Three Technology Initiatives

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching is pleased to announce three requests for proposals (RFP) for technology-based projects. Please use the table below to compare the three RFPs.

	Technology Infusion Projects	Technology Enhanced Curriculum	Rich Media Projects
General Description	Supports faculty use of existing technology and media to enhance teaching and student learning with a classroom research project to focus on the technology's effect on teaching and learning	Supports the development and teaching of hybrid and online courses	Supports faculty creation of rich media products Rich media products are websites and CD-ROMs that: Combine different types of media (e.g., text, images, video, audio, animation, databases). Allow for some degree of interactivity on the part of the user. Result from more ambitious projects than a faculty member might normally take on.
Structure	Phase I: Planning and development Phase II: Implementation and assessment	Phase I: Planning and development Phase II: Implementation and assessment	Phase I: Writing a design document Phase II: Implementation Phase III: Testing and evaluation Phase IV: Continued support
Time Frame	These projects last two semesters (or one semester and one summer)	These projects last two semesters	These projects last at least three semesters (or two semesters and one summer), often longer.
Start date(s)	Spring or Summer 2005	Fall 2004 or Spring 2005	Spring or Summer 2005
Level of Funding	Two semesters with $500 stipends. In a few cases, a semester of release time may be granted. A modest software and hardware budget may be available.	Two semesters with $400 stipends and a software and hardware budget.	One semester of release time (or a $2,000 summer stipend) followed by two semesters of $500 stipends.
Administered by	Gayna Stevens-Credle, Ph.D., Instructional Design Specialist, Center for the Advancement of Teaching		Bart Everson, Multimedia Artist
	Technology Infusion Projects proposal guidelines	Technology-Enchance Curriculum proposal guidelines	Rich Media Projects proposal guidelines

A part of the August 2004 RFP Multipack.