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Center for Instructional
Innovation and Assessment

INNOVATIVE TEACHING SHOWCASE

2005
2006
Larry Estrada
Edward Vajda
Kathleen Young
COLOPHON

2005-2006

Designers

The following staff of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment contributed to the design, graphic creation, video production, and coding involved in the Innovative Teaching Showcase: James Baird, Justina Brown, Karen Casto, Jylian Scott, Tyler Roemholdt, Jenna Wilson and Ben Greene.

Design Elements

  • Typefaces: Montserrat (Headings/titles), Playfair Display(Sub-headings), Droid Sans(Text), Baskerville (videos)
    All fonts used are part of Google Font
  • Colors: Gold (#8e7049), Crimson (#8d3936), Blue (#375e72), Light Blue (#DBE3EE), Page Background (#000000)

Software Used

  • PhotoShop / Illustrator
  • Dreamweaver / Visual Studio
  • AfterEffects
  • Premiere


Coding

  • Embedded Videos - This Showcase utilizes YouTube to play movies on the "Videos" pages, which only require the Flash player. By embedding YouTube's proprietary code for each of our movies into the HTML of the player pages, the movies play seamlessly within the design of the website.
  • Javascript


Image Permissions

All of the graphical design elements for the Innovative Teaching Showcase are original creations generated via in-house photography and graphic design. Photos purchased from iStock are used in accordance with iStock's content license agreement; photos obtained from Stock.xchng are used in accordance with Stock.xchng's image license agreement. All other copyrighted material on the website is used with permission.

 

 

Showcasee Pages

Larry Estrada


  • Portfolio

    • Map of Mexico - CIA World Factbook (public domain)
    • Portrait of Dr. Larry Estrada - Chris Huber (2006)
    • Fairhaven College at Western Washington University - Paul Edgeman (2006)
    • Dr. Estrada in Mexico for Contemporary Cultures of Mexico course - Photo taken by a member of Dr. Estrada's family (2001)
    • Students from Dr. Estrada's Contemporary Cultures of Mexico course - Sierra Schraf-Thomas, 2005
    • Mexican curanderas - Larry Estrada (2001)

 

  • Showcase Videos

    • Intro Segment
      • Music: Musica de vihuela de mano, Book 1 "El Maestro" Pavane No. 6
        Composed by Luis de Milan, performed by Tomek Kurjata
      • Iglesia de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca - Mitchell Powell (stock.xchng)
      • Mexican Woman and Saints - Tim & Annette (stock.xchng)
      • Ruins overlooking the Sea - Dave (stock.xchng)
      • Church Interior, Oaxaca - Stef Feijen (iStock)

    • Movie 1:
      • New York City, Manhattan 2006 - Russell McBride (iStock)

    • Movie 2:
      • Ruins overlooking the Sea - Dave (stock.xchng)

    • Movie 3:
      • Fairhaven & Rhododendrons - Paul Edgeman (2006)
      • Fairhaven & Brick Walkway - Paul Edgeman (2006)

    • Movie 4:
      • Classroom (iStock)
      • Nir Levy (iStock)
      • Students Looking at Books (iStock)
      • Fairhaven Greenery - Paul Edgeman (2006)

    • Movie 5:
      • Old Church Cloister, Oaxaca, Mexico - Randy Dollins (iStock)
      • Dr. Estrada with Group - Photo provided by Dr. Estrada.
      • Students by Fountain - Photo provided by Dr. Estrada.
      • Tropical Flowers on Steps - K. Timber (iStock)


Edward Vajda


  • Portfolio

    • Map of Russia-Siberia - CIA World Factbook (public domain)
    • Dr. Vajda interviewing V. A. Romanenkova - Staff of Siberian Languages Laboratory, Tomsk State Pedagogical University, 2005
    • Ket Shaman, Kellog Village - Heinrich Werner (1967)
    • Nomads in East Asia - Philipp Roelli, 2005 (public domain)
    • Ket Artifact (Doll) - Edward Vajda (2001)
    • Chinggis Khan - United States Library of Congress. This image has been released and is in the public domain.

