Instructional Innovation Grants
Past Recipients
2024-2025
Edward Dunbar, Addiction Counseling (EHHD), "Integrating AI into Online Addictions Counseling Training Program"
Heather Mulliner, MSU Library, "Building Oral History Kits"
Nick Childs, Physics (CLS), "Scaffolded Instruction Modules for Introductory Physics Course"
2023-2024
Dominique Zosso, Mathematical Sciences, "Deep Learning: Open Resource Modules for Inquiry"
Anne Gibson and Jennifer Rockne, JJCoB&E, "Using Generative AI to Develop Effective, Professional Communications"
Lisa Brown, Gallatin College, "Smart Learning Approach in Technology Class"
2022-2023
Beth Shirley and Rebecca Jones, English, "Bitterroot Magazine"
Rachel Frost, Animal & Range Sciences, "Developing a Relevant Case Study Library for Range Management"
Paul Gannon, Chemical and Biological Engineering, "Effectively Engaging Students in Group Video Projects"
Ashley Fuchs, Art, "Typographic Printing Detox"
2021-2022
Shelley Mills, Extension, "The Beekeeping Learning Laboratory"
Christine Stanton, Education, Allison Wynhoff-Olsen, English and Nigel Waterton, Education, I had a story to tell”: repositioning Pedagogy for Enhanced Interdisciplinary Teacher Education"
Victoria Burchill, Art, "Zooming In: Learning and Practicing Metalsmithing through the Lens of a Microscope"
2020-2021
Christine Stanton, Education
Allison Wynhoff-Olsen, English and
Nigel Waterton, Education
“I Had a Story to Tell”: Repositioning Pedagogy for Enhanced Interdisciplinary Teacher
Education”
- Declined due to pandemic restrictions.
Derek A. Williams,Mathematical Sciences
Promoting Student Engagement and Active Learning in Precalculus: Data-based Decision
Making from Real-Time Data
Selena Ahmed,Health and Human Development and
Roland Ebel,Health and Human Development
Food System Case Studies for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Learning
Alice Running, Nursing
Heart Math: Physiological Feedback for Stress Reduction in a University Population
2019-2020
James Joyce, Film and Photography
The Writer’s Collaboration
Wan-Yuan Kuo, Health and Human Development and
Paul Lachapelle, Political Science
Combining Social Science and Science Approaches in Teaching Experimental Foods
Jan Zauha, Library and
Allison Wynhoff, English
The Writer’s Quest Trunk: An Ivan Doig Archive Curriculum Project
Stacey Hancock, Mathematical Sciences
Fostering a Community of Practice: Using Classroom Videos to Improve Instruction in
Introductory Statistics
Bill Schell, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Exploring International Best Practices to Integrate Professional Skills Development
in Engineering Education
Kristin Ruppel, Native American Studies
“On the Land”: A Podcast Series on Indigenous Planning in the Northern Rockies - An
innovative instructional and community engagement tool
2018-2019
Mark Jankauski, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Improving Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Interconnectivity Through Laboratory Infrastructure
Cindy Stillwell, Film and Photography
Experiments in Film Technique
James Joyce, Film and Photography
The Art & Science of the Pitch
2017-2018
Steven Joroszek, Architecture
Developing Learning Measures by Measuring Time Visually
Megan Wickstrom, Mathematics
Using Robotics to Explore Geometry and Angle Measures with Pre-Service Teachers
2016-2017
William Schell, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Digital Reading Guides Promotes Out-of-Class Engagement for the Flipped Classroom
Ryan Anderson, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Microfluidic Modules in the Classroom: Using Laboratory Demos to Promote Student Learning
Shannon Arnold, Agricultural Education
Agriculture across Disciplines: Engaging Montana Schoolchildren in Ag Ed through MOR
Field Trips and Beyond
2015-2016
Keith Fisher, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Computer Aided Engineering Course Augmentation with Hands-On Learning Equipment
Milica McDowell, Health and Human Development
Implementation of an Inverted Classroom Concept in Kinesiology: Facilitation of an
Original Group Project in a Large Lecture-Format Classroom
Shannon Arnold, Agricultural Education
Using Horses as a Teaching Tool: Engaging Students, Faculty and the Community in Active
Teaching and Learning
Allison Wynhoff Olsen and Robert Petrone, English Department
Preparing Future English Teachers for Rural Schools in Montana
2014-2015
John Miller, Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Integration of Commercially Available Brain Wave Monitors into Interdisciplinary Academic
Offerings
Shannon Arnold, Agricultural Education
Exploration and Education: Natural Resource Science Discovery Program
Agnieszka Kwapsisz, Jake Jabes College of Business and Entreprenuership
Ready, Set, Go: Gamification of Education
Jennifer Thomson, Animal & Range Sciences
Cybersheep: Integration of a Competitive Simulation Model of Animal Breeding
Jennifer Green, Mathematical Sciences
Graduate Teaching Assistant Development: Fostering an Intellectual Teaching Community
in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
Julia Haggerty, Earth Sciences
Crowd Sourcing Migration Data
Questions regarding the Instructional Innovation Grants and application procedures should be directed to cfe@montana.edu.
Updated April 19, 2020