from Inquiry, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1999, 54-77
© Copyright 1999 Virginia Community College System
ADMINISTRATION
TITLE OF PROJECT: Academic Advising in Cyberspace
NAME: James Cosby
TITLE: Associate Professor of Accounting
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Midlothian
ABSTRACT: With the amount of technology available to academic advisors, it is imperative that this technology be put to its best use in the academic advising process. The study will explore the uses of the following areas: e-mail, telephone, voice mail, Internet web pages, and student information system.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Leadership Challenges and Solutions: Rural and Urban Community Colleges
NAME: Alfred Hoffmann
TITLE: Division Chair, Math, Science, English
COLLEGE: VHCC
ABSTRACT: This project will integrate the experiences of the author and other VCCS faculty/administrators who have participated in the Harvard Institute for Higher Education Administrative Leadership Summer Institute. They will produce an interactive program addressing leadership challenges across the VCCS, focusing on the differing issues faced by urban and rural institutions.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Cable Television Series: Disseminate Results of College’s Distance Learning
NAME: Donald R. Gregory
TITLE: Professor of Philosophy
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annadale
ABSTRACT: The Distance Learning program at my college has long been recognized as a national leader. Innovative initiatives are constantly been undertaken. The college also has a cable television station which serves a large metropolitan area, but this facility is currently used only to offer the video portion of several distance learning courses. I propose a series of television discussions and demonstrations to inform and educate the public about this vital part of the college’s outreach.
ALLIED HEALTHTITLE OF PROJECT: Paramedic to RN Advanced Placement Project
NAME: Jean Moseley
TITLE: Associate Professor, Health Tech
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Downtown
ABSTRACT: Is there a need for a program that enables licensed paramedics to receive Associate Degree nursing credit for knowledge/skills already attained in paramedic training? An Advisory Committee (key individuals from the paramedic community and nursing graduates who were paramedics prior to nursing) will assist with determining and analyzing the need and with curriculum review and development if the program is deemed appropriate.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Assessment of Clinical Problem-Solving Skills as a Measure of Critical Thinking
NAME: Barbara Laird
TITLE: Professor, Nursing
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Chester
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this grant is to develop a simulated clinical problem-solving laboratory experience for students enrolled in the final semester of the nursing program and to assess the program outcome involving critical thinking. This will also strengthen students’ problem-solving and critical thinking skills, preparing them for entry into the workplace.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Investigation of "1+1" Nursing Models
NAME: Fran Stanley
TITLE: Program Head, Nursing
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Downtown
ABSTRACT: This grant is for an objective review of "1+1" nursing models in other states via literature review, mail, phone and/or e-mail contact, and on-site visits to two or three programs. Information gained will allow for an informed decision as to whether this approach should be implemented in a Virginia community college.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Human Cadaver Dissection in the PTA KinesiologyClassroom
NAME: Lisa Edwards
TITLE: Instructor of Physical Therapy
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Chester
ABSTRACT: Two instructors in the PTA Program would like to dissect a human cadaver to provide our students with visualization of muscles, bones, nerves, blood vessels, and major body organs. This will provide our students with a three-dimensional view to deepen their understanding of the human body.
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
TITLE OF PROJECT: Developing Distance Education in Veterinary Technology
NAME: Terri Campney
TITLE: Professor, Natural and Applied Science
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Loudoun
ABSTRACT: The goals of this project are to design a course for on-line delivery using the Internet in the fall of 1998 and to establish methodology for delivery of the laboratory and clinical components of a health science curriculum offered online via the Internet.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Distance Education Program in Veterinary Technology
NAME: Stuart Porter
TITLE: Prof./Coord, Veterinary Technology
COLLEGE: BRCC
ABSTRACT: We will create self-directed learning modules for students to use to identify cells and organisms seen under the microscope. Most of these images are not available in books, and presently the only time the students see them is when they are being shown in class with the slide projector.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Curriculum-Specific Summer Orientation for Incoming Students
NAME: Craig Kaderavek
TITLE: Instructor, Forest Technology
COLLEGE: DSLCC
ABSTRACT: This proposal is to design a curriculum-specific summer orientation course so that student and teacher can meet each other in a relaxed atmosphere while the student becomes familiar with the college and community. Such a program (course) can help ease the transition into college life in a new community and improve retention.
APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES
TITLE OF PROJECT: Web-Based Courses for Recertification of Culinarians and Hospitality Management
NAME: David Barrish
TITLE: Program Head/Instructor
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Downtown
ABSTRACT: This activity will enable development of three Web-based courses which will be accessible statewide (and nationwide) by culinarians and other hospitality professionals who require specific recertification courses. The materials will be developed, submitted to VCCS, and announced to peer programs at the five other VCCS colleges offering culinary arts and/or hospitality management curricula.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Development of AutoArchitect Course Materials
NAME: William Wyatt
TITLE: Professor of Drafting
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Chester
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this grant is to develop laboratory course materials in the use of the AutoArchitect Version 8.0 software. The laboratory materials developed will be used in ARC 121-122, Introduction to Architectural Drafting I-II. The materials will provide the students with the correct procedures in using the software for multi-level structure design. The manual will guide students in generating the geometry of a solid model and will include the procedures to develop floor plans, elevations, and sections.
BUSINESS
TITLE OF PROJECT: The Effects of Personal Property Tax Rates on Automobile Safety in Virginia
NAME: Stephanie Owings
TITLE: Associate Professor, Economics
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Loudoun
ABSTRACT: I wish to investigate the effects of personal property tax rates on auto safety in Virginia. I hypothesize the higher a county’s tax rate, the older the average age of a vehicle in that county and, hence, the less safe the average vehicle. My research would use standard econometric techniques.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Financial Fraud Investigation and Examination
NAME: Judith Grant
TITLE: Professor of Accounting & Auditing
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: This project will involve a comprehensive search, development, and implementation of a course to teach students how to investigate financial fraud. This course prepares candidates for the Certified Fraud Exam. It expands the accounting curriculum and addresses the need for fraud examiners.
CIS (now IST)
TITLE OF PROJECT: Defining and Refining the IST Course Offerings
NAME: Patti Loika Nunnally
TITLE: Associate Professor of Information Technology
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Midlothian
ABSTRACT: With the rapidly changing field of Information Systems Technology, it is imperative that the college’s courses reflect current research, needs, and trends in the industry in order to remain competitive in the workplace. To accomplish this, we must develop course descriptions, establish goals, and set objectives for 34 new courses.
ENGINEERING/ELECTRONICS
TITLE OF PROJECT: Advanced 3D Modeling/Animation Training
NAME: Wen Andrews
TITLE: Professor and Program Head, Engineering
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this grant is to fund faculty training in the use of advanced 3D modeling and animation. This instruction will allow the faculty member to attend class at the corporate training center of AutoDesk, Inc., a world class leader in the manufacture and use of computer-aided graphics.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Investigation of Potential Employment in the
Ceramics Industry for Individuals
NAME: William Gongaware
TITLE: Associate Professor, Engineering
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: To investigate the feasibility of developing employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in the ceramics industry. To develop and apply methods to determine the demand for ceramic products in the marketplace.
TITLE OF PROJECT: The Implementation of MicroSim Pspice for Electrical/Electronics Engineering
NAME: Thomas Hopkins
TITLE: Associate Professor Electrical/Electronics
COLLEGE: SWVCC
ABSTRACT: To implement Pspice, an amplifier and computer circuit analyzer/simulation software, into the Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology degree program’s solid-state electronic devices and digital computer devices courses. The implementation of Pspice will improve the student’s skills for circuit analysis, circuit development, and troubleshooting.
TITLE OF PROJECT: On-Line, Interactive, Introductory Electronics Course
NAME: Jim Eiland
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Electronics
COLLEGE: RCC
ABSTRACT: This project involves the development of ETR 167, Digital Electronics, as an asynchronous, interactive web course to provide learners an entry point into the electronics program at any time of the calendar year. In addition, this distance learning opportunity will enhance the objectives of the newly formed Tech Prep Consortium.
HUMANITIES
TITLE OF PROJECT: Instructional Development for Distance Learning English 242
NAME: Anna Ryan
TITLE: Professor of English
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Woodbridge
ABSTRACT: I will develop a six-hour video cassette of instructional lessons for a distance education course English 242, American Literature II, from Twain until the present. I have done video lessons for three other distance education courses, all of which have substantially improved retention in the three courses and enhanced the students’ learning experiences. Since the current English 241 professor has just finished videos for that course, it is imperative, since English 242 is a follow-up course to English 241, to have a like delivery mode.
