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

› Alison.Kuiper@sydney.edu.au

› http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/awards/educational_innovation_grants.htm

› eLearning

› Mary-Helen.Ward@sydney.edu.au Susan.Atkinson@sydney.edu.au Marianna.Koulias@sydney.edu.au Ricky.Connor@sydney.edu.au

› http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/docs/learningSpace/EnterpriseElearningServices.pdf

› Learning Centre

- Bronwyn.James@sydney.edu.au

› ICT

- Geoff.Gordon@sydney.edu.au

- Video Julie.Beesley@sydney.edu.au

- http://sydney.edu.au/about/working-with-us/educational-videos.shtml

› Maths Learning Centre

- Jackie.Nicholas@sydney.edu.au

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