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2012 Teaching With Technology Institute

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Deadline for submission: 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2012

TTI Proposal Form in MS Word Format

Recent Teaching With Technology Institute Award recipients

INTRODUCTION

The Teaching with Technology Institute helps faculty integrate instructional technology into their teaching, increase their technology skills and comfort, and explore the effective use of technology in support of learning. The Institute provides individual consultations on pedagogy and technology, sustained one-on-one support for faculty grantees during course planning and while the course is being taught, and hands-on technological training. Awards of $2500, to be used at the discretion of recipients, are available. The TTI is a collaborative initiative sponsored by CRLT, the Library, and schools and colleges from across campus. It is administered through CRLT.

PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

The TTI program requires

  • three morning meetings for all grantees in April/May 2012:
    • April 30
    • May 1
    • May 18
  • a meeting for all grantees in the 2012-13 academic year;
  • a "final reunion" meeting for all grantees in May 2013;
  • individualized consultations with TTI staff;
  • a written report or web links with a summary overview, to be submitted within three months following the completion of the project. TTI consultants are available to assist you in documenting your project's implementation and learning outcomes. See report guidelines (PDF).

ELIGIBILITY

The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to members of the following groups: all tenured and tenure-track faculty, clinical instructional faculty, and lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities (i.e., an assignment from the dean, chair, or designee to develop a new course or significantly revise an existing course). Faculty with various technology skill levels and experience with instructional technology – from novice to expert – are invited to apply.

To ensure that a variety of applicants have the opportunity to implement innovative teaching and learning activities, recipients of TTI grants during an academic calendar year (Sept-August) will not be eligible to receive funding for an TTI grant during the next academic calendar year, but are welcome to apply again in the following year.

PROPOSAL CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

All applications are handled electronically and must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

  1. Download and complete this proposal form, which includes the following areas:
    • BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION: Briefly provide the instructional objectives for the course and give the context for your project proposal. You may also include whether specific requirements are satisfied by the course (i.e. writing, humanities, race/ethnicity, prerequisite for upper level courses).

    • INSTRUCTIONAL ISSUE OR INNOVATION: Describe the instructional issue or innovation you expect this project to address.

    • EXPECTED OUTCOME: If you integrate technology into your teaching, why and how will it engage students and help you achieve the expected impact on student learning?

    • TEACHING APPROACH: Describe the learning activities and materials to be developed (e.g., in-class questions, assignments, student projects, etc.) and used with the chosen technology tool.

    • EVALUATION: Describe how you will evaluate the project, and in particular, what impact you expect the technology innovation to have. How will you know if the project is successful?

  2. Save the proposal form in PDF file format.
  3. Click on the Submit Application button at the top of this webpage.
    • Fill out the web form, which requires an abstract.
    • Upload the PDF file and submit your form.
    • The submit button is located at the bottom or that webpage.

FUNDING DECISIONS

The following criteria will be used to evaluate the proposals and select program participants:

  • potential impact on student learning,
  • inclusion of sound pedagogy in the plan for using technology in teaching,
  • likelihood that other faculty members could use the technology
  • innovation, and
  • feasibility of implementing the project during the 2012-2013 academic year.

TTI applicants will be notified of decisions in early April.

EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROJECTS

For examples, follow this link to CRLT’s TTI Grant Projects Webpage: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/inst/TTIProjects2011.php

DEADLINES

Applications must be received by 4:00pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

Pre-submission consultations are available for faculty who desire assistance in defining their goals and designing a technology project. To arrange a consultation with a TTI consultant, or if you have questions about the TTI grant, contact Erping Zhu at 763-3757 or email ezhu@umich.edu

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