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Learning & Teaching Enhancement Fund

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Fund. Breakfast with the Vice-Provost Academic September 9, 2013. Overview. The LTEF is an internal grant program : Supports/promotes better engagement in the classroom and scholarly research on higher education teaching,

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Learning & Teaching Enhancement Fund

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  1. Learning & Teaching Enhancement Fund Breakfast with the Vice-Provost Academic September 9, 2013

  2. Overview The LTEF is an internal grant program : • Supports/promotes better engagement in the classroom and scholarly research on higher education teaching, • Funds compelling new strategies which reflect Ryerson's commitment to classroom teaching our diverse student body

  3. Overview Funding range: $7,000 - $20,000 Submission deadline: October 20, 2013 Applications and guidelines are available at: www.ryerson.ca/lt/grants/ltef/index.html

  4. Theme: Connect, Engage, Inspire - Strategies and Tools for Today's Classroom Submissions must demonstrate that they: • Create or use teaching methodologies in an innovative way to enhance student experience; • Use online teaching tools and strategies to enhance courses; • Facilitate greater faculty expertise in engaging our diverse student body • Build on existing knowledge of the scholarship of teaching; or • Lead to transfer of knowledge (e.g. presentation to the wider community, publication, conference).

  5. Requirements- Continued Proposals must also: • Demonstrate impact (long term) • Provide a realistic budget • Be outcome based (the initiative makes a difference) The committee will consider other compelling ideas or higher grant amounts.

  6. Eligibility • The principal investigator must be a full-time faculty member (RFA) • Limited-term RFA members may also apply provided that their contract has at least two years remaining at the time of application • CUPE members are encouraged to participate as partners with RFA members.

  7. Process • Proposals vetted and ranked by a committee led by the LTO. • Members of the committee will include Teaching Chairs, faculty and Director, LTO. • Results of the process will be communicated to the individual applicants via internal mail. • Funds made available by January, 2013

  8. Stipulations • The LTEF is not an equipment fund • Teaching releases will not be funded • Funds made available in January 2013 are to be expended no later than January 31, 2014. • A mid term report will be due mid grant period • A final report is required from the grantee within one month following the end of the grant. • The final report must demonstrate how the funds awarded were used to achieve the goals of the LTEF.

  9. Anne McNeilly & Lisa Taylor School of Journalism This research aims to determine whether a "minimal marking" concept, which draws on experiential learning, can improve students' knowledge acquisition and save instructors valuable time now spent correcting surface-learning deficits, such as grammar, while marking papers/tests/assignments.

  10. Vincent Hui and Albert Smith Department of Architectural Science Title: Foundational Architectural Computing Modules Funded to create a web-based narrated video tutorials and interactive 3D models to improve on conventional architecture pedagogy.

  11. Mary Foster & Jane SaberTRSM Marketing • Creating a flipped classroom for MKT100 • Basic business concepts will be taught on-line • Experiential and applied learning techniques will be used in class • Students will apply business concepts to team based assignments • Students must come prepared • Will evaluate its value

  12. Alexandre Douplik & Aditya PandyaDepartment of Physics • Creating a completely hands free presentation system • Creating a gesture recognition system for the classroom to release the lecturer from the podium • Will create a 3D system to “grab” objects from the screen, manipulate them and rotate them for the students

  13. Melanie Panich, Jason Nolan, Garrick Filewod, Catherine Frazee, & Kathryn ChurchTitle: Out from Under, a Virtual Learning Environment Recreated the "Out from Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember” exhibit as an interactive, virtual world.

  14. Past Projects: Highlights Art Seto, Dr. Martin Habekost, Jason Lisi, Rich Adams School of Graphic Communications Management Title: Rethinking Learning Delivery Methods - Podcasting from Gutenberg to the iPhone and Beyond Funding to created 20 video podcasts on fundamental concepts of graphic design and pre-media, printing processes, bindery and finishing, and management.

  15. For more information: mreed@ryerson.ca http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/programs/ltef/

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