TSYS School associate professor of computer science Rodrigo Obando has been nominated by the Turner College's Awards & Scholarships Committee for the 2025 CSU Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Award. This award recognizes and rewards the efforts of faculty members who develop and practice innovative methodologies in pedagogy. This award showcases the creative innovations of the faculty members that facilitate enhanced learning. This award specifically focuses on the uniqueness of the "program actions" that increase student interest and drive achievement. This award recognizes the effort and documentation of outcomes by the faculty member attempting to create a new learning strategy or methodology and celebrates the faculty's willingness to expand boundaries of traditional and established teaching strategies. Obando's award portfolio indicates that he has tried many ways to innovate in his classes and each one has required a different method of delivery. For example, in his board game design course Obando covers the history of games. In doing so, his students are tasked with quickly creating and testing a simple board game. Additionally, the students are also required to learn about and explain how to play various commercial board games. Both of these exercises provide an opportunity for the students to work in groups and to create a final project. In conducting his data structures course, Obando establishes an apprenticeship type of environment wherein develops structures and algorithms in class while students follow along. He approaches the problems as if they are being done for the first time, seeking students' assistance when his work includes errors. This approach provides a hands-on type of experience for students. Turner Business wishes Obando the best of luck in April 2025, when the winner of the award will be named.
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