Software Applications
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The University of Michigan is a rich ecosystem of educational innovation, however not all initiatives have the opportunity to mature or are widely adopted. Digital enterprises too often lack the resources to fully grow from early innovation to widespread adoption. The Center for Academic Innovation’s Software Application team exists as both a response and solution to this challenge. CAI works with user communities to grow tools to maturity, and establishes a pathway to scale through collaboration across U-M’s digital ecosystem. With a team of developers, designers, behavioral scientists, data scientists and student fellows, CAI helps translate digital engagement tools from innovation to infrastructure.
In 2015 the Personalizing at Scale project was funded through the Third Century Initiative Intensifying Student Learning grant. In the summer of 2015 the CAI [agreed to incubate the Digital Innovation Greenhouse ] DIG then hired a team of software developers to begin refining and growing ART 2.0, Student Explorer, and ECoach. This team of developers established a Student Fellows Program to provide additional expertise with educational tool development around programming, user experience design and community of practice management. In the fall of 2015 students arrived back on campus and were able to benefit from the revamped tools in the DIG portfolio.
DIG is developing personalized educational technology that will have a massive positive impact on the U-M residential experience for both undergraduate and graduate students across campus. These tools will be used by U-M students, faculty, and staff and will provide unique pathways for success not previously possible at the University.
In 2020 DIG is helping the University scale and adopt a wide variety of educational software innovations from the University’s research community, working with their user communities to grow them to maturity, and establishing a pathway to scale through collaboration across U-M’s digital ecosystem. These innovations are improving learning outcomes for wide cross-section of University students, faculty and staff and have helped U-M lead the way in redefining residential education in the 21st Century.
Timothy McKay, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, ECoach Team Lead
August Evrard, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, ART 2.0 Team Lead, Problem Roulette Team Lead
Barry Fishman, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Information and Professor of Education, GradeCraft Team Lead
Anne Gere, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Education, Professor of English Language and Literature, Director of Sweetland Writing Center, M-Write Team Co-Lead
Ginger Shultz, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, M-Write Team Co-Lead
Elisabeth Gerber, John L. Walker, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Policy and Research Associate, Center for Political Studies, ISR, Policymaker Team Lead
Perry Samson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, Entrepreneurial Opportunities Lead, WILD Learning Systems Team Lead
Holly Derry, Lead Behavioral Scientist
Carly Thanhouser, Behavioral Scientist
Ben Hayward, Lead Developer
Cait Holman, Lead Developer, Doctoral Candidate, School of Information
Kris Steinhoff, Lead Developer
Chris Teplovs, Lead Developer
Dave Harlan, Developer
Kushank Raghav, Developer
Oliver Saunders, Developer
Marie Hooper, User Interface Developer/Designer
Kristen Miller, User Experience Designer
Mike Wojan, User Experience Designer
Kyle Schulz, Data Scientist
Tim McKay, DIG Faculty Director
Mike Daniel, DIG Operational Director
Amy Homkes-Hayes, DIG Lead Innovation Advocate
Camille Ulrich, DIG Operational Coordinator
User Experience and Design Interns
Nathan Magyar, School of Information
Abhraneel Sarma, School of Information
Jie-Wei Wu, School of Information
Hsin-Ju Yen, School of Information
Personalization Interns
Ann Carroll Burke, LSA and School of Education
George Perrett, School of Public Health
Marisa Xheka, School of Information
Software Development Interns
Samantha Silviera, College of Engineering
Yuan Tian, College of Engineering