Examples of Past Successful Proposals

Enhancing the effectiveness of reading tutorials through video cases

Faculty Member: James Hoffman and Beth Maloch

Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Project Description: The goal of this project is to develop a set of video cases to complement the Longhorn Tutoring Handbook used in the Reading Specialization/Concentration program. Two short video cases will illustrate each of the major components of the handbook. The video clips will be annotated with comments from the instructors and will include a running transcript of the interactions between teacher and student. The video cases will be implemented within a website that will support threaded discussion between instructors and students.

Using PDAs for Fitness Testing

Faculty Member: Philip Stanforth

Department: Kinesiology and Health Education

Project Description: About ninety students each year learn to conduct fitness evaluations as part of KIN 352K Diagnosis and Fitness. The goal of this project is to develop a system for using PDAs to conduct Posture and Movement screens. These screens have traditionally been conducted using pencil and paper. Recording this data directly to a PDA and then uploading it to a database will eliminate recording errors and allow advanced processing of the data.