TITLE OF PROJECT: American Literature: Virginia Videos for Distance Learning
NAME: Judith Riggin
TITLE: Associate Professor, English/ESL
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: I propose to prepare video instruction in American Literature for my distance learning course in Survey of American Literature I, English 241 covering American writings from 1500s to 1860s. The video will be shot on location, taking advantage of sites throughout Virginia (and nearby states) related to American literature.
TITLE OF PROJECT: An Assessment of Standardized Placement Test Software and Holistically Graded Essays.
NAME: Patrick Tompkins
TITLE: Associate Professor of English
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Midlothian
ABSTRACT: Our college last evaluated the effectiveness and accuracy of our placement procedures for writing courses in 1987-88. Since then, our student population has changed, course descriptions have been modified, and instructors have noticed a decrease in the accuracy of our placement measures. We would like to investigate available placement instruments for writing courses, pilot several in the spring, and select one for college-wide adoption next fall.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Designing and Implementing A Distance Learning Version of PH1 227, Biomedical Ethics
NAME: Donald Gregory
TITLE: Professor of Philosophy
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: Biomedical Ethics (PHI 227) is a requirement for many nursing schools, especially those to which our local students transfer. Classroom sections of this course fill, and wait lists are common. We propose to design a distance learning version of the course which will have no enrollment limits and which will make the course accessible to a much wider group of students.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Literacy and the Teaching of Imaginative Literature
NAME: Donna Reiss
TITLE: Associate Professor, English/Humanities
COLLEGE: TCC
CAMPUS: Virginia Beach
ABSTRACT: I propose to research the ways undergraduate literature instruction is being influenced and should be influenced by recent theories about learning styles and cognitive development as well as new technologies. I will use the fundings to update my own instruction and to conduct workshops with my colleagues.
TITLE OF PROJECT: World Literature Online: Adding an Interactive Dimension to Distance Learning
NAME: Ron Carter
TITLE: Associate Professor, English
COLLEGE: RCC
CAMPUS: Warsaw
ABSTRACT: An online option for ENG-251, World Literature I (currently offered as a packaged course based on a commercial videotaped series) will be developed to include real-time chat sessions, a series of bulletin boards for posting releases, and an exploration of web sites relevant to assigned works.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Stories From The Margin to the Mainstream
NAME: Jill Karle
TITLE: Associate Professor of English
COLLEGE: PVCC
ABSTRACT: The applicants have been working on curriculum development to include information about culturally marginalized groups in college writing classes. The assignments that have been developed introduce the students to autobiographical and post-colonial theory as well. The applicants have been invited to present this work at the Conference on College Composition and Communication this spring.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Poetry/Play Projects
NAME: Robert Arthur
TITLE: Professor of English, Speech, and Drama
COLLEGE: TCC
CAMPUS: Virginia Beach
ABSTRACT: I plan to complete Horse Hammock Point (book and play book for a musical) this summer. At this point, the play book is completed but needs production for final polishing. It has been accepted by Stage Right Play Service. The book needs additional poems. It has tentative acceptance by Tanglewood Press (Stone Hall Publishers). The Van Gogh Poems book is partially written, but needs additional poems for the book as well as production and final polishing.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Humanities On-Line:
Building a Division-Department Web Site
NAME: Donna Reiss
TITLE: Associate Professor of English and Humanities
COLLEGE: TCC
CAMPUS: Virginia Beach
ABSTRACT: I propose to develop a Web site for our Humanities division and English department, to research similar department Web pages at colleges and universities throughout the U.S., and to develop up-to-date resource links to appropriate sites.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Independent Learning Modules for Developmental Writing
NAME: Michelle Zollars
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Developmental English
COLLEGE: PHCC
ABSTRACT: I plan to develop independent learning modules for developmental writing. These modules will include pre- and post- tests, instruction (including videos, computer programs, handouts, and text assignments), various writing assignments, and use of the Internet as a writing resource. The modules will be used in the following ways: as a self-paced English 03 course; as a supplement to the developmental writing classroom; and for students not enrolled in developmental writing but who need focused information on certain skills.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Using Live Video for Children’s Literature
NAME: Susan Sharpe
TITLE: Professor of English
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: I would like to pioneer a course in children’s literature using a live classroom that would be broadcast over cable to distance learners at home. Many of the registrants for this course are elementary teachers who prefer the convenience of distance education, which the live classroom would greatly enrich.
