IMPACT - Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation
| Event Date: | August 13, 2012 |
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AEE faculty Dr. Karen Marais and Dr. Vikas Tomar were selected in June 2012 as IMPACT Faculty Fellows and will participate in the Fall 2012 cohort of IMPACT.
Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation also known as IMPACT is a program that works to redesign key foundational courses to create more interaction between the instructors and the students. The mission is to improve student competency and confidence through redesign of courses by using research findings on sound student-centered teaching and learning.
IMPACT targets classes that serve as key introductory courses, especially those with high enrollments. IMPACT fellows are provided with a fellowship and learn about course redesign options by working with a team of instructional, technology, and assessment specialists.
The program, which also is partnering with the Discovery Learning Research Center, targets ten courses each semester and will be of value to faculty, students, the Purdue campus and to academic units.
Dr. Marais will be redesigning AAE 251 Introduction to Aerospace Design, which is the first exposure AAE students get to the world of aircraft and spacecraft design. Dr. Tomar will be redesigning AAE 352 Structural Analysis 1, where students develop concepts needed to analyze and design aerospace structures.