The Recipients of 2022 Explorance Faculty Research Grants
The 2022 Faculty Research Grant Review Committee and Explorance would like to thank the Bluenotes Community members for their participation in the Call for the 2022 Faculty Research Grant Applications. Applicants were asked to submit research grant applications around the theme of using assessment/evaluation data and/or other types of experience data.
We are pleased to announce the 10 research grant recipients from institutions across the globe. The selected proposals represent a broad spectrum of topics that will advance the discovery of new knowledge and understanding of the use of various types of experience data including, but not limited to, assessment and course evaluation data for teaching excellence and student success.
Explorance has committed a total of US$135,000 to be awarded to the Faculty Grant recipients. Research findings will be presented at the Bluenotes Global 2022 conference to be held in Chicago from July 30 through August 3, 2022, as a part of knowledge transfer.
Sponsored by Explorance
The 2022 Faculty Grant Review Committee and Explorance are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Explorance Faculty Research Grants for the Bluenotes Community. We received many excellent applications from Bluenotes Community member institutions, and would like to thank everyone who applied.
The Recipients of 2022 Explorance Faculty Research Grants
A blind review process was administered and coordinated by the University of Minnesota. Each research grant application was anonymized upon receipt by Explorance for review by at least two members of our 18-person review committee, made up of faculty and administrators representing Higher-Ed institutions in the Bluenotes Community from around the world.
Thirty-four (34) grant applications were received. The evaluation scoring rubric was used to score all of the proposals. The highest score on any proposal was 56 (all 7s on the rubric) making the highest combined total from both reviewers 112.
| Institution | Principal Investigator(PI) | Co-PI(s)/ Collaborator(s) | Research Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie University | Jill McSweeney-Flaherty | Robyn Moore, Bruno Roy, Elizabeth A. L. Gillis | Exploring How Student Ratings of Instruction Data Are Being Utilized for Research on Teaching and Learning |
| Kennesaw State University | Turaj Ashuri | Amir Ali Amiri Moghadam | Raising Student Learning Success: A Process-focused Automated Feedback System |
| La Trobe University | Jabed Chowdhury | Kamanashis Biswas & Bhavani Sridharan, Australian Catholic University | The Effect of Adaptive Education Intervention on the Ability and Aptitude in Cybersecurity Career Paths: A Quasi-Experimental Study |
| National University of Singapore | Satish R.L | Ang Eng Tat, Sara, Sim Li Ean, Jaya Bharathi, Chandrika | Exploring the Impact on Student’s Learning and Experience – a Two-phase Comparative Study Comparing Virtual Dissection (Anatomage Table) and Cadaveric Dissection on the Gross and Cross-sectional Human Anatomy (Singapore’s Perspective) |
| Saint Mary’s College of California | Ellen Rigsby | Makiko Imamura | Assessing Shared Inquiry as a Form of Oral Communication Core Competency Using Dialogue Coding and Student Feedback Data |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Michelle Evans | Kevin Concannon | Student Diversity, Diversity of Learning: Assessing Student and Faculty Experiences with High-Impact Practices in an Honors Curriculum |
| University of Louisville | Laura Weingartner | Linda Fuselier, Andrew Rich | Improving Inclusive Clinical Skills Evaluation with Large Video-Coding Datasets |
| University of Toronto | Alison Gibbs | Gregory Hum, Clarissa Lau, Cora McCloy, Kyle Turner, Katharine Lauder | An Investigation of the Interpretation and Use of Course Evaluations Data to Inform the Development of Reports that Contribute to Better Practices |
| University of Waikato | Nicole Pepperell | Rahat Hasan, Emma-Leigh Hodge | A Deeper Shade of Blue: Improving the Reporting of Blue Evaluations Data |
| Yorkville University | Sofia Georgiadou | Andree Robinson-Neal, Mandira Arnab Aich, Sadekie Lyttle-Forbes | Experiences of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Othering among YU Students: Exploring a Community of Belonging |
The faculty research grant recipients will present their research findings at the Bluenotes Global 2022 conference to be held in Chicago from July 30 through August 3, 2022, as a part of knowledge transfer.
The Explorance Faculty Research Grant Review Committee for the Bluenotes Commnuity
The 2022 Explorance Faculty Research Grant Application Review Committee was made up of faculty and administrators representing Higher-ed institutions in the Bluenotes Community from around the world, chaired by the University of Minnesota.
The Bluenotes Community and Explorance would like to thank the review committee members for their time and efforts to successfully execute the blind process to review anonymized applications, making it possible to announce the research grant recipients to advance research in use of experience data for teaching excellence and student success.
The following are the review committee members of the faculty and staff representing Higher-ed institutions in the Bluenotes Community from around the world.
- Aeleah Soine, Interim Vice Provost of Student Academics & Professor of History, Saint Mary’s College of California
- Alan Kalish, Assistant Vice Provost & Adjunct Associate Professor, Ohio State University
- Anna Sigríður Íslind, Assistant Professor in Informatics, Reykjavik University
- Awatef Ergai, Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University
- Bhavani Sridharan, Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, Australian Catholic University (ACU)
- Graham Sherwood, Assistant Academic Registrar, Liverpool John Moores University
- Gregory Hum, Manager-Evaluation & Assessment, University of Toronto
- Irene Torres-Arends, Associate Professor, Yorkville University
- Jill McSweeney, Adjunct Professor & Educational Developer, Dalhousie University
- Jonathan Glenn, Associate Provost, Institutional Effectiveness, University of Central Arkansas
- Leanne Stevens, University Teaching Fellow, Dalhousie University
- Linda Fuselier, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education & Professor of Biology, University of Louisville
- Lisa Emery, Senior Associate Registrar, University of Michigan
- Nicole Pepperell, Director of Te Puna Ako Centre for Tertiary Teaching & Learning, University of Waikato
- Parrish Waters, Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington
- Rejoice Nsibande, Head of Evaluation Services, University of the Witwatersrand
- Sadiq Midraj, Associate Professor, Zayed University
- Stephanie Klein, Assistant Director and Educational Services Manager, University of Minnesota; Review Committee Chair
Thank you again!
Faculty Research Grant Application Contact:
Yeona Jang (yjang@explorance.com) at Explorance