Dr. Elizabeth GardnerInterestingly, the evaluation component of the grant calls for them to offer essentially the same course online and in-person and compare student satisfaction with, and academic performance in, the two courses. As part of designing the course, they will explore several options for producing lab kits for online students with an eye toward keeping the costs of such kits as low as possible while simultaneously not lowering the quality of the lab experiments that would involve the kits.
Dr. Jason LinvilleThe team is responding to an alleged impediment in online instruction, namely, the ability to recreate laboratory experiences for students. Their project will not only develop an applied laboratory course but will compare outcomes on several measures in such a course with those achieved in a traditional setting.Dr. Gardner is the forensic science program director; Dr. Linville is a forensic science faculty member. Mr. Mateo is a graduate of the master of science in forensic science (MSFS) program and teaches courses in that program.
Complete information on the 2015 teaching innovation grant program is available through UAB News. Congratulations to Dr. Gardner, Dr. Linville, and Mr. Mateo!
