Neuroethics: Multimodal Course Materials

Frustrated that she couldn’t find an appropriate textbook in the emerging field of neuroethics and with her students’ shuffling readings during class, professor Judy Grisel (psychology) implemented a novel solution in her first-year seminar. Collaborating with an instructional technologist and librarian, Grisel designed a course where students interacted with multiple types of resources on a single digital device (iPads), thereby enhancing and enriching class discussions. Building on the innovative ways students had begun to use these multimodal materials, Grisel then challenged them to jointly author the textbook they never had. “No Book, No Problem: Exploring New Frontiers Using Multimodal Course Materials,” Poster presented by Matthew Gardzina and Kathleen McQuiston at Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting 2015, Anaheim CA, February 201