Description

The Faculty Resource Center has generously offered funding for Online Course Enhancement Grants. Grants will be given for the purpose of helping faculty members enhance their online courses. Funding can be used for, but is not limited to, stipend (minus taxes), student employee, software, and hardware. The maximum grant to any one faculty member will be $3,000. A limited number of proposals will be funded.

Eligibility

Anyone who has taught an online course at UCCS is eligible to apply, including full time, part time, and honoraria faculty, and faculty with special appointments.

Guidelines

The grant recipient will work with an instructional designer in the Faculty Resource Center to incorporate best practices in teaching online. Faculty members must:

1. Have taught the course online for a minimum of one semester
2. Plan to enhance the course according to Quality Matters rubric (www.qmprogram.org) during the summer of 2013
3. Participate in the Teaching Online Certificate Program, May 28–July 12, 2013
4. Undergo a Quality Matters Review
5. Teach the course online in the fall of 2013 or the spring of 2014

The proposal should address the above requirements, how the money will be used, and how this grant will assist in the course enhancement. Proposals also need to address one or more of the following criteria:

1. Incorporating effective student-faculty and student-student communication
2. Integrating reflective or collaborative learning experiences
3. Preparing opportunities in which students learn through complex problems and real-world challenges using problem-based and inquiry-based strategies
4. Measuring learning through challenging and engaging assessments and rubrics
5. Using media/technology in engaging and effective ways

Application

Please submit a proposal outlining the above requirements and criteria, keeping the complete proposal package to three pages in length. Proposals must be submitted electronically to danderso@uccs.edu.

Application Deadline

Friday, February 1, 2013

The Faculty Resource Center will announce the grant winners in a timely manner.

Questions? Contact: David Anderson, Chair of the Faculty Awards Committee