Purpose
Funding
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Purpose

Funding

LTG projects are funded by Student Technology Fees, therefore funding can be requested for:

• equipment
• software
• in-house or outside design and production services
• external consulting
• materials
• technical staff support

Project budgets may extend over two fiscal years. Departments should demonstrate internal commitment to the project and provide additional support if possible. Equipment and software matching, faculty release time, space allocation and renovation are all be considered as support. Funds can be granted both to academic departments and to other units providing educational services to students (examples: University Libraries, Student Affairs, CTL, EITS).

1. Projects must focus on the innovative use of technology to enhance the educational experiences of students (undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional).
2. Funding cannot be applied to graduate assistantships, faculty release time, travel, or replacement of existing laboratory or classroom equipment.
3. Each project must have a project director. Project directors located in academic departments must be full-time faculty members. All directors are expected to play a significant role in project development and implementation.
4. No more than $15,000 can be requested for a one-year project or for each year of a two-year project. Subject to availability of funds and demonstration of sufficient progress, projects can extend over two years with a maximum total award of $30,000.
5. Awarded projects must be documented. Progress reports for two-year projects and final reports for all projects must be submitted no later than January 15 of the year following implementation of the project. Projects must also be available for site visits by representatives CAIT.
6. Grant recipients may be asked to present the progress of the project at a meeting of CAIT.

Projects are expected to include components in which students interact directly with technology.

Routine upgrades or modernization should not be requested from this program. The appropriate source of funding for those activities is the annual allocation of Student Technology Fee revenues to the units.

All proposals must be prepared using:

• layout described below, including budget format
• Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Writer, or Corel WordPerfect
• Times or Times New Roman font, 12 point (or equivalent)
• a minimum of 1" margins
• single or double spaced

The main sections of the document must not exceed 7 pages, including the cover page, but not including the reference section. The document must conform to the following format:

Cover Page Must use cover page form (download the MS Word version or Adobe Acrobat version) Cover page form includes proposal abstract (100-word maximum)

Section I. Project Description General description of project including a concise description of the following: nature of the innovation need/rationale relevance of the project to unit and University priorities specific courses or student groups benefiting from the project number of students served including undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional references to existing literature supporting the premise of the project (include the references section at the end of the document)

Section II. Budget & Timeline List technology, facilities, and other resources requested. Using the budget format below, itemize all project costs including external funding and support as well as requested funding from the LTG program. For two-year projects, a separate budget should be prepared for each fiscal year (July 1-June 30). Proposed Budget - View a Sample Budget justification narration Timeline for development of the project using the following format: Project timeline

Section III. Learning Outcomes learning outcomes and how resources will be used to achieve these outcomes methods for evaluating the project and learning outcomes (subsequent reports on successful grants will be judged in part on the evaluation criteria presented in the proposal) potential applications in other academic areas

Section IV. Support Plan Staffing and resources to be used to continue the initiative following LTG funding.

Proposals not complying with the above requirements and format will not be considered.

The application deadline for 2011-12 is Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Awards will be announced and funds will be released when the review process is completed, generally by December 1.

One hard copy of the proposal including the signed cover page should be submitted to CAIT in care of the Center for Teaching and Learning. In addition, an electronic copy of the proposal should also be submitted as a PDF attachment to a message sent by e-mail to Dr. Sherry Clouser, the CTL Liaison to CAIT, at cait@uga.edu.

1. Purpose and quality of the project including innovation and relevance to priorities of the unit and the University.
2. Extent to which students will interact directly with the proposed learning technologies.
3. Anticipated overall impact on program including number or proportion of students affected.
4. Potential application to other academic areas.
5. Budget justification and clarity.
6. Commitment and support of the requesting unit for the project including cost sharing.

Proposals will be reviewed by CAIT based on the listed proposal evaluation criteria. These criteria are weighted with the highest weight assigned to proposal evaluation criteria (1) and (2); followed by (3) and (4); with the lowest weight assigned to (5) and (6). In addition, CAIT will take into account the nature and number of exemplary projects that can be awarded with available funds and may offer partial funding for selected projects.

Project directors of successful proposals will be required to report to CAIT on progress or completion of project. Reports should follow this general outline:

1. Project Description
   1. nature of the innovation
   2. need/rationale
   3. relevance of the project to unit and University priorities
   4. specific courses or student groups benefiting from the project
   5. number of students served including undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional
   6. references to existing literature supporting the premise of the project
2. Learning Outcomes
   1. list of learning outcomes
   2. methods used to evaluate the learning outcomes
   3. methods used to evaluate the project
3. Findings
1. results
2. discussion/reflection
3. implications/recommendations for future study

CAIT may make onsite visits to projects as part of the evaluation process. Grant recipients may also be asked to present the progress of the project at a meeting of CAIT.

Previously funded projects may be reviewed via this Web site. See links above.

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