1. Active Engagement of PHY 112 Students through Integration of the Lecture and Laboratory (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Mark Somers (Mesa Community College)
The best practices of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning were applied to collaboratively develop laboratory-based activities for the second semester of an integrated lecture/laboratory algebra and trigonometry-based introductory Physics course. The activities were developed based on Physics Education Research to actively engage students and explicitly focus on developing the scientific inquiry skills outlined in MCC’s Student Learning Outcomes process.

2. Clinical Decision Making and Documentation Tool (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Karin Sherrill (Mesa Community College)
The Health Assessment Nursing Documentation System (HANDS) was created as a means by which our students can document clinical findings from hospitalized or simulation patients. It was created using FileMaker Pro, piloted and evaluated.

3. Literature Review of Scholarship on Kenneth Burke’s Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1990-2007 (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Bruce Peterson (Mesa Community College)
Literature Review of Scholarship on Kenneth Burke’s Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1990-2007

4. Tropical Systems Biology: Mammal Research & Content Knowledge Update in Tropical Systems. (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Dennis Wilson (Mesa Community College)
I spent just over 2 weeks in the LaSelva field station in Costa Rica to update my content knowledge and learn new case studies in tropical systems biology. In addition, to conduct a short field study on how human disturbance affects mammal biodiversity.

5. Learning in Virtual Worlds: Second Life(s) for Learning (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Shelley Rodrigo (Mesa Community College)
I researched, read, and explored Second Life, in May and June, Mesa, AZ. I also dialogued with colleagues about the uses of virtual worlds in the teaching of writing while attending the 2008 Computers and Writing conference, May 22-25 in Athens, GA.

6. Through the Looking Glass: Political Cartoons in France, England, and the United States (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Charles Levine (Mesa Community College)
I performed a cursory examination of iconography and satire in political cartoons from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries in the United States, France, and England. I researched how history is portrayed through imagery evidence.

7. Learning 3D Studio Max (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Cherise Robb (Mesa Community College)
I learned 3ds Max in an effort to determine if this would be a useful tool for interior design students. As a result I created a 3-week learning module for the INT 200: Advanced CAD for Interior Design.

8. Participate in 2008 Human Anatomy and Phyisology annual conference (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Alexander Cheroske (Mesa Community College)
Participate in 2008 Human Anatomy and Phyisology annual conference

9. The Ancestor in the Genes: Anthropological Genetics (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Annalisa Alvrus (Mesa Community College)
My project involved a reading list on genetics and disease as applied to anthropological studies. I also interviewed other instructors who teach introduction to biological anthropology classes about how they approach the topic of human genetics.

10. The Electronic Plaza: Developing a Wiki on Southwestern Culture (Mesa Community College)
package shared by Keith Anderson (Mesa Community College)
This project consisted of: (1) taking approximately 200 photographs of sites representative of the Southwest and posting them in an account on flickr.com, and (2) establishing a web log on Edublogs.org entitled “Southwest Meditations” about my evolving relationship with the region.