INTERDISCIPLINARY
TITLE OF PROJECT: Bringing Full-time and Adjunct Faculty to the Web
NAME: Eric Hibbison
TITLE: Professor of English
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: Since most faculty do not have Web pages, I would like to help up to 50 to develop individual professional Web pages about their courses, careers, and discipline with relevant links to the Web. At least two assignments should cause students to use these links.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Funding Support for Coordinator of Service Learning Activities
NAME: Marietta McCarty
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Philosophy
COLLEGE: PVCC
ABSTRACT: Service Learning is expanding at our institution, to the great benefit of our faculty, students, and the community we serve. We need a coordinator for our many service learning activities. The coordinator will work with faculty (full-time and adjunct) on syllabus revision and community contacts, with students, and will represent the College in service learning matters.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Bridging the Gap: American and Russian Faculty Sharing Effective Teaching Method
NAME: Joe Antinarella
TITLE: Assistant Professor of English
COLLEGE: TCC
CAMPUS: Chesapeake
ABSTRACT: A successful four-year relationship with a Russian university encourages us to advance our goal of sharing effective language teaching methods. American and Russian faculty and students benefit by exchanging pedagogical techniques that enhance learning. By committing to continuing personal communication exchanges, we enrich our academic experiences and international awareness.
TITLE OF PROJECT: A Project to Create an Internet-Based Research Assistance Center (IRAC)
NAME: John Adams
TITLE: Associate Professor of English
COLLEGE: SSVCC
CAMPUS: Christanna
ABSTRACT: This project will develop an Internet-Based Research Assistance Center for students, faculty, and staff. The authors will create: (1) on-line tutorials; (2) on-line links; (3) a mentoring program. The unique features of the project are that it will focus on critical thinking rather than research mechanics and it will establish a VCCS-wide mentoring program.
TITLE OF PROJECT: VACIE-CEMP Professional Development Exchange
NAME: Ellen Wertman
TITLE: Librarian
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: The VACIE-CEMP exchange involves short-term reciprocal professional development exchanges between the VCCS and institutions in the United Kingdom. Having been selected and matched with a colleague from Queen Mary’s college in Basingstoke, England, I will explore the library operations of that institution of higher education for two weeks in May 1998.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Teaching to Multiple Intelligences
NAME: Win Loria
TITLE: Associate Professor of English
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Downtown
ABSTRACT: This project is designed to develop a new coordinated approach to English 112 and Psychology 238. The purpose is to learn how new theoretical information on multiple intelligences and learning styles can improve instruction in these two areas and whether it can positively impact student performance and retention.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Developing Effective Methods of Assessing Internet Instruction and A Model/Handbook
NAME: Ilicia Sprey
TITLE: Assistant Professor of History
COLLEGE: BRCC
ABSTRACT: The proposed grant will allow us: (1) to assess the effectiveness of Internet instruction currently offered at our institution by developing appropriate assessment criteria/forms. The student/faculty needs, concerns, and progress recorded on these forms will be used to restructure and improve the delivery of these and future courses. (2) We will build a model/handbook based on our experiences for the creation of new Internet course that would be available to all VCCS institutions.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Web-Based Math Review Session for the Placement Test
NAME: Deborah L. Cohen
TITLE: Associate Professor of Math
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Midlothian
ABSTRACT: Five review modules on key math placement test topics will be field-tested after placement on the college’s Web-site. Two more modules will be added and field-tested.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Training in Answering Essay Questions
NAME: John M. Tucker
TITLE: Associate Professor of Psychology
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Midlothian
ABSTRACT: College psychology students could improve their performance on essay questions with additional training on how to write successful answers. Clear examples of actual graded A,B,C,D,& F written responses will be displayed while the teacher points out how the question should be answered. Additional study, preparation, and performance hints will be included.