    • Fulbright Fellowship Resource
      • State Public Scientific Technical Library - Permission requested 6/15/06
      • Old Tomsk State University - Zastavkin (iStock)
      • Bench under the Snow, Novosibirsk - Zastavkin (iStock)
      • Russian Ethnography Museum - saint-petersburg.com
      • Airplane Aisle - Andrew Dean (iStock)

 

  • Showcase Videos

    • Intro Segment
      • Music: Winter, from The Four Seasons
        Composed by Antonio Vivaldi, performed by the Furman Chamber Orchestra, Furman University, Greenville South Carolina
      • Siberian Mountains - Richard Rogers, 2005 (stock.xchng)
      • Altai Mountains in Southern Siberia 4 - Vladimir Ivanov, 2005 (stock.xchng)
      • Altai Mountains in Southern Siberia 3 - Vladimir Ivanov, 2005 (stock.xchng)

    • Movie 1:
      • Madujka Village - Andrey Nefedov (2006), a colleague of Dr. Vajda's from Tomsk
      • Forest River - Andrey Nefedov (2006), a colleague of Dr. Vajda's from Tomsk

    • Movie 2:
      • Horse - iStock
      • Nomads near Namtso - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
      • Nomadic Kazakhs on the Steppe, in present-day Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan - This work is from the collections of the United States Library of Congress. No information on copyright protection has been given for this particular work, thus it is presumed in the public domain in the United States.
      • Great Wall - iStock
      • Mongol Archer - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.
    • Movie 3:
      • Russian Buildings: Image provided by Edward Vajda

    • Movie 4:
      • Taiga - Andrey Nefedov (2006), a colleague of Dr. Vajda's from Tomsk
      • "How the Cuckoo Came to Be" - Staff of Siberian Languages Laboratory, Tomsk State Pedagogical University, 2005

    • Movie 5:
      • Snowy Woods, Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk - Edward Vajda (1998)
      • Native Ket Speakers, 3 photos, Still images from video - Staff of Siberian Languages Laboratory, Tomsk State Pedagogical University, 2005
      • Madjka Lake - Andrey Nefedov (2006), a colleague of Dr. Vajda's from Tomsk


Kathleen Young


  • Portfolio

    • Map of Bosnia - CIA World Factbook (public domain)
    • Tending Graves - Andrew Holcom, 2005
    • WWII Monument - Andrew Holcom, 2005
    • Monument in Sarajevo - Andrew Holcom, 2005
    • Dr. Kathleen Young with anthropology students - Photo taken by an anonymous passerby using Andrew Holcom's camera, 2005
    • Monument commemorating the siege of Sarajevo - Andrew Holcom, 2005

    • Student Reflections Resource
      • Jessica O'Neil - Natalie Cooper, 2005
      • All other photos on this page - Andrew Holcom, 2005

    • "Because I Was There" Essay Resource
      • All photos - Andrew Holcom, 2005


  • Showcase Videos:

    • Intro Segment and Movie 1:
      • Music: Nocturne Op. 19
        Composed by Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, performed by Reiner Hochmuth
      • All photos were taken by Andrew Holcom, an anthropology student who joined Dr. Young in Bosnia and Herzogovina in 2005.
    • Movie 2:
      • Hospital Room - Jyn Meyer (stock.xchng)
      • Peace Palace in The Hague - Lisa Kyle Young (iStock)

    • Movie 3:
      • Peace Palace in The Hague - Grozdan Popov (iStock)

    • Movie 4:
      • Brick wall with peace/hands sign - Andrew Holcom, 2005
      • Bullets & Graffitti - Andrew Holcom, 2005

    • Movie 5:
      • View over Sarajevo from Hillside Artillery Position - Andrew Holcom, 2005
      • Stained Glass Windows - Andrew Holcom, 2005

 


Notes on Purchased Images


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