ILTE News and Features
Faculty Innovator: Rebekah Dement
January 1, 2023
Collaborative Rubrics and Self-Evaluations are at the Heart of Students’ Academic Growth For nearly two decades, IU Southeast has hosted an annual student conference that highlights the best of students’ work from over 50 majors across campus. The chance to present their academic work to the public through projects, papers and posters provides invaluable ...
Faculty Innovator: Danielle Biton
December 1, 2022
Creative “Hacks” Lead to Des Résultats Magnifiques Learning from your mistakes is perhaps one of the most important lessons any student can learn. This core concept plays a crucial role in how one IU Southeast professor has redesigned her classes and the results have been magnificent. Adjunct French lecturer, Danielle Biton, Ph.D., worked with Karri ...
Faculty Innovator: Christine Adams
November 1, 2022
Preventing “Zoom Out” in Synchronous Online Classroom One of the biggest challenges with teaching in a synchronous online course is figuring out how to keep the students engaged during Zoom sessions. Visiting assistant professor of psychology, Christine Adams, Ph.D., took the traditional Think-Pair-Share class activity and adapted it to fit the online environment. “Zoom classes ...
Faculty Innovator: Aimee Adam
October 1, 2022
By Audra Kalvar, Special to IU Southeast NOW Engaging Memes = Engaged Students Success kid. This is fine dog. Condescending Willy Wonka. Chances are you’ve seen these popular memes and they elicited a chuckle or two. Aimee Adam, Ph.D. and associate professor of psychology, has tapped into the humor and popularity of memes in an ...
IU Southeast Faculty Dominate 2021 FACET Awards
July 28, 2022
IU Southeast faculty seemingly swept the 2021 Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) awards. The awards recognize faculty throughout Indiana University who bring passion, innovation, and creativity to the classroom to promote student success. It also helps FACET share and disseminate best practices in teaching for the benefit of the entire IU community. The ...
Robert Rennie is Faculty Innovator of the Year
April 21, 2022
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind)–Dr. Robert Rennie, assistant professor of history, has been recognized as Faculty Innovator of the Year by the board of directors of the Institute for Learning and Teaching Excellence (ILTE). The award recognizes the effort put forth by faculty who have redesigned their courses or introduced new courses with innovative, ...
Faculty Innovator: Ken Stammerman
April 1, 2022
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–The year was 1987. Iran and Iraq were at war, and had begun to target one another’s oil-production infrastructure, menacing tankers and giving the conflict a global dimension. Nestled between the warring parties was Kuwait, a tiny emirate shipping its oil to clients abroad. To protect these shipments, the U.S. launched ...
Faculty Innovator: Robert Rennie
March 3, 2022
By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—Last week Russia invaded Ukraine, unleashing a global firestorm with unforeseeable consequences. All because of one man’s interpretation of history. Dr. Robert Rennie, assistant professor of history and resident European specialist, tossed his prepared syllabi to focus his students’ attention on the roots and realities of the war. His method ...
