Examining Innovation Grant

Requirements and Responsibilities | Eligibility Requirements | Responsibilities of an AT&T Fellow | Criteria Guidelines | Proposal Submission

Deadline: September 19, 2005

Purpose: Conduct applied research on instructional strategies using one or more of IU’s learning environments (see overview) and advocate for technology innovation. Successful candidates will contribute to the IU good practices database, submit their results to an appropriate journal or other outlet, and make campus presentations.

Requirements and Responsibilities

Applicants are encouraged to involve the teaching and learning centers on the IU campuses in their proposals or the preparation of them. These centers include the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at IUPUI, the Teaching and Learning Technologies Centers (TLTC) at IUB, and similar centers on regional campuses.

Eligibility Requirements

All full-time faculty at Indiana University are eligible. Adjunct and part-time faculty must be able to demonstrate a successful and sustained teaching record at IU. This would include the use of a combination of tools including the assessment manager, gradebook, message forums, chat, course mail, schedule tool, syllabus and library tools.

Responsibilities of an AT&T Fellow

AT&T Fellows are expected to document their findings in a detailed report filed with the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology within five months of the distribution of the project funds.

Fellows are expected to share their findings with colleagues during the grant period at selected events as well as serve as faculty mentors and advocates for technology, contribute information to the IU good practices database, submit their results to an appropriate journal or other outlet, and participate in at least one Summer Leadership Forum.

Criteria Guidelines

Each Examining Innovation proposal should include the following sections:

  1. Background: Description of the research to be conducted on the use of Oncourse CL and/or ePortfolio as part of IU’s learning environment.
  2. Overview: How will the research project encourage other faculty in adoption and innovation in this new learning environment?
    • Use of technology
      • Does the proposal focus on IU’s learning environment?
      • Is it likely to lead to collaboration that will help IU improve or expand its classroom and online learning environment?
      • Will the research report on use of instructional technology in a new or different way?
      • Will the research focus on new opportunities in Oncourse CL and/or the ePortfolio?
    • Application of Learning Environment
      • Does the project have direct correlation to the use of learning environments at IU?
      • Will the project research one or more of the environments indicated above?
      • Will the project consider the use of learning spaces?
  3. Assessment: What measures will be used to gauge effective research in the new environment?
    • Does the research proposal contain a well-developed assessment plan, including:
      • provisions for assessing effective use of the new tools?
      • proposed strategies to obtain good measures of effectiveness?
  4. Implementation plan: How will the research be accomplished?
    • What is the timeline?
    • Is the proposed timeline realistic given the research goals?
    • What are the research activities?
  5. Budget: Total budget should not exceed $5,000. (travel not allowed)
    • Is the budget reasonable in light of the categories of support requested?
    • Are the budget categories justified in the proposal narrative?
    • What are the proposed uses of AT&T resources? (i.e., materials or software, purchased services, stipends, faculty release time, other expenses).

Proposal Submission