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Learning Grants Report 2000-2001

Pilot Year Features:

• One consolidated grant fund of $175,000,
• Supporting teaching and learning in many forms, and
• Open to all faculty (residential, adjunct, OSO/OYO).
• Readers drawn from Faculty Developers, Ocotillo members, MCLI faculty, and campus discipline specialists.

As of December 31, 2000:

• $294,941 total value of proposals received
• (49 proposals received from 9 colleges; 38 funded)
  
  
• $170,711 approved
  Categories:
  
  
• Exploring concepts, methods, & resources
  ($1,150 - $1,850; ex. Learning Communities in teacher education, cultural resources on the internet, teaching non-native speakers in multicultural classrooms & programs, exploring creativity)
  
  
• Developing instructional materials & modules
  ($4,400 - $9,000; ex. Calculus, Earth Science, Biotechnology, Biology, Physical Therapy)
  
  
• Learning/piloting/disseminating new technologies & teaching methodologies
  ($4,900-$7,000; ex. BIOPAC lab unit for Physiology, Gas spectrometer in Chemistry, integrating multimedia in Humanities, Web-CT)
  
  
• Piloting/Promoting new programs
  ($2,500 - $5,400; ex. Williams/ASU-E education partnership, Wellness Education Week, Maricopa Online Librarian, Math lab)
  
  
• Subject specialists/guest speakers
  ($250-$1,500; ex. History, Literature/Humanities, Water Resources, Storytelling)
  
  
• Performances/Special events
  ($2,500 - $10,000; ex. PC Choir performance at Carnegie Hall, Faces of Glendale Humanities Project, Adjunct Faculty Conference)
  
  

Characteristics of Projects Funded

• Clearly addressed criteria in the Learning Grant Guidelines.
• Clearly demonstrated relationship to student learning.
• Clearly addressed budget reasoning within context of proposal.

Characteristics of Projects Not Funded

• Faculty Professional Growth/Travel requests.
• Requests for activity within standard college responsibilities [staffing, assessment].
• Requests for activity outside of Learning Grant criteria or without clear relationship to the criteria.