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Designing The Wheel: Built-In Instructional Technology, Pat Reid, Donalee Attardo

IMPACT Publications

Like many higher education institutions, Purdue University struggles to provide faculty with the support they need to incorporate sound use of instructional technologies in their courses. Two years ago Provost Tim Sands made a commitment to both instructional technologies and active learning, which included $100,000 funding for Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT). Goals of the IMPACT project include:

• Develop a network of faculty knowledgeable in teaching and learning best practices and passionate about teaching through faculty learning communities
• Base course redesign on best practices and sound research
• Support faculty-led course redesign with campus-wide resources

IMPACT funding has …