Proposal Submission
Guidelines
Exploration
of New Technologies: A Three Year Project Supported by the Murdock Charitable
Trust, 2001-2004
Purpose
of the Project
To enable
faculty and staff to investigate and develop proficiency in new technologies
that can be used to enhance teaching, learning, research, and administrative
operations.
Faculty
Development/Curriculum Development Grants
Faculty may request up
to $2500 (in total) for any of the following items:
-
travel to
conferences or other colleges in order to learn about the use of new
technologies in their discipline;
-
student assistants who
can help faculty investigate or implement new curricular technologies;
-
new software packages that
may be useful for teaching or independent student research;
-
new types of hardware
devices that may be used to enhance classroom presentation, data
collection, data analysis, concept visualization, and other pedagogical
tasks;
-
technology evaluation
stipends will be provided to support faculty investigation and
assessment of new software, hardware, or online services.
Funding
Request Guidelines
Annual Murdock funds are
limited and will be distributed in response to written requests on a first-come,
first-served basis. To request faculty development or curriculum development
funding in any of the categories listed above, please send email to Martin
Ringle, Director of CIS, with the following information:
-
brief description of
activities/items for which funding is requested;
-
itemized list of anticipated
expenses;
-
timeline for relevant
activities;
-
potential benefit(s)
to Reed
All
grant recipients will be expected to submit a brief (1-2) page report of
their grant-supported activities that can be included in an annual report
for the Murdock Trust. Faculty will also be expected to present the results
of their investigations at a faculty "lunch-and-learn" event.
Please
send proposals (and direct any questions) via email to Marty
Ringle (ext. 7254).
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