{"id":29146,"date":"2022-02-28T16:25:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T21:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=29146"},"modified":"2022-03-07T14:54:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:54:56","slug":"commitment-to-affordable-curriculum-earns-chemistry-faculty-member-inaugural-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/commitment-to-affordable-curriculum-earns-chemistry-faculty-member-inaugural-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitment to Affordable Curriculum Earns Chemistry Faculty Member Inaugural Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29147\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29147\" class=\"wp-image-29147 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/julie-donnelly-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/julie-donnelly-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/julie-donnelly-299x199.png 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/julie-donnelly.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Donnelly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A chemistry faculty member\u2019s passion toward offering affordable course materials recently earned her the inaugural AIM High Student Nomination award.<\/p>\n<p>Lecturer <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/person\/julie-donnelly\/\">Julie Donnelly, Ph.D.<\/a>, was nominated by a student for the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/aim-julie-donnelly\/\">AIM Knight\u2019s Choice Award<\/a>, which recognizes UCF faculty members that help reduce curriculum costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents shouldn\u2019t face barriers to getting the information they need to be successful in school,\u201d Donnelly said. \u201cMaking course materials affordable reduces one of the many barriers they already face to being successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nomination stemmed from Donnelly\u2019s decision to let students choose their own response device to her curriculum. That decision took away streamlined grading, but the extra workload for Donnelly was acceptable if it meant savings for her students. Hiring an undergraduate teaching assistant relieved some of the work.<\/p>\n<p>That teaching assistant, Alondra Gittelson, was inspired by Donnelly\u2019s work ethic and commitment to students and nominated Donnelly for the award based on her observations. \u00a0Gittelson adds that Donnelly furthered her passion for chemistry and made her feel more confident as a peer instructor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of dedication and time outside of class she puts towards her students learning is so commendable,\u201d Gittelson said in an email. \u201cShe even took the time to make her own excel formula to separately grade students so those who did not buy the materials could still participate and earn points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donnelly also uses discount programs like <a href=\"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/aim\/first-day\/\">First Day Inclusive Access<\/a>. UCF students have saved $11 million from the First Day Access program during the terms from Spring 2019 to Fall 2021, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/aim\/first-day\/#:~:text=To%20request%20First%20Day%E2%84%A2%20access%20in%20your%20course%2C,information%20about%20whether%20your%20course%20materials%20are%20eligible.\">Pegasus Innovation Lab.<\/a> (To receive the First Day discounted course materials, students will need to select \u201copt-in\u201d for the materials in their <a href=\"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/First-Day-Helpful-Tips.pdf\">Webcourse<\/a>s before the <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.ucf.edu\/\">Drop\/Add period<\/a> for any given semester.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst Day is kind of a low-hanging fruit, meaning it\u2019s very easy and accessible for instructors looking for affordable course materials,\u201d Donnelly said.<\/p>\n<p>Donnelly is currently working on a project with other faculty from the Department of Chemistry as part of the Course Redesign Initiative (CDI) with iLab. Part of the project goal is to create a completely free electronic textbook for the Chemistry Fundamentals series. She has been working closely with the CDI to offer high quality and easily accessible textbooks for students.<\/p>\n<p>Donnelly expects the electronic textbook\u2019s release in Summer 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was important for me to offer affordable course materials because I didn\u2019t want students obligated to spend more money only because it increased my workload,\u201d Donnelly said. \u201cI didn\u2019t think that was fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chemistry faculty member\u2019s passion toward offering affordable course materials recently earned her the inaugural AIM High Student Nomination award. Lecturer Julie Donnelly, Ph.D., was nominated by a student for the AIM Knight\u2019s Choice Award, which recognizes UCF faculty members that help reduce curriculum costs. \u201cStudents shouldn\u2019t face barriers to getting the information they need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":29147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,38,39,13,28,29],"tags":[1883],"class_list":["post-29146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chemistry-departments","category-breaking-news","category-faculty-news","category-news","category-top-news","category-ucf-news","tag-julie-donnelly"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commitment to Affordable Curriculum Earns Chemistry Faculty Member Inaugural Award - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/commitment-to-affordable-curriculum-earns-chemistry-faculty-member-inaugural-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commitment to Affordable Curriculum Earns Chemistry Faculty Member Inaugural Award - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chemistry faculty member\u2019s passion toward offering affordable course materials recently earned her the inaugural AIM High Student Nomination award. 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