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Introduction:

CETL is pleased to announce a $3,000.00 grant to enhance innovative teaching that focuses on student engagement, active learning, meeting learning outcomes and student success.

Proposals must include innovative approaches to teaching and learning and detail how active teaching and learning strategies will be implemented and evaluated.

Up to five grants of $3,000 each will be awarded yearly.   The award will be distributed in two equal installments; $1,500 will be provided at the beginning of the grant (summer) and the remaining $1,500 will be given upon submission of the final report.

Purpose:

Awards are meant to give faculty time and funding to work on instructional improvement projects in their field that involve activities and time beyond the teaching preparation normally expected of faculty.  It is expected that the project will be implemented and assessed within the next academic year. During this period, applicants may not be working on any other funded project (through e-LIS or department) similar to the proposed project.

Proposals for new courses or for significant course redesign should be based on innovative teaching methodologies, development of new teaching materials for active teaching and learning, and/or new technologies.

Eligibility:

Tenure-track, tenured faculty, and full-time teaching instructors (i.e. special instructors, full-time adjunct and visiting professors) may apply for the grant.  Each application must be supported (signature on cover sheet) by the applicant’s chair/program director.  Two or more faculty working collaboratively may submit a proposal for a single fellowship with division of payment for each participant indicated.

Project Requirements:

• Cover page- with signature of  chair/dean (for cover page, click here)
  
• Proposal- up to 3-5 pages

Project Proposal:

The proposal should be approximately three to five typed, double-spaced pages and must address the following: 

1. Description of the need for the design or redesign of the course.  Why is it necessary to develop new instructional approaches?  In what ways does this project go beyond normal teaching preparation?
   

2.  Description of the project.  How will this course design or redesign address the need described in item one?  Describe, in particular, the innovative and creative aspects of the project.

3.  Teaching innovation, active learning.  In what ways are these innovative approaches to teaching and learning for you, your department, or your field? Explain how new approaches will be incorporated. Provide pedagogical support.

5.  Impact on learning.  Describe how you expect this project to improve student engagement, student learning outcomes, and student success. Clearly describe the relationship between the proposed activities and the anticipated student learning outcomes.

6.  Evaluation.  Include a proposed assessment plan that will evaluate the effectiveness of the course or project on the quality of student learning resulting from the new approach to teaching developed with this fellowship.  Multiple methods of evaluation are encouraged.  Evaluation measures might include midterm assessments, peer reviews, student focus groups, pre-and post-tests, questionnaires, end of term student ratings, interviews, samples of student work, reflective student writing, etc. 

7.  Timeline.  Indicate the proposed timeline for the project from the preparation and planning during the summer period, through actual implementation with students when the course is taught, and the point at which final assessments and your final report will be completed.  Please include the percentage of a normal work week (40 hours), during the summer period that will be devoted to this project.

Application Procedure:

The applicant should sign the proposal cover sheet, obtain signatures from the department head and appropriate dean/director (scan cover sheet) and submit one complete proposal (with scanned cover sheet) as attachments to CETL at cetl@oakland.edu. Applicant names should not appear on any page of the proposal other than the cover sheet 
(for cover page click here).

Deadlines:

Completed applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1^st.

Selection Process: 

Proposals will be blindly reviewed by members of the CETL Advisory Board and will be ranked based on the selection criteria described below.

Selection Criteria:

(20) Problem/need:  the degree to which the project or course design/redesign addresses a significant pedagogical need and its likelihood of success in addressing the need specified.

(30) Teaching innovation and use of active learning strategies:  the degree to which the approaches are innovative for the individual, the department, or the field, and pedagogically sound; and the degree in which active learning strategies are planned to be implemented.

(20) Potential impact:  potential for enhancing student engagement, active learning, meeting learning outcomes and increasing student success.

(20) Evaluation:  appropriateness and effectiveness of the proposed evaluation process in

        assessing the impact of the project on student learning.

(10) Time Commitment: Clear evidence that significant time (beyond the normal course preparation time) will be devoted to planning, implanting and assessing this course.