色香视频receives 2017 Digital Learning Innovation Award
The 色香视频recently received the 2017 in the Faculty-Led Team category. The 色香视频 team, headed by Kash Dutta, M.S., senior lecturer in biology, the team鈥檚 presenter, won the recognition for the creation of a blended curriculum, using McGraw Hill鈥檚 Connect courseware and SmartBook/LearnSmart, Anatomy and Physiology Revealed and Physiology Interactive Lab Simulations to improve student learning outcomes and retention in a large restructured gateway Anatomy and Physiology course for Allied Health majors.
The curriculum鈥檚 pre-lecture SmartBook reading, adaptive assessment/learning, and post-lecture online interactive homework and quizzes combine to engage student s in self-assessment. According to Dutta, the model allows each individual student to progress at his or her own speed through the course materials, which are tagged with Bloom鈥檚 taxonomy levels. Furthermore, student can engage with remediation resources until they have achieved their desired level of success.
The DLI Award program, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation鈥檚 Postsecondary Success Program, recognizes exemplary higher education faculty-led teams and institutions for advancing student success through the adoption of digital courseware in undergraduate programs. This year鈥檚 awards were presented on November 16 during the OLC Accelerate conference, held in Orlando.
The OLC is a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators, dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner.
Read more in and .
To learn more about the University of New England鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, visit
To apply, visit