Implementing Innovation Grant

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

Deadline: January 9, 2006

Purpose: Create and implement innovative, multi-disciplinary uses of one or more of IU’s learning environments (see overview) to enhance student learning. Successful candidates will contribute to the IU good practices database, submit their work to an appropriate 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. Applicants to the Implementing Innovation grant are encouraged to apply as teams with one faculty member (usually the program director) to be identified as the Principle Investigator and additional team members as project investigator(s).

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 nine months of the completion of the project. Each fellow will give an account of the evaluation processes and results.

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, and participate in at least one Summer Leadership Forum.

Criteria Guidelines

Each proposal for Implementing Innovation should include the following sections:

  1. Background: Description of pedagogical need for the project.
  2. Overview: How will the project improve student learning?
    • Use of Technology
      • Does the proposal take advantage of IU’s learning environment?
      • Is it likely to lead to collaboration that will help IU improve or expand its classroom and online learning environment?
      • Does the project make use of instructional technology in a new or different way?
        • Instructional design
      • Is it clear how the technology will be used to support the approach?
        • Potential to impact student learning
    • Is the proposed design well articulated?
    • Is the instructional approach clear and appropriate to the project ?
    • Will the proposed project encourage active learning, provide prompt feedback, respect varied learning styles, and foster collaboration?
    • Is the connection between the project and improved student learning outcomes made explicit?
    • Will the project:
      • foster depth of learning?
      • support IU campus efforts to improve retention?
      • be applicable for the learning of large numbers of students?
      • consider potential applications for K-12 or community environments?
    • Application of Learning Environment
      • Does the project have direct correlation to the use of learning environments at IU?
      • Will the project:
        • utilize one or more of the environments indicated above?
        • extend the use of learning spaces?
        • include assessment or presentation facilities of the ePortfolio?
  3. Assessment: What measures will be used to gauge student learning outcomes?
    • Does the project proposal contain a well-developed assessment plan, including:
      • provisions for assessing student learning outcomes?
      • proposed strategies to obtain good measures of performance?
      • anticipated use of ePortfolio?
  4. Implementation plan: How will the project be implemented?
    • What is the timeline?
    • Is the proposed timeline realistic given the project goals?
    • What are the implementation activities?
    • Was any sort of successful past track record of accomplishment in this or a related area provided with the project proposal?
  5. Budget: Total budget should not exceed $15,000 for Implementing Innovation proposals.
    • 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).

Note: Travel should not be a significant part of the budget and release time requires a one-to-one match. Applicants may request stipends/release time without the required one-to-one match from the department or school. However, this would be considered a special request and the reason for the request must be fully documented in the grant application.

Proposal Submission