MATHEMATICS
TITLE OF PROJECT: Dissemination of Professional Development to the College and Beyond
NAME: Susan Wood
TITLE: Professor of Mathematics
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: This project, a follow-up to a Fall Semester 1997 grant entitled "Department-Wide Professional Development Through Focused Conference Participation with Follow-Up" will support the dissemination component through a professional development workshop for full-time and adjunct community college mathematics faculty and presentations at the peer group meeting, the Annual WMATYC Conference.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Students Utilizing Internet as an Alternative Instructional Delivery in Mathematics
NAME: Rand Pittman
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Mathematics
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: Mathematics and the sciences in general underutilize the Web as an instructional tool. With this grant, I will develop, using "Web Course In a Box," on-line instructional units one for each of our college’s 100 level and higher courses. These will be entirely self-contained assessment tools.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Designing and Constructing Lab Kits for DistanceLearning Physics
NAME: David Smith
TITLE: Associate Professor, Mathematics
COLLEGE: VHCC
ABSTRACT: This project will extend delivery of an introductory-level physics course for distance learning using a combination of modes including Internet, CD-ROM and compressed video, interactive computer programs, laboratory kits and, for local students, optional face-to-face meetings. Funding is required to develop and construct thirty reusable laboratory kits.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Linking Mathematics and Science Through SimpleData Collection Activities
NAME: Susan S. Wood
TITLE: Professor of Mathematics
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: This project involves the development of activity-based classroom-ready lessons linking mathematics and science for wide-scale faculty use. Graphing calculator and data collection equipment are used for simple experiments involving motion, light, temperature, and force. Portable lessons and material, accompanied by detailed handouts, add a rich new dimension to student learning.
NATURAL SCIENCE
TITLE OF PROJECT: Survey of Spider Species in an Urban Nature Park Environment
NAME: Martin Zahn
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Biology
COLLEGE: TNCC
ABSTRACT: Spiders are the dominant predators in most terrestrial ecosystems but are rarely surveyed. I plan to collect and identify spider species at Sandy Bottom Nature Park and on campus. This project will begin a spider collection for both the college and Sandy Bottom, plus establish a species list for both.
TITLE OF PROJECT: A World Web Page for Science Majors, Advisors,and Career Counselors
NAME: George Grant
TITLE: Associate Professor of Chemistry
COLLEGE: TCC
CAMPUS: Virginia Beach
ABSTRACT : Web pages will be established with hot links to area Web sites for science departments, the American Chemical Society, and health-related career programs. Community college courses will be correlated with corresponding courses at other institutions of higher education so that A.S. recipients will be able to transfer with courses appropriate for junior courses in their intended major.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Developing a Distance Learning Course in the Life Sciences: Biology
NAME: Hallie Ann Ray
TITLE: Professor, Science, Biology
COLLEGE: RCC
CAMPUS: Warsaw
ABSTRACT: Distance Learning serves our rural student population particularly well; we offer all courses necessary to complete a transfer degree, except for the required two semesters of laboratory science courses. Having received support to develop Biology 101, I propose to develop the second semester, so our students can fulfill this requirement.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Use of "Macromedia Director" to Develop Classroom Presentations for Chem 111/112
NAME: Rohinikumari Joshi
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
COLLEGE: VHCC
ABSTRACT: Five multimedia chemistry modules that emphasize scientific inquiry, observation, and data analysis will be developed for use in College Chemistry I and II. The investigator will use the Macro-Mind Director Studio authoring system to develop multimedia presentations in conjunction with Calculator-Based Laboratory instructional units to increase student interest and motivation.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Videocourse University Physics I: Campus-Based and Distant Learning Courses
NAME: Walerian Majewski
TITLE: Professor of Physics
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: This project seeks to produce a series of 16 videotaped one-hour lectures covering a full semester of the calculus-based course University Physics I, PHY 241. The lectures will be professionally videotaped or converted from digital to video form and made available to students on a videotape or a CD-ROM disk in the college library or to check-out. They may also become a part of the departmental distant learning course delivered via Web, locally or state-wide.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Acquisition of Water Quality Assessment
Equipment
NAME: Douglas Carmichael
TITLE: Associate Professor of Biology
COLLEGE: VHCC
ABSTRACT: This project encompasses assessment of biological, chemical and physical characteristics of streams in regional watersheds (including habitat for endangered/threatened species of aquatic life), by the author, co-applicant, and students enrolled in science courses. The project fulfills important instructional/discipline goals and has significant environmental monitoring and management value for the community
TITLE OF PROJECT: Development of a One-Semester Transfer
Non-Majors Biology Course
NAME: Hugh Rooney
TITLE: Associate Professor of Biology
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: A one-semester biology course, "Life Science," will be developed which relates topical knowledge of biology to non-biology major students to be used in their personal lives. The need for this course has resulted from a change in the general education requirements in science for non-science majors at senior institutions
TITLE OF PROJECT: Geological Analyses of Deep Sediment Cores from Lake Issyk-Kul
NAME: Kenneth Rasmussen
TITLE: Associate Professor of Geology
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: Stipend support is sought for studies of sediment cores from Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. With student assistance (separately funded), I hope to clarify the Late Quaternary history of lake-level change (and by extension, pre-"Industrial Era" climatic oscillations) affecting Central Asia using appropriate sedimentary analyses. These data will inform global paleoclimate reconstructions.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Incorporating Computer Data Acquisition in the Chemical Laboratory
NAME: Ann Marie Sullivan
TITLE: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Downtown
ABSTRACT: I will write a National Science Foundation Equipment grant to put data acquisition software and probes into the chemical laboratory. To research and obtain hands-on training of the various manufacturer and interact with chemical educators, I will attend the 15th Biennial Conference of Chemical Education.
