Faculty First - 2002 Invitation to Propose
The Innovative Technology Center (ITC) invites applications from individual full-time faculty members interested in receiving design and development help in reshaping a course or course component to enhance teaching through technology. We are looking for faculty who are willing to work with the ITC staff to enhance a course with traditional or emerging technologies.
What's In It For You?
The primary focus of the Faculty First Program is development and technical assistance. You offer the ideas and serve as subject matter expert, and ITC staff will do the development for you, incorporating the appropriate technology into your course.
Another benefit of the Faculty First Program is regular consultations throughout the development process with the creative and technical staff of the ITC. We have visual designers, instructional designers, and programmers to make your ideas become a reality and enhance learning for your students.
If you need to talk through your ideas, you can schedule a one-on-one consultation with an ITC staff member before submitting your proposal. Call Kathy Bennett at 974-5735 or email kbennett@utk.edu.
Examples of Project Ideas:
Examples of ways we will assist program recipients include, but are not limited to, developing course materials for use within Online@UT (powered by Blackboard), through a Web site, or on a CD-ROM.
Your ideas can:
Enhance an existing course with graphics, media, instructional design, or a web-presence.
For example:
- creating a web-based instructional module
- creating a web-based student assignment that's submitted via a web form and archived with a database
- creating a course web site within Online@UT (powered by Blackboard)
- adding 2-dimensional images to an existing web or multimedia project
- creating a standalone interactive movie utilizing DVD delivery mode
- developing online interactive learning experiences
Focus on receiving ITC help, including development, with:
- visual conceptualization of your content
- custom interface design and architecture
- planning, recording, editing, and incorporating video or audio into a web/multimedia project
Develop a new course with technological components.
Continue to expand upon a project from a previous grant opportunity.
What Are the Requirements for Eligibility?
Full-time faculty with instructor rank or above are eligible to apply. Experts, novices, and non-users of technology are all encouraged to participate. Previous Hewlett Fellowship and other ITC technology grant recipients are eligible to apply, including recipients of the 2001 Faculty Desktop Refresh Program.
How Do You Submit a Proposal?
Please submit your proposal as either a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file attached to an email to ff2002@itc.utk.edu
If you have any questions regarding this grant opportunity, please contact Kathy Bennett at 974-5735 or email kbennett@utk.edu.
Proposal Guidelines
1. Cover page
To include the following information:
- Project Title
- Your Name & Title
- UT Campus & Mail Address
- Your College and Department
- Phone Number
- Email
2. Abstract
Provide a one-paragraph summary of the project to be developed.
3. Narrative
A narrative (maximum 3 single or double-spaced pages) that includes the following information
- Project Need:
Discuss why the proposed project is needed, how it may enhance student learning
or improve upon the way the course is currently taught.
- Project Description:
Describe the project in detail, including the intended content and how you want it to work.
- Project Schedule:
Provide a timeline listing the major tasks for this project with anticipated completion dates for each task. Think of this timeline as including the following phases:
- Phase I:
Initial meeting(s) with an ITC staff member(s) to discuss your idea and determine the best approach.
- Phase II:
Work with the ITC team to develop your project. You will be responsible for content and project reviews.
- Phase III:
Implementation with your class(es) and student evaluation.
4. Statement of institutional support
A brief statement of support from your department head will need to be submitted as part of the proposal. This may be emailed to ff2002@itc.utk.edu or faxed to 865-974-8655.
What Are the Deadlines?
The deadline for submission is Monday, November 19, 2001 at 5:00pm.
Projects must be completed by August 12, 2002. Summarized results of student evaluation of your project need to be submitted to the ITC after your project is implemented. (The ITC will supply an electronic evaluation form that you may use or edit.) You will also be required to submit a final report that provides the following information:
- Course title and brief description
- Number of students affected
- Semesters the course was/is taught
- How you enhanced the course with technology and the results
- What you would still like to accomplish (post-project implementation)
- The URL to the course and/or screen shots
