Faculty members in departments and programs throughout the University who have ideas about how to use information technologies and electronic resources to improve their teaching and research activities are invited to submit proposals for the third round of the Faculty Support Grant program sponsored by the Yale Library and Information Technology Services (ITS).
Since it was established in October of 1995, the Faculty Support Grant program has aided in the design, development and maintenance of 11 proposed programs in the departments of sociology, history of art, English, political science and anthropology, as well as the Economic Growth Center, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Divinity and Nursing. The University Library and ITS have given awards totalling $78,000 and provided substantial professional assistance to help develop these programs, descriptions of which can be found on the Internet at www.library.
yale.edu/Administration/FacultySupport/
releases.html.
The Yale Library and ITS expect to award at least five grants of $5,000-$10,000 each for this round of grants.
Examples of projects that might be pursued include:
* digitization of images or original materials from Yale Library collections for use in a course;
* exploration of the use of multiple-media teaching environments for group work
and remote study;
* generation of on-line reference materials for discipline-specific research and scholarship (databases, smarter search engines, digital collections);
* exploration of technology-enhanced active learning environments;
* design of an educational plan to prepare instructors to use information technologies to improve classroom presentations or interactions with and among students; and
* development of departmental, subject-specific, reusable materials that can be shared among instructors in their teaching.
Proposals for this year's Faculty Support Grants should be submitted by Tuesday, March 31, to the Office of the University Librarian in Sterling Memorial Library,
120 Wall St. Proposals should contain a statement of purpose; a description of the project and its significance; a project schedule; a list of equipment and other resources needed; and a budget. The proposal should also indicate how the department or school plans to assess the results of the project and incorporate them into its ongoing program of teaching and research. In addition, proposals should identify a faculty member who will serve as the principal investigator, other faculty members who will participate in the project, and the Yale Library and ITS staff who will help develop the project.
For information, contact Danuta Nitecki at 432-1818or Phil Long at 432-6612.
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