TITLE OF PROJECT: A Distance Learning Version of Conceptual Physics
NAME: Pascal Renault
TITLE: Assistant Prof., Arts & Sciences
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Chester
ABSTRACT: There is a need for the instruction in basic technology provided by conceptual physics courses such as PHY 130. Currently, PHY130 is offered in support of a technical programs, but PHY 130 would also be of interest to students looking for a science elective and to the workforce in the local industries, as was pointed out to me by my college’s industry contacts. For a number of reasons (time, commute, shift work ), the traditional classroom is not always appropriate, and distance learning where both time and space constraints are eased could provide a solution.
PUBLIC SERVICES
TITLE OF PROJECT: Factors Contributing to a Successful Virginia Correctional Officer
NAME: Russell Volk
TITLE: Assistant Professor Criminal Justice
COLLEGE: MECC
ABSTRACT: Obtaining a degree and/or a job should not be the only objectives of a college student. Preparing the student for the workplace should also be a priority. Currently, the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) is experiencing a 41% turnover of Corrections Officers during the first year of employment. This is not only expensive but can be frustrating to the student/employee. Costs of training, salary, and equipment are placed on the Virginia taxpayers. The students/employees are dislocated from the workforce with an education and training for a job they were not fully prepared to meet. This project will explore, with the assistance of the DOC, which factors may be indicators of success as a Corrections Officer; success defined as twelve (12) months or more employment with the DOC.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Comparative Criminal Justice as a Distance Learning Course
NAME: Thomas Varner
TITLE: Professor, Administration of Justice
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Downtown
ABSTRACT: I will expand the Comparative Criminal Justice course to include Asian countries (China and Japan); to prepare the Comparative Criminal Justice Course to be delivered via compressed video, Internet, and traditional classroom presentations; and prepare for online testing and discussions.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Public/Private Partnerships for Employer-SponsoredChild Care
NAME: Melissa Coleman-White
TITLE: Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education
COLLEGE: TNCC
ABSTRACT: A college-wide child care taskforce would like to share its extensive feasibility research on innovative employer-sponsored child care alternatives. They will develop a manual, web page, and a lending library focusing on creative strategies for public/private child care partnerships, start-up funding, needs assessment, service models, liability issues, government regulations, and quality control.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Infusing Asian Studies into the Administration of Justice Curriculum
NAME: Thomas Varner
TITLE: Professor Administration of Justice
COLLEGE: JSRCC
CAMPUS: Parham Road
ABSTRACT: The researcher will attend the Asian Studies DP Institute at the East-West Center and the University of Hawaii. Lesson plans will be developed to incorporate Chinese and Japanese history, culture, and criminal justice systems into the comparative systems of criminal justice course.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
TITLE OF PROJECT: Reflections, Memories, Lessons Learned:
A Documentary of the Last Fifty Years
NAME: Charles Errico
TITLE: History Professor/Assistant Division Chair
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Woodbrige
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this proposal is to produce an entertaining and informative documentary that each full-time historian in the VCCS will receive as a valuable classroom resource. This original program will include interviews, photographs, music, audiotapes from the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon presidential libraries, and short lectures from historic locations. Activities will be designed using a multimedia authoring software application.
TITLE OF PROJECT: An Investigation of Service Learning Offerings in The Virginia Community College
NAME: Joel Tate
TITLE: Professor of Social Sciences
COLLEGE: GCC
CAMPUS: Locust Grove
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this investigation in the 23 member institutions of the VCCS is to identify service learner providers and to analyze their respective service learning contributions to course content in academic disciplines, pedagogy, participant evaluation, and community impact. A proposed VCCS sponsored teleconference/miniconference and paper will discuss the results.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Researching Personal Papers of John Hampden Pleasants, 1824-1846
NAME: Robert Tomlinson
TITLE: Professor of History
COLLEGE: SWVCC
ABSTRACT: Earlier research has revealed the political importance of the antebellum editor of the Richmond Whig, John Hampden Pleasants, but a lack of research on his letters and papers has left a void. Information in his letters will reveal more about Pleasants as a son, husband, and father.
