Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Innovative excellence
 Folke-Christine Moeller-Sahling, an assistant professor at the University of Southern Indiana, received an Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at the 16th annual International Conference on Teaching and Learning, held March 29-April 2, in Jacksonville, Florida.Moeller-Sahling was nominated by Linda Bennett, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Each college or university is eligible to nominate one faculty member “who has contributed in the most highly creative ways to teaching, learning and technology.” The process is competitive; only a handful of faculty receives the award each year. Charles Harrington, assistant vice president for Academic Affairs, said that Moeller-Sahling was nominated for her pedagogical design of a distance learning class in German. “As a result of her work with our Online Institute for Teaching and Learning, she got a grant to develop an online course, and it turned out exceptionally well,” he said. “The course that she developed had some excellent pedagogical components.” The class engaged students in the subject material by integrating language lessons with history and culture. A native of Hamburg, Germany, Moeller-Sahling has been with the University since fall 2001. She holds a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from Hamilton College in New York, a master’s degree in German studies from the University of Vermont, and a Ph.D. in Germanic languages and literature from Ohio State University. |
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