{"659472":{"#nid":"659472","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Christina Ragan Receives Grant for Student-led Video Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis news \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coursehero.com\/blog\/2022-teaching-grant\/\u0022\u003Efirst appeared\u003C\/a\u003E in the Course Hero newsroom. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/christina-ragan\u0022\u003EChristina Ragan\u003C\/a\u003E, a lecturer of Biology in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neuroscience.cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EB.S. in Neuroscience\u003C\/a\u003E program who also serves as director of Outreach and co-director of Neuroscience Teaching Conference at Georgia Tech,\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ehas been named one of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.coursehero.com\/faculty-club\/best-lessons\/teaching-grant-winners-2022\/\u0022\u003E51 educators to receive funding from a new grant program\u003C\/a\u003E launched by online learning platform \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.coursehero.com\/\u0022\u003ECourse Hero\u003C\/a\u003E, designed to support a wide range of faculty submitted \u0026ldquo;dream projects.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The creativity and aspirations of the hundreds of faculty who submitted were inspiring, and the makeup of the applicant pool truly reflected the breadth and diversity of faculty across disciplines, institutions and passions,\u0026rdquo; said Sean Michael Morris, VP of Academics at Course Hero. \u0026ldquo;We were especially impressed by the focus on experimentation with new and emergent pedagogies. At the start of the pandemic, digital learning approaches were deemed a short-term solution, but a growing number of faculty now use them as an integral piece of the puzzle.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Ragan\u0026rsquo;s project, Georgia Tech students will produce videos on challenging topics with embedded quiz questions for their peers \u0026mdash; then vote on the best videos, with the winners to present at a conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESelected through a blind review process by a team of Course Hero staff who were, themselves, former educators, awardees were selected from a pool of 374 faculty projects submitted for the Fall 2022 term.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrant recipients will be recognized at Course Hero\u0026rsquo;s fifth \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/events.coursehero.com\/summit-2022\/home\u0022\u003Eannual educator summit\u003C\/a\u003E, which will take place virtually, July 28-29, 2022. Over 5,000 educators, researchers, and instructional designers will convene around this year\u0026rsquo;s theme, \u0026ldquo;Learning Together, Teaching Together,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; to discuss the latest in learning and pedagogy. Speakers at this year\u0026rsquo;s summit include Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell, and award-winning faculty like Gaye Theresa Johnson, professor of African American Studies and Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles \u0026mdash; and Michelle Miller, author of \u003Cem\u003EMinds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology\u003C\/em\u003E (Harvard University Press, 2014).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E###\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Course Hero: \u003C\/strong\u003ECourse Hero is on a mission to help students graduate confident and prepared. The online learning platform now offers more than 100 million course-specific study resources created by and for students and educators, as well as 24\/7 tutor help. More than 100,000 faculty across the U.S. and Canada use Course Hero to share their resources with the community, collaborate with other faculty, and hone new strategies for instruction. 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