2008-2009 Development Grants
College of Agriculture
Master of Horticulture Therapy
Candice Shoemaker
Salary support for a graduate research assistant for nine months and funding for travel to Chicago Botanic Garden to assist in the online development of courses required for a master's degree in horticultural therapy.
Undergraduate Certificate Program in Turfgrass Management
Steve Keeley, Jack Fry & Dale Bremer
Salary support for a graduate assistant for nine months to assist with the development and capturing of content for the Undergraduate Certificate Program in Turfgrass Management.
Grain Science & Industry Distance Learning Program
Dirk Maier, Jeff Gwirtz, Leland McKinney & Debbi Rogers
Salary support for an assistant for nine months to assist with the development and capturing of content for a Grain Science and Industry Distance Learning Program.
AGCOM 712 Environmental Communications & AGCOM 590 New Media Technology
Christopher Lavergne & Marcus Ashlock
Support the purchase of video capture equipment and funding for instruction design services for the online development of two courses, AGCOM 712 Environmental Communications and AGCOM 590 New Media Technology.
College of Arts & Scienses
DAS 300 - The Great Conversation
Laurie Bagby
Funding for the purchase of equipment and software to support the online development of the course, DAS 300 The Great Conversation, leading toward the development of an online certificate program in Primary Texts.
Introduction to Physical Geography
Melinda Daniels
Salary support for the PI for the online development of the course, GEOG 221 Introduction to Physical Geography. The Department of Geography will provide a one course release during the 2008-09 academic year to allow the PI additional time to develop this course.
News and Feature Writing
Sam Mwangi
Salary support for the PI for the online development of the course, MC 200 News and Feature Writing.
Criminal & Justice Studies
L. Susan Williams, Elizabeth Cauble & Patrick Akard
Funding for the purchase of a desktop computer, final cut studio software, video camera, and summer salary for Dr. L. Susan Williams for the online development of Criminology and Justice Studies as an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional doctoral program.
GEOG 508 - Introduction to GIS
Marcellus Caldas
Salary support for the PI for the online development of the course, GEOG 508 Introduction to GIS. The Department of Geography will provide a match in resources to support the project.
College of Engineering
MURC-KSU Professional Radon Training
Bruce Snead & Brian Hanson
Funding to support the online development of the MURC-KSU Professional Radon Training Program.
CE 732 - Advanced Structural Analysis I
Hayder Rasheed & Ellen Stauffer
Summer salary support for the online development of the interactive multimedia course, CE 732 Advanced Structural Analysis I.
CE 745 Structural Dynamics
Asad Esmaeily
Summer salary support for the online development of the interactive course, CE 745 Structural Dynamics. The Department of Civil Engineering agrees to provide a laptop computer, a web camera, video software license, and other in kind support for the project.
Wide Area Networks EECE 841
Caterina Scoglio
Summer salary support for the PI for the online development of the course, EECE 841 Wide Area Networks. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering agrees to provide additional salary support to the PI.
College of Human Ecology
GNHE 310 - Human Needs
Carol Kellett & David Thorne
Funding for a student assistant salary and iTAC services for course development.
Personal Finance for College Students
Joyce Cantrell
Funding for the development of four short videos needed in the development of this course.
FSHS Baccalaureate Degree Online
William Meredith & Mary DeLuccie
Funding for support of in studio video capturing, encoding of lectures and encoding audio-video CDs for the online development of the courses, FSHS 301 The Helping Relationship, FSHS 510 Adult Development and Aging, and FSHS 585 Professional Seminar in Family Studies and Human Services. These courses lead toward the online development of a bachelor's degree in Family Studies.
The Army Family: From Challenge to Resilience
Charlotte Shoup Olsen, Briana Goff, & Elaine Johannes
Funding to support the online course development and resource acquisition for the course, “The Army Family: From Challenge to Resilience.
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FSHS 534/754 Conflict in Organizations
Terrie McCants & John Steele
Funding to support graduate student work on the online development of the courses, FSHS 534 and FSHS 754 Conflict in Organizations and Organizational Conflict.
Gerontechnology
Gayle Doll
Funding to support a graduate teaching assistant for the online development of the course.
College of Technology & Aviation
PPIL 342 - Aviation Weather
Kenneth Barnard
Funding for salary support for instructor time, purchase of a video recorder for converting and feeding recordings to a DC converter, DX converter for feeding recordings to an MPEG format, external hard drive, memory stick for converted tapes, Camtasia software, and a remote microphone, for the online development of the course, PPIL 342 Aviation Weather. The Department of Aviation agrees to provide funding to support instructor time for the project.
College of Veterinary Medicine
DMP 925 - Rumen Microbiology
T. G Nagaraja & Linda Johnson
Funding for a technical assistant for the instructor for the online development of the course, “DMP 925 Rumen Microbiology.
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Online Development of FDSCI 7XX and the Updating of FDSCI 730 and DMP 816
Robert Larson, Linda Johnson, Abbey Nutsch & J. Kastner
Funding to support the salary for a research assistant in food safety and security for the development of a new course in Food and Agricultural Systems and the updating of existing courses, FDSCI 730 Multidisciplinary Overview of Food Safety and Security and DMP 816 Trade and Agricultural Health. Provide funding for the purchase of computer equipment and software, materials and supplies.
