UK HE Institutions, and FE Institutions with more than 400 full time equivalents of higher education students, are eligible to apply for medium term funding for large-scale course redesign projects. Expect Carol Twigg's National Center for Academic Transformation to get a major boost in traffic, and for good reason. Excerpt:
"JISC invites proposals for projects to review course design and validation processes, and the ways these are supported and informed by technology, in order to transform learning opportunities to address an identified issue or challenge of strategic importance to the institution involved.
Funding of up to £400,000 per project is available with projects expected to last for just under four years. JISC has committed £5 million to this work and expects to funds up to 12 projects. Because of the need for institutions to identity issues or challenges relevant to their own context only one project per institution will be funded. Institutions are encouraged to ensure that the most appropriate bid from their institution is submitted.
JISC is holding a community briefing event where potential bidders will be given information about the background to the call, its objectives and the bidding process. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions about the call. This meeting will take place on 21 May in Birmingham and registration will be open on Friday 2 May 2008.
The deadline for receipt of proposals is no later than 12.00 noon on Thursday 19 June 2008. Projects should start in 1 September 2008."
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