Gaudio presents research at Innovative Idaho conference

Lorraine Gaudio, adjunct instructor in Anthropology and a 2025-26 Center for Teaching and Learning Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant Cohort participant, is studying how a redesigned Introduction to R Programming (DATA-R155) course can help students learn coding in an AI-rich era. The course redesign features specifications grading, learning memos, AI competency instruction, workflow supports, and iterative co-design with students and faculty.

With the Center for Teaching and Learning support, Gaudio developed the redesign into an Institutional Review Board-approved study of student learning. Her project examines whether the course redesign improves student outcomes and R Certificate progression relative to historical baseline data and a comparison course, while also measuring changes in students' learning habits, R programming proficiency and AI competencies.

Gaudio recently shared the project in a Lightning Talk and poster presentation at the 2026 Innovative Idaho conference. Her presentation and her poster are available through her presenter page on the Innovative Idaho website. Her work shows how scholarship of teaching and learning can help faculty turn real teaching challenges into evidence-informed inquiry that improves courses and contributes to broader conversations about teaching and learning.

Curious about exploring teaching through a scholarly lens? Interested in learning how to design and publish your own scholarship of teaching and learning research? Applications are now open for the 2026-27 SoTL Faculty Learning Community, a year-long program that guides faculty through designing, conducting, and sharing a SoTL study. Learn more on the SoTL support website.

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