Beyond Binary Instructional Modalities: Establishing the High Impact of Technology-Enhanced Blended Course Design

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Project Goals

The goal of this project was to develop and refine blended instruction models that integrate technology-enhanced learning with in-person teaching to better support student engagement and flexibility.

Project Activities

Pollet and Nusnbaum created outreach materials, workshops, and course readiness surveys help ease faculty transition into blended teaching, reduce barriers to developing courses in a new format, and provide faculty with actionable insights on student strengths and challenges. 

Artifacts created: 

  • Course readiness survey 
  • Outreach materials and workshops 
  • Three courses developed and piloted 
  • Analysis of student performance and experience as a function of modality 
  • Suggestions for updates to CIOS questions based on course modality 

Student Impact

320 students were enrolled in the 3 pilot courses.

Project Dissemination

This project was shared through a paper and poster presentations.

College

College of Sciences

Course Names

CHEM 2311 Organic Chemistry 1, NEUR 2000 Principles of Neuroscience for Nonmajors, and PSYCH 1101 General Psychology

Faculty Cohort

2024-2025 Provost Teaching and Learning Initiatives

Pamela Pollet and Matthew Nusnbaum

Pamela Pollet
Matthew Nusnbaum