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Educational Innovation Grants 2014
The Educational Portfolio
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Workshops
› Welcome
› Information about the grants
› Focus and selection criteria
› Outline of proposal
› Q&A
› Resources
- University Of Sydney (ITL) grant resources
- OLT (Office for Learning and Teaching) resources
- People - time for consultation, questions and discussion
› Concluding remarks
Friday 19 and Monday 23 September 2014
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› Welcome -Simon Barrie
- Commitment to support for local T&L innovations
- Complement other sources of funding (NB OLT)
- Collaboration (use ITL website) & consult with your ADL&T
› Introduction to the grants – a brief recap
- Alison Kuiper
- http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/awards/educational_innovation_grants.htm
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Making an application
› A proposal to improve the quality and effectiveness of students’ learning experiences and the quality of learning outcomes
- with a compelling rationale supported where possible by appropriate evidence
› Expected outcomes, including likely number of students affected
› An evaluation plan
› Budget, budget justification and timeline for the project
Application form (2 pages) and outline of the proposal (2/3 pages)
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Focus of grant scheme
› ‘Engaged enquiry’ as a mode of learning
› More effective approaches to feedback and assessment
› Deeper learning engagement through effective class and/or peer interaction
› Creative use of existing technologies or approaches
- or the development of new technologies
- or approaches to improve the quality and effectiveness of learning experiences and learning outcomes
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Selection Criteria
› Alignment of the project with the University’s 2011-2015 Strategic Plan
› The strength of the project rationale
› The likely impact of the project on students’ learning experiences (including depth and reach)
› The likely effectiveness of the evaluation plan
› Opportunities for broader adoption within the University of project methods and outcomes
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› Faculty rankings
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› What do you want to know?
- Check the resources on the webpage to see if the answer is there
› See FAQs for questions and answers from the workshops
- Closing date Friday 14 November
- Funding distributed from Monday 8 December
- Funding to be spent in 2015, not carried over.
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Q & A
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University of Sydney and Office for Learning and Teaching Resources
› Previous projects on engaged enquiry
- List on webpage http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/awards/educational_innovation_grants.htm
- Under Resources
- Hard copies of STEPs grants from 2011 in the ITL
› Further Information for Sydney applicants for OLT grants
› http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/awards/oltprojects.htm
› Successful Sydney OLT proposals
› http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/awards/successful_grant_proposals.htm
University of Sydney
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Resources
› Resource library
› http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-library
› Good practice reports; also available in printed form at the ITL
› http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-library/good-practice-reports
Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT)
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Sources of advice and support
› ITL
› http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/awards/educational_innovation_grants.htm
› eLearning
› [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
› http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/docs/learningSpace/EnterpriseElearningServices.pdf
› Learning Centre
› ICT
- Video [email protected]
- http://sydney.edu.au/about/working-with-us/educational-videos.shtml
› Maths Learning Centre
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