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Academic Technology
Davis Grant In 2004, MCLA was awarded $90,000 by the Davis Educational Foundation, part of The Davis Foundations of Falmouth Maine. Through this grant, the college was able to offer mini-grants to individual faculty members in support of projects to integrate new technology into their teaching or research. A total of 10 faculty members received grants in the 2-year period 2004-2006. The grant also facilitated the creation of a Center for Academic Technology to support faculty development in the use of presentation, computing, and communications tools in teaching. The Academic Technology Director oversees an academic technology lab, organizes workshops, hosts seminars with experienced faculty from other institutions, and gives one-on-one support to faculty. The Center sponsors, through development grants, the creation of technology enhanced courses. This grant supports the transformation of our academic core curriculum, our progress toward offering on-line education, our contributions to laptop initiatives in our surrounding middle schools and a move to one-to-one access to portable computing by all of our own faculty and students. Course enhancement mini-grants will be awarded to 4-6 MCLA faculty members this year. Funding for this project has been provided by a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation. Any publication resulting from activities funded by this project should acknowledge support of the Davis Educational Foundation. The primary goals of the project are to: Build faculty technology capacity Enhance learning experiences for students Design and demonstrate practical models for technology integration Promote faculty to faculty exchange on technology issues
Applicant Eligibility: Full-time members of the MCLA faculty are eligible to apply for mini-grant support for course enhancement to a maximum of $3,000. Up to six course enhancement mini-grants will be awarded for the 2005-2006 academic year. Purpose: The purpose of the Course Enhancement project is to provide support for the integration of technology in teaching and learning in classroom courses offered at the college. Any course is eligible for modification or enhancement with technology; however, preference will be given to core curriculum courses or to courses that make specific use of laptops in the classroom. Course Project Eligibility: Courses modifications and/or enhancements are to be prepared for implementation during the fall, 2006 or the spring, 2007, semesters. The proposal submitted for consideration must address the following criteria for selection: Describe in detail how you plan to incorporate technology into an existing course; Show potential for the impact of the effective use of technology on teaching and learning; Demonstrate a sufficient level of anticipated feasibility and success; Include a detailed budget showing costs; Include a detailed plan for assessing the outcomes of technology integration into your course.
Amount of Support: Awards are made to a maximum of $3,000, of which $1,500 will be awarded as a course development stipend and up to $1,500 may be awarded for professional development costs. All expenditures must be approved by the Dean of Academic Affairs. Course Assessment Plan: The required detailed assessment plan should consider the following issues: What evidence is there to demonstrate or verify that student learning has been enhanced or positively affected? To what extent does the technological innovation augment your pedagogy? What is the evidence you are using the technology effectively? How does student performance compare with performance under previous methods of instruction? What unanticipated benefits, if any, have accrued from the use of innovative technology in the course? Reporting: You will be expected to complete the following requirements over the one-year life of the grant; Submit a brief mid-year progress report; Submit a final report that is based on your assessment plan; Make an oral presentation of your report in a venue selected to share your work with other MCLA faculty; Participate in 4 exchange meetings with other Davis mini-grant recipients near the end of the one-year life of the grant. The brief mid-year progress report is to be submitted to Monica Joslin, Dean of Academic Affairs. The report is to summarize the progress of the project and should include the following: Describe the phases of the project and indicate current status; are you on track with the proposed activities? Describe the progress in terms of timeliness and/or milestones. Describe obstacles encountered and how addressed. The substantive final report is to be submitted to Monica Joslin, Dean of Academic Affairs. It should be based on your assessment plan and describe the process and outcomes of your project. Schedules for the oral presentations and the exchange meetings will be announced. Application: Applications are to be submitted to Monica Joslin, Dean of Academic Studies by November 15, 2005. Sample Davis Foundation Mini Grant Application The above guidelines are an adaptation of those from Providence College. 04/05 Recipients Linda Kenney
David Langston
Christine Woodcock
Michael Ganger
Matthew Silliman 05/06 Recipients David Langston
Gregory Scheckler
Frances Jones-Sneed
Paul LeSage
David Eve
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