GTA@itc! Grant Fall 2008

Invitation to Propose:
The Innovative Technology Center invites applications twice a year (Fall and Spring) from Graduate Teaching Assistants or Associates interested in expanding their teaching practice by redesigning a course or course component for Web-based delivery. We encourage applicants who are interested in reworking the content of a course for delivery in Online@UT.

Award:
If selected, you will receive an award of $500 to be used for travel and/or professional development purposes. Monies will be distributed as extra service pay. You will be paired with an ITC Graduate Student Assistant mentor to assist you in the redesign and development of your course component for online delivery. Course must be taught during Summer or Fall, 2008.

Eligibility:
You must be a Graduate Teaching Assistant or Associate within an academic department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Although you may be supervised by a professor, department head, and/or course advisor, you must have sole responsibility for teaching a class in order to apply.

If you are chosen as a grant recipient, you must be willing to attend a 4-hour workshop at the Innovative Technology Center during the month of February, 2008. The time and date for the workshop will be determined based on grant recipient's schedules.

Assessment:
If you are selected as a grant recipient, your responsibilities include:

• Submitting your reflections on the redesign process to your ITC Graduate Assistant mentor once a month. Reflections are due: March 15, April 15, May 15, 2008
• Designing and implementing a student assessment of your new course or course component
• Writing a final reflection submitted no later than Friday, August 15, 2008, (for Summer teaching), or Friday, December 10, 2008 (for Fall teaching). This should cover the process and results of implementing the redesigned course or course component, and a description of the student assessment and its results.

Submitting Your Proposals:
Please submit your proposal as either a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file attached to an e-mail. Send your proposal to GTA@itc.utk.edu. The deadline for submission is Friday, February 8, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Award recipients will receive e-mail notification on Friday, February 15, 2008.

If you have questions regarding this grant opportunity please contact Dr. Christina Goode (cgoode@utk.edu) or Harriette L. Spiegel (hspiegel@itc.utk.edu) at 974-9670.

Proposal Guidelines:

1. Cover Page to include the following information:
   
   • Project title
     
   • Course taught
     
   • Your name, title, phone number, e-mail, and UT campus address with four-digit campus zip number
   • Your college and department, including the department account number
   • Your Dean: name, phone, and address with four-digit campus zip number
   • Your Department Head: name, phone, and address with four-digit campus zip number
   • Your Department IRIS Approver: Name, phone, and address with four-digit campus zip number
2. Abstract
   Provide a one-paragraph summary of the course or course component to be developed.
3. Narrative
   A narrative (maximum 3 single or double-spaced pages) that includes the following information:
   • Course Need: Discuss why the proposed course or course component is needed, and how placing your content online will enhance student learning.
   • Course Description: Describe the course or course component in detail, including the intended content.
   • Project Schedule: Provide a timeline listing the major tasks for this component with anticipated completion dates for each task. Think of this timeline as including the following phases:
   • Phase I: Initial meeting with ITC Graduate Assistant mentor to discuss the process of reworking course content for delivery in an online environment.
   • Phase II: Meeting with ITC Graduate Student Assistant mentor and other grant recipients to discuss pros and cons of progress to date; share with group what has been accomplished; ITC mentor to introduce online evaluation methods.
   • Phase III: Analysis of process; show completed course or course component.
   • Statement of Institutional Support
     A brief statement of support from your department head or course advisor will need to be submitted with the proposal. This statement should verify that you have sole responsibility for teaching the course.