1. An Exploration of Critical Thinking (1999-2000 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Barbara Fahey (Scottsdale Community College)
The development of an approach to the teaching of critical thinking that would make students aware of the quality and development of their own thinking skills.
(last updated May 9, 2000)

2. Articulating Service Learning And Brain Theory: Fostering Emotional Intelligence in the Community College Classroom (2004-2005 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Roselyn Turner (Estrella Mountain Community College)
The purpose of this project is to increase student learning by implementing instructional practices that foster Emotional Intelligence (EI) in the community college Service Learning (SL) classroom.
(last updated Oct 28, 2005)

3. Beyond Hybrid: Integrating Delivery Modes through Chimera Classes (2004-2005 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Craig Jacobsen (Mesa Community College)
This project seeks to develop a course model that allows traditional, online, and hybrid students to enroll, interact and collaborate within one section of the same course. Unlike a hybrid course, which blends elements of traditional and online courses to create the hybrid, a chimera course would allow traditional, online and hybrid models to coexist.
(last updated Oct 28, 2005)

4. Community-Based Research and Writing: New Directions for Composition Instruction (2002-2003 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Jonelle Moore (Mesa Community College)
The general goal for my MIL project was to continue to refine and develop a research and writing course involving collaborative and community-based learning while encouraging civic engagement.
(last updated May 4, 2003)

5. Content Integration through Strategic Social Structures and Interactions (2005-2006 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Nora Reyes (Mesa Community College)
My MIL project explored how programmatic social structures and student interactions impact students' ability to integrate content knowledge within authentic contexts.
(last updated Oct 28, 2005)

6. Critical Thinking in the Healthcare Environment (2004-2005 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Nancy Johnson (GateWay Community College)
In healthcare, specifically the diagnostic imaging environment requires students to process information at an analysis, synthesis and application level; a much higher expectation than at a knowledge level. Therefore the students need to develop and expand their critical thinking skills to be successful in their clinical settings and in didactic (lecture) courses.
(last updated Oct 28, 2005)

7. Customizing Instruction in New Learning Environments (2001-2002 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by John Gibson (Glendale Community College)
This project explores the use of diverse learning preferences to customize student instruction in new learning environments.
(last updated May 4, 2002)

8. Determining Effective Distance Learning Designs through Usability Testing (2002-2003 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Susan K. Miller (Mesa Community College)
My project examines the effective design and delivery of web-based writing courses. This study will add to discussions of distance learning course usability in the disciplines of rhetoric and composition, instructional technology, human computer interactions, and graphical user interface.
(last updated Sep 8, 2003)

9. Diversity Education: The Journey of Learning and Ownership of Principles (2002-2003 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Stephanie Fujii (Estrella Mountain Community College)
My project examined the process by which students integrate learning of specific diversity constructs (personal/social identity, in-group/out-group dynamics and privilege) into their own set of personal principles. The project's main goal was to have students move from thinking about diversity to the integration of diversity principles into their own thinking and processing.
(last updated Sep 8, 2003)

10. Explorations into Writing Anxiety: Helping Students Overcome their Fears and Focus on Learning (2003-2004 MIL Fellowship)
package shared by Diane Clark (Chandler-Gilbert Community College)
Many students exhibit unusually strong apprehension about writing, which often interferes with their ability to learn how to write effectively. This study explored the efficacy of an English 101 course designed specifically to help students overcome their writing anxiety while learning how to write more effectively.
(last updated May 4, 2004)