Teaching Awards

2013 Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize Winners

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, CRLT, and the University Library 

The winners will be recognized at the 16th annual Enriching Scholarship event on May 6, 2013.

The five winning teaching innovations

  • Feeling Is Believing: Haptic Feedback Links Math and Intuition
    Brent Gillespie (Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering)

  • Gamifying a Large, Introductory Course and Fostering Student Autonomy
    Mika LaVaque-Manty (Political Science and Philosophy, LSA)

  • SecondLook (or if Socrates taught with an iPad): Helping Students Evaluate Their Learning
    Michael Hortsch (Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School)

  • The Drum Diaries: Inspiring and Integrating Exploration and Practice
    Michael Gould (Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation, School of Music, Theatre & Dance)

  • The Stick Project: To Transform and To Be Transformed
    Antonio (Tony) Alvarez (School of Social Work)

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Congratulations to Golden Apple Award Winner

CRLT congratulates Shelly Schreier on winning the 2013 Golden Apple Award! Shreier, of LSA's Department of Psychology, was nominated by students for this annual prize honoring "teachers who consistently teach each lecture as if it were their last." Co-sponsored by over 30 U-M departments and programs, the Golden Apple is the campus's only teaching prize awarded by students. See this University Record story for more information about Shreier, the award, and her upcoming public lecture as the newest Golden Apple recipient.

Submitted by tbraun on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 11:37am
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Nominations Invited for Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize

Are you aware of a colleague who has recently developed an innovative teaching tool or method? Perhaps you've admired a faculty member's  creative use of technology in the classroom, original approach to facilitating student collaboration, or new strategies for replicating the advantages of a small course in a large lecture hall. Or maybe you're proud of a teaching innovation you've developed yourself. If any of these is the case, consider submitting a nomination for the Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize (TIP). 

Up to five prizes of $5000 will be awarded for projects representing remarkable teaching innovations. This will be the fifth year the Provost has sponsored the TIP prize, which differs from other teaching awards in that it honors specific innovations to improve student learning, rather than an instructor’s overall teaching excellence. The awards also facilitate the dissemination of these innovations so they can be more broadly shared with faculty colleagues.

Recent awards have spread the word across campus about a range of remarkable teaching innovations. For instance: Read more »

Submitted by tbraun on Mon, 12/17/2012 - 10:23am
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CRLT Grants for Internationalizing the Curriculum

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Winners of the Investigating Student Learning Grant

Junp to 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 winners.

ISL Grant Winners from 2013

Michelle Aebersold and Dana Tschannen, School of Nursing, Division 3
Using Blogger to Improve Student Engagement and Learning

Mark Clague, Musicology, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Graduate student collaborator: Sarah Suhadolnik, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Musicology
Interactive Multi-Media "Textbooks": An Approach to Large Core Courses for an eReader Generation

Michael Englesbe, General Surgery, Medical School
Collaborators: Seth A. Waits and Bradley N. Reames, Medical School
Evaluating the Use of Social Media to Enhance the Educational Experience of a Medical School Surgery Clerkship

Margherita Fontana and Carlos Gonzalez, Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry
Dental student collaborator: Allison Everett, School of Dentistry
Learning Cariology in a New Dental Curriculum:  Long-lasting Student Learning of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills in the Context of Patient Care Read more »

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