Teaching Innovative Research Fund (TIRF)
The CEI manages a fund for the promotion and facilitation of classroom-based research. The TIRF awards are competitive and they are made available to research projects aimed at improving classroom teaching effectiveness and student learning. A maximum of AED25,000 is awarded to each project and faculty are also provided with support and guidance for carrying out their projects.
Here is a list of projects that have received the TIRF award:
2019-2021
Discovering Student Affordance in the Experience of Virtual Reality Learning: Designing Virtual Reality Learning Platform
Donghee Shin
College of Communication and Media Sciences
Space and Learning: How can classroom seating arrangements contribute to students' learning and engagement
Gergana Al Zeer
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Metacognitive awareness training to promote divergent creativity in coillege students
Justin Thomas, Tai Broach, Maryna Verlinden Bondaruk, Mariana Coutinho
College of Natural and Health Sciences
Enhancing the research competency: A pedagogical training program for undergraduate students
Mazna Patka, Mariapaola Barbato, Jigar Jogia, Mona Moussa
College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Mindfulness-based stress reduction for exam and presentation anxiety: A pilot study
Teresa Arora, Mazna Patka, Justin Thomas, Mona Moussa,Mariapaola Barbato
College of Natural and Health Sciences
Edusemiotic Perspectives of Visual and Multimodal Social Media Learning
Zoe Hurley
College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Evaluating the effectiveness of Metacognitive Sensitivity feedback in reducing overconfidence bias among students at Zayed University
Mariana Coutinho, Justin Thomas, Maryna Verlinden Bondaruk
College of Natural and Health Sciences
The Tolerance Project Through Business Communication
Robyn Albers, Leslie Seawright, Jacquelyn Lowman
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Language Development Program in the College of Business
Paola Trejo Vences, Robyn Albers
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Leveraging multiple identities to address students' shyness in class
Hakim Hacid, Zakaria Maamar, Maryam Abdulla Alabdool, Noora Mohammed Alroken, Sumaya Mohammed Khoory
Recording architectural memory through UAE'syouth interaction with modern technology`; learning by doing.
Lina Ahmad, Marco Sosa
College of Arts and Creative Enterprises
E-Books for Emiratis
Zeina Hojeij, Rana Tamim, Chrysavgi Papagianni, Amir Kaviani, Lisa Isaacson
College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Learning how to Learn: Incorporating strategies form a popular MOOC into a conditional-entry, EMI classroom setting in the United Arab Emirates.
Aimee Grange
College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Group Project-based Learning vs. Individual Project-based Learning
Sadiq Midraj, Jessica Midraj, Mark Wyatt
College of Education
Digital Technology and Assurance of Learning in Business Schools: The Way For AACSB Accreditation
Suzanna Elmassah
College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Reading for Sustainable Success
Telma Steinhagen, Florence Muwana
Using Educational Technology to Improve ESOL Learners' Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension
Shytance Wren, Tamika Gordon
Enhancing Writing and Critical Thinking Using Online Interactive Activities
Shorouk Hanafy
Investigating the use of 360 feedback in UAE student group assessments
Timothy Daly, Christina Davison
College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Assessing the effectiveness of on-campus composting for learning sustainability in a higher education institution in Dubai
Carole Ayoub Moubareck
College of Natural and Health Sciences
Effects of Adaptive Learning Technology on Students' Learning in Developmental Math Education
Rola Salam
College of Natural and Health Sciences
2022-2024
Gamification and action-based learning in IT classrooms
Monther Aldwairi, Ahmed Shuhaiber College of Technological Innovation
Gamification of a business communication course using a business simulator
Simon Burfoot College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Experiential Learning: Cases of L'Oreal COIL
Ian Michael College of Business
Measuring Internship Alignment of Learning through the Application of Consumptive Metrics
Fokiya Akhtar, Tarannum Parker College of Communication and Media Sciences
Improvement of Student class engagement using a peer-to-peer teaching approach
Richard Ikuesan College of Technological Innovation
The impact of Gameful experiences through virtual reality on student engagement and stress: the mediating influence of cognitive load
Saifeddin Alimamy, Waqar Nadeem College of Interdisciplinary Studies
The Metaverse: Transforming College Education Learning : Student Affordance in the Experience of Metaverse Learning
Donghee Shin College of Communication and Media Sciences
To find out more about the TIRF awards, email: cei@zu.ac.ae
