DMC Small Grants / Digital Media Center

Digital Media Center Small Grants Program

Applications Due: June 9, 2008

The Digital Media Center sponsors an annual small grants program in support of faculty integration of information technologies and services into the curriculum. The intent of this program is to combine faculty ideas, small grants, and support from various Information & Technology Services units in ways that allow faculty to explore the use of technology and information services within their courses. All PLU faculty and staff teaching a credit course are eligible for this program.

The Grants

Grant requests may be made up to $1,000 and will be drawn from a total pool of $5,000 available for the academic year 2008-09. Grants may be used to underwrite the cost of software, hardware, student wages, training, or other enabling resources. There are no costs associated with Information & Technology Services consultations or project partnerships.

Grant Applications

Notification of grant awards will occur by June 23, 2008. Grant funds will become available July 1, 2008 and must be expended by May 1st, 2009. Applicants are encouraged to discuss projects with potential Information & Technology Services partners before submitting a grant application. As most grant applications will be formed through such conversation, applicants are encouraged to begin that process early. The final application, in the form of a letter to Chris Ferguson, Associate Provost/Information & Technology Services, Library 100 (or cdf@plu.edu), should include:

name and contact information
title and description of the project
instructional goals, expected outcomes, and deliverables for the project
proposed budget, indicating other related funding if applicable
Information & Technology Services included in the project
how success of the project will be gauged

Selection Criteria and Process

The overall intent of this program is to increase the impact and foster innovation in the use of technology and information services in teaching & learning. Specific criteria for assessing applications are:

technology or pedagogical technique not otherwise available on campus or readily transferable from another source
overall impact on the applicant’s subject curriculum or department/school program
incorporation of information literacy or technology proficiency skills for students in the course(s) associated with the grant proposal
feasibility of the project as conceived and described
benefit to other faculty, students, and courses at PLU; potential for sharing with others
methodology for assessing the success of the project

Applications will be reviewed and grants awarded by a panel consisting of the directors of the Digital Media Center and Academic User Support, the chair of the Reference Department, a member of the faculty Instructional Resources Committee, and the Associate Provost.

Expectations

Grant recipients are expected to participate in web-based presentation of their projects via the Information & Technology Services website. Recipients are also expected to present overviews of their projects in up to two public showcases, one during the year of the project and one during the year immediately following. Project outcomes (e.g., files, digital objects, hardware) must be available for sharing with other PLU faculty as appropriate and convenient.

Spring 2008 Cycle

Application Deadline: June 9, 2008

Click here for detailed information on the 2008-2009 DMC Small Grants Program

Examples of Previous Grant Recipient Projects

Lenny Reisberg
School of Education and Movement Studies
“Train Faculty in the Use of Smartboards” funded certified training for the Smartboard.

Greg Youtz
Department of Music
The project, “Digital Music Composition in the Wiegand Multimedia Lab”, acquired software for digital music synthesis and editing for high-end art music composition with application to film and video.

Digital Media Center

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