Technology-Enhanced Curriculum Initiative

About the Initiative

This initiative is funded by a grant from the United Negro College Fund and will support the development (or revision) of curricula that incorporate new technology. The goal of this initiative is to improve the curriculum and hence, student learning, by integrating information technologies in appropriate and effective ways.

To this end, the initiative will promote the formation of small (3-5 member) faculty teams, each with a designated team leader. The faculty teams may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary. Teams will proceed through five distinct phases:

• Phase I - Planning and Research (Spring 2003): Faculty will collaborate in planning their curriculum development, setting specific goals for the team and doing the basic research necessary to determine what technological components they will integrate into the curriculum. Teams will focus particular attention on planning their own Summer Institute (Phase III, see below).
• Phase II - Preliminary Curriculum Development (Spring 2003): Faculty will prepare for their Summer Institute.
• Phase III - Summer Institute: Intensive Training and Curriculum Development (Summer 2003): This will be a one- or two-week period of intensive work with two goals: training and production. During the first portion of the institute, the community will receive training necessary for the successful implementation of the planned curriculum. During the second portion, the community will produce the new curriculum.
• Phase IV - Curriculum Implementation (Fall 2003 and Spring 2004): The individual faculty members from each team will put the new curriculum into practice in the classroom.
• Phase V - Evaluation and Reflection (Spring 2004): The Center will work closely with the teams to evaluate the effectiveness of the project as a whole, with attention to its impact on student learning.

The Center will serve in an advisory capacity during all phases, meeting with the teams and team leaders regularly, to ensure that the project is on track.

All Xavier faculty are invited to submit proposals for projects that will begin in Spring 2003.

Support

Each member of a team will receive:

• Semester stipend of $400
• Summer stipend of $2,000
• Assistance from Center staff in all phases of the project

Each team will have a hardware and software budget.

Proposal Guidelines

Teams of faculty members should submit 5 copies of a one- or two-page proposal to the Center by November 13, 2003. Also, please send a digital version of the proposal to the Center at cat@xula.edu. In the proposal, you should:

• Describe the curriculum development project in general terms. Describe the current status of the curriculum and how the curriculum will be different as a result of this project?
• List the courses that are involved and when are they taught. List the names of faculty involved in the team.
• Describe the technology that will be developed or incorporated into the courses. What teaching and learning problems, challenges, or opportunities will the technology help address?

Members of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable will review applications on a competitive basis. The review is not a blind review. Applicants will be notified of the results in early December 2003. An excerpt from the letter may be used to announce awardees and to describe their projects. If you have any questions, contact Todd Stanislav at ext. 7692 or send an e-mail.

Deadline: November 13, 2002
Applicants will receive notification of the results in early December, 2002.
A part of the October 2002 RFP Multipack.