "Black Britain: Social, Economic & Political Implications of Life in the African Diaspora." Dr. Sluss' taught a course titled: "Ecosystems and Invasive Species of Australia." A number of KSU students along with students from other institutions will be traveling to England and Australia to take the courses in January 2013.

Working with the students in her fall semester BIO 417: Ecological Field Methods class, Tamara Sluss began a tree survey on the south campus using GPS to build a campus

College of Business and Computer Science James Obielodan, Associate Professor, redesigned Management Information Systems Specialization Curriculum with a focus on Enterprise Resource Planning October 2012