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GTA@itc!
- 2005 grant recipients
Kasey Baker
GTA, English Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Module Title:
English 102 - "Virtual Idea Portfolios: Developing
the Ideas Behind the Writing and Creating Academic Coherence"
This course component is a virtual component of the English
102 class that will allow students to respond to ideas
they encounter in class through any media they choose,
and to have those responses housed in a virtual portfolio
of ideas, outside of the realm of traditional academia
but included in the web-based facet of the class. This
virtual portfolio of ideas will allow each student to connect
academic interests, to improve abstract and critical thinking
abilities, and to experiment with different media in order
to conceive truly their thoughts and express them more
effectively. The virtual portfolio will work with the students'
writing portfolio to help shape and sharpen their academic
writing.
To view the Fall Call For Proposal for the Spring 2005 GTA@itc! grant
click the
link below:
GTA@itc! - Call For Proposal
GTA@itc! - 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 Spring 2005.
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
two 2-hour workshops at the Innovative Technology Center during the Fall Semester, 2004. 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:
October 15, November 15, December 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, April 13, 2005 (for Spring 2005 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, September 3, 2004 at 5:00pm
EST. Award recipients will receive email notification on Friday,
September 17, 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:
- 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
- Abstract
Provide a one-paragraph summary of the course or course component/s to be developed.
- 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.
- Statement of Institutional Support
A brief statement of support from your department head or course advisor will
need to be submitted with the proposal.
Stacey Pigg
GTA, English Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Module Title:
English 101 - "Interactive Radio Essays:
Creating Community and Dialogue in First-Year Composition"
This six-week component of the English101 class incorporates
a two-minute researched radio essay project, which will
allow students to compose oral arguments while they are
introduced to the technology available to them. During
the course of this project, students will use web space
to store both drafts and final copies of their two-minute
audio files, and they will workshop their texts in online
group and paired writing workshops using a chat format.
After recording final drafts of their audio essays, students
will turn from their radio essays toward producing a longer
piece of written work that incorporates sound and/or graphics.
The online components of this unit will provide major advantages
for students, as the easy accessibility of the web space
will streamline the revision process and the online writing
workshops will promote dialogue within the class. Thus
the word 'interactive,' with all of its technological and
social implications, is particularly useful for describing
the focus of this project -- using technology and innovative
techniques to foster community, collaboration, and sociability
between members of the class as they develop literacy and
language skills.
To view the Spring Call For Proposal for the Fall 2005 GTA@itc! grant
click the
link below:
GTA@itc! - Call For Proposal
GTA@itc! - 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 2005.
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 during the month
of February, 2005. 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, 2005
- 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, 2005
(for Summer 2005 implementation) or Monday, December 19, 2005 (for Fall 2005
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, 2005 at 5:00pm
EST. Award recipients will receive email notification on Friday,
February 11, 2005.
If you have questions regarding this grant opportunity please contact
Christina Goode ( cgoode@utk.edu) or Harriette Spiegel ( hspiegel@itc.utk.edu)
at 974-9670.
Proposal Guidelines:
- 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
- Abstract
Provide a one-paragraph summary of the course or course component/s to be developed.
- 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.
- Statement of Institutional Support
A brief statement of support from your department head or course advisor will
need to be submitted with the proposal.
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