Management professor wins technology award

The faculty displays featuring how technology is integrated in the classroom were among the highlights at the eighth annual Teaching and Learning with Technology Fair, held March 18 at the DeVos Center.

The event is sponsored by Educational Technology and the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center. Kim Kenward, instructional designer for Academic Computing, said the event allows faculty members to network with each other, as well as observe the 15 faculty exhibits.

Each year, the Teaching with Technology Award is presented to faculty member who best demonstrates how he or she integrates technology in the classroom. Parag Kosalge, assistant professor of management, was this year's recipient. He has played a central role in the design, development and delivery of new course offerings in e-commerce.

While teaching business management concepts, Kosalge requires that his students learn Service Oriented Architecture via different Internet services to devise a solution to a managerial problem.

H. James Williams, dean of the Seidman College of Business, said Kosalge is a technology leader in his department. "Given his specialty in information systems, it's appropriate that he enhance his classes as he does with various applications of technology," Williams said. "The skill and creativity he has make him an effective role model for faculty and students."

Deborah Bambini, assistant professor of nursing, demonstrated the computer-simulated mannequins that students use to practice working on patients. The mannequin's breath and heart rates can be changed through the computer, as can other factors to simulate patient conditions.         

Allison Adams, assistant professor of hospitality and tourism management, displayed the business management simulation program students to use a to manage a hotel. The program allows students to team up and compete against each other, based on how the success of their hotel.

Parag Kosalge speaks after receiving the Teaching with Technology Award at the annual faculty technology fair / Photo by Amanda Pitts