Academic Innovators: Carla van de Sande’s Keep in School Shape (KiSS) Program

Jan 20, 2023 | News

“This is my way of showing my students that I care about them, even over academic breaks.” ~ Carla van de Sande, Ph.D. “Remember, we studied this before…?” Carla van de Sande, associate professor of mathematics education at ASU, had gotten used to receiving...

Academic Innovators: Dan Frank’s Imaginative Rusty’s Riddles

Nov 17, 2022 | News

Daniel Frank,Teaching Assistant Professor at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, has created a learning environment that cultivates imagination in his first year engineering courses. Frank teaches EGR 101 and EGR 102 at the Polytechnic campus, both Foundations...

Academic Innovators: Steve Millman’s Logic Tutor and Flipped Classes

Oct 20, 2022 | News

Steve Millman is a Professor of Practice in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering who innovated his Digital Design Fundamentals (CSE/EEE 120) and Python (EEE 419) courses. To give his students the opportunity to practice logic design problems and...

Academic Innovators: Alicia Baumann and Haolin Zhu Gamification

Apr 5, 2022 | News, Video

Alicia Baumann and Haolin Zhu, Senior Lecturers at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, have implemented gamification elements into their engineering courses. Baumann and Zhu added challenges throughout the semester and in different media forms to engage their...

Academic Innovators: Alexandra Mehlhase’s SparkyBot

Feb 15, 2022 | News, Video

Alexandra Mehlhase is a Software Engineering faculty member at the Polytechnic Campus who has created a Slackbot, called SparkyBot, to create more engaging, organized discussions in Slack. Mehlhase feels that “there is a hurdle to write a question” in formal...

MediaPlus: ASU launches new media delivery platform in December

Nov 23, 2021 | News

On December 6th, ASU is launching MediaPlus: a multimedia hosting and delivery platform created in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS)! MediaPlus will replace MediaAMP/Modalis as the media delivery platform for ASU. MediaAMP has been discontinued by their...