2015-2016 Course Development Grant Program Application
A. Applicant Information
Applicants must be full‐time faculty members.
Name:
Email address:
B. Course Information
Department:
College/School:
Courses must be in the current TTU course inventory (i.e., approved to be offered at TTU under their own course number).
Courses that have not been approved by Academic Council are not eligible for this award. Courses previously approved for
online delivery are eligible for this award.
1. Please enter course prefix, number and title for the course you would like to develop for online
delivery:
Course Prefix
Course Number
Course Title
2. Why have you selected this course for redesign/development as a blended, online or regional site
course?
3. What is typical enrollment in currently offered face-to-face sections for this course?
4. What is anticipated enrollment for this online or regional site course?
5. Will both delivery methods be offered when the course gets redesigned? ☐Yes ☐No
6. Is this course part of an online or regional site degree program? ☐Yes ☐ No
7. Is this course on the inventory of core courses? ☐Yes ☐No
2015-2016 Course Development Grant Program Application
C. Proposal
Course redesign projects must result in the development of courses to be delivered at least 50% online no earlier than Spring 2016
and no later than Fall 2016.
8. Please describe the goals of your course redesign project and how you believe this grant will help you
to achieve them:
9. Please describe your experience and interest in teaching in the blended and online learning
environments:
10. How will the redesign/development of this course benefit students, your department, and TTU?
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D. Budget
Projects may be funded up to $5,000 per course. Funds may be used to pay wages to students that will assist with the
development of the course or for faculty salaries during summer months, but may not be used to pay IOR salaries to teach
the course developed. All funds must be used during FY 2016 and must be spent before August 31, 2016.
11. How will the funding for this project be used?
(List amount per item) (Salaries should include fringe benefits)
Budget Item
Amount
Total Amount Requested:
Administrative Contact Information
Within your department, please enter the name of the individual(s) who manage(s) payroll accounts and
purchasing:
First Name
E-Mail
Last Name
Phone
Department Chair Contact Information
Please provide the name and contact information for your department chair:
First Name
E-Mail
Last Name
Phone
E. Requirements
All applicants who are funded through the Course Development Grant Program agree to:
Attend an orientation session before the end of Spring 2016.
Participate in three eLearning sponsored sessions during the 2016 spring and summer semesters.
(There will be many dates from which to choose)
Submit a course development plan (including course module and course development documents) by
February 1, 2016.
Course developers should be required to submit Course Plan for the course and a Module Plan for every
module outlined in the Course Plan.
• Course development may not proceed until the Course and Module Plans are approved be TTU
Worldwide eLearning staff
• Courses should be required to be developed according to the agreed upon Course and Module
Plans
Course developer will meet at least bi-weekly with a member of the eLearning ID Team.
Submit course development status report by June 1, 2016.
Expend funds by August 31, 2016.
Please note: This course will be redesigned/developed based on the TLPDC rubric, PGP, and ADA
accessibility guidelines. These requirements must be met prior to the release of all of the grant
funds.
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2015-2016 Course Development Grant Program Application
By submitting this form you indicate you understand the requirements for participation in the Course
Development Grants Program and that if you are unable to fulfill them, funds for your project may be
withdrawn.
F. Submitting the Application
After completing the application, please sign, save, and send as an attachment to eLearning@ttu.edu
no later than November 15, 2015.
Notification of awards will be made no later than December 15, 2016.
Note: Proposals submitted become public information and the information in them may be published in
various TTU documents, including publishing abstracts and/or the complete text of proposals on TTU’s
website. If the author of the proposal considers the information contained in the submission proprietary
or sensitive, a request not to publish the proposal must accompany the proposal form.
Digital Signatures
Applicant Signature
Department Chair Signature
Date
Date
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