Penn Libraries has received a grant from the national MERLOT ELIXR initiative to create a faculty development theme module on nurturing student creativity through video projects. This year, seven theme modules have been funded nationwide.

The theme module titled Nurturing Student Creativity with Video Projects builds on the 2008 Thinking Creatively about Video Assignments project with five participants: Regina Austin (Law School), Peter Decherney (English and Cinema Studies, SAS), Louise Krasniewicz (Anthropology, Penn Museum), Andrew Lamas (Urban Studies, SAS) and Jacqui Sadashige (Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, SAS).

MERLOT ELIXR develops collaborations amongst faculty development centers and online resource repositories. Funded by the US Department of Education, its goal is to create innovative models for the development, sharing and use of discipline-oriented resources which illustrate exemplary teaching practices. Developed in Pachyderm, the theme module will integrate video, audio, multimedia and text.

For more information:
ELIXR project page
Anu Vedantham