TITLE OF PROJECT: V.V. Bartol’d and the Development of Historical Identity in Central Asia
NAME: Charles Evans
TITLE: Assistant Professor Humanities
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Loudoun
ABSTRACT: V. V. Bartol’d (1869-1930) was Russia’s foremost authority on Central Asian history, a leading scholar of the Islamic world , and the author of over six hundred pieces of published, academic writing. His work in both rediscovering and publicizing the Central Asian past and in helping to establish cultural institutions in the region, such as Tashkent University, served to shape the image of the Turkish historical identity.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Web-Based Economics Course
NAME: Kenneth Long
TITLE: Assistant Prof of Economics
COLLEGE: NRCC
ABSTRACT: The discussion group would give students an opportunity to interact with one another and with myself. This is particularly important because the course is an independent learning course. The sound bites would make the present Power Point slides a much more powerful tutorial.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Hybrid Internet Course for Sociology 201
NAME: Robert Deverick
COLLEGE: JTCC
CAMPUS: Chester
ABSTRACT: I plan to develop a stand alone INTERNET course in Introduction to Sociology I that serve the dual purpose of supporting the various other formats in which this course is offered. Care will be taken to ensure the preservation of consistency across formats. This will permit students, irrespective of the section in which they are enrolled, to come together via linkage on the WEB. The INTERNET course will result in efficiency in terms of time to students and economy for the College.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Aggressive Driving: Overcoming Anger and Hostility on the Road
NAME: Eric Shiryaev
TITLE: Associate Professor of Psychology
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Annandale
ABSTRACT: Aggressive driving is a growing problem on the roads of our communities. Stress, frustration, and anger often produce hostility and threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Virginians. The proposed 40-minute video workshop and educational manual will help students better understand, interpret, and eliminate psychological causes of aggressive driving. The workshop will be based on a series of specially designed interviews with leading specialists on anger and rage, law enforcement professionals, and drivers themselves. The manual will contain a comprehensive step-by-step program of anger management. Based on the original screenplay (scenario), all the interviews will be professionally videotaped and edited.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Service Learning in Instruction of Rural Sociology and Economics
NAME: Ken Tucker
TITLE: Associate Professor of Sociology
COLLEGE: MECC
ABSTRACT: The applicants will develop an interdisciplinary rural sociology course as the first service learning course to be taught at the college. The applicants will engage in professional development to aid in course redesign and evaluation, and meet with community organizations to plan for service learning placements.
TITLE OF PROJECT: ECO 230 Without Boundaries:
Money and Banking in a Two-Way Video
NAME: Clara Ford
TITLE: Assistant Professor, Economics
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Alexandria
ABSTRACT: I want to develop an economics course in compressed video format. ECO 230 is well suited for this because the target audience is typically composed of students who know basic economic concepts. I will devise strategies that will consolidate modes of learning that are most effective. I will then compare retention results with traditional methods.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Interactive Multimedia in the Western Civilization:The Paris Peace Conference
NAME: Charles T. Evans
TITLE: Assistant Professor, Humanities
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Loudoun
ABSTRACT: This project will produce an interactive multimedia module to be used in the History of Western Civilization survey course. The module, based on the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, will include course content material in a variety of formats (audio, video, graphical and textual) with hypertext documents, images and maps.
VISUAL ARTS
TITLE OF PROJECT: International Exchange Exhibition
NAME: David Curtis
TITLE: Professor of Art/Program Head
COLLEGE: VWCC
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project is to hold an exchange exhibition of original artworks by artists from the Roanoke region of Virginia with those from Wonju, Korea. Such an exhibition will result in a bi-cultural experience for students, faculty, artist/participants, and the communities of origin. Essentially, it achieves the VCCS goal to heighten global awareness across the curricula and beyond.
TITLE OF PROJECT: Interactive Instructional/Creative Digital Mobile Work Station
NAME: Barbara Ryland
TITLE: Professor Visual & Performing Arts
COLLEGE: NVCC
CAMPUS: Alexandria
ABSTRACT: This initiative will create a mobile digital music work station serving three functions: instructional development by faculty, interactive learning by students, and composing, arranging, and performance of music by students. This will provide needed support to course work in composition, theory, orchestration, and arranging for all genres of music.