This year, the Vice-President Academic and Provost is providing $40,000 to fund innovative teaching projects to be conducted during the calendar year 1998. Anyone who teaches or directly supports learning at UVic is eligible. While the normal grant maximum is $5,000, larger requests for joint or interdisciplinary projects will be considered.
Proposed projects should involve testing teaching methods that bear as directly as possible on the teaching and learning process (for example, promoting critical thinking and active learning, supporting student comprehension and retention, devising new modes of teaching or new patterns of course material). They should indicate the extent to which the project is innovative and specify the potential impact and anticipated benefits. Proposals should be limited to three pages plus one page for detailed budget information and must include a plan for dissemination of the results.
Proposals should be submitted to the Director of the Learning and Teaching Centre by 4:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Successful projects will be announced on Dec. 1.