St. John’s vision of empowering “diverse learners with quality
education for life” has recently taken on new vigor with a 1.5
million dollar grant from the United States Department of Education
under its Strengthening Institutions Title III program. The
University’s project, called T3 - Transforming
Teaching with Technology, is on the cutting-edge in the use of
technology in education, and will initiate new faculty development
and curriculum enhancement projects. T3 will
provide interested faculty with opportunities to explore the use of
technology and information literacy in their teaching as well as
the use of critical thinking and active learning strategies.
The focus will be on core curriculum courses and initially on the
Scientific Inquiry course. Ultimately, both full-time and
adjunct faculty will be invited to participate in the program
which has two foci: faculty development and curriculum
development.
Eighteen faculty,
chosen because of their expertise in the various aspects of the
program, have been selected as participants in the first stage of
this grant. Over the coming months, this Web site will
provide information on this developing
project so that the entire University can share in this
exciting opportunity.