As you enjoy your holiday break, don't forget about the Provost's Office General Education Course Development Grant Competition. Submit a proposal to add or revise a General Education course, and you could receive up to $10,000 over two years to develop your idea.
While proposals for any and all well-designed courses will be considered, this year's competition especially encourages the submission of proposals that address one or more of the following General Education priorities:
1. Courses from any discipline that focus on creative or innovative ways to incorporate 21st Century work skills and learning skills and Digital Information Literacy (DIL) objectives. While no single definition of these skills exists, sample resources for such skills and objectives can be found here:
a. The 4 C's of 21st Century learning skills at: http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2010/05/06/the-four-cs-of-21st-century-education/
b. Library standards and pending revisions at: http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency or http://connect.ala.org/node/181197
c. The ISTE NETS-S standards, particularly Standards 4 and 5, at: http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-students
2. Courses that improve or add to the available options for students trying to fulfill their CA3 or Q requirements
3. Innovative W courses in any discipline
4. New or revised Sophomore-level General Education courses in all areas
To see the full competition announcement and download forms, please visit http://geoc.uconn.edu/course-development-grant-competition/
The deadline to submit is January 17th, 2014.
For more information, contact: GEOC at geoc@uconn.edu