GTA@itc! - 2004 Invitation to Propose:

The Innovative Technology Center invites applications 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 through your department. 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 2004.

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. Preference will be given to GTAs teaching multi-section classes.

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

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

• Submitting your reflections on the redesign process to ITC Graduate Assistant mentors once a month. Reflections are due:
  March 15, April 15, May 15, 2004
• Designing and implementing a student assessment of your new course or course component/s
• Writing a final reflection submitted no later than Friday, August 15, 2004 (for Summer 2004 implementation) or Monday, December 19, 2004 (for Fall implementation. This should cover the process and results of implementing the redesigned course or course component.

Submitting Your Proposals:
Please submit your proposal as either a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file attached to an email. Send your proposal to GTA@itc.utk.edu. The deadline for submission is Friday, February 4, 2004 at 5:00pm EST. Award recipients will receive email notification on Friday, February 06, 2004.

If you have questions regarding this grant opportunity please contact Julie Little (jklittle@utk.edu) or Harriette Spiegel (hspiegel@itc.utk.edu) at 974-9670.

Proposal Guidelines:

1. Cover Page
   To include the following information:
   • Project title
   • Your name and title
   • Your Phone Number
   • Your Email
   • Your UT Campus and Mail Address, Phone Number and Email
   • Your College and Department
   • The name, email, and address of your Department Head
   • The name, email, and address of the IRIS Representative of your Department
2. Abstract
   Provide a one-paragraph summary of the course or course component/s 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, 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 mentors and other grant recipients to discuss pros and cons of progress to date; share with group what has been accomplished; ITC mentors to introduce online evaluation methods.
• Phase III: Analysis of process; show completed course or course component.
4. Statement of Institutional Support
   A brief statement of support from your department head or course advisor will need to be submitted with the proposal.