Reacting to the Past (RTTP) Winter Virtual Conference

• January 12–14, 2024
• Virtual
• Award Amount: $200 Registration Fee
• 10 spots available

The University of Georgia is hosting the/8th/Annual Reacting to the Past Winter Conference/on January 12th–14th, 2024, focusing on active learning. The Reacting Consortium is offering five games, three of which have never before been featured for play at a Reacting event, representing a broad range of geography, discipline, and era:/Charles Babbage,/Enlightenment in Crisis,/1894 Korea: Kabo Reforms,/Council of Nicaea,/and/the/Election of 1912./The Conference Workshop on Friday night will focus on active learning: both how to "up your game," and ways to bring active practices to non-game classes. In addition to the game and active learning workshops, Leah L. Carmichael, the new Director of Active Learning at UGA, will give the keynote address./The event organizers have also including expanded breaks and social blocks to allow time to connect with colleagues outside of the context of your game roles. Apply no later than Monday, January 8th, 2024. 

Application Deadline: Monday, January 8, 2024

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting

• Washington, DC
• January 17–19, 2024
• Award Amount: Up to $2,000

In a pervasive post-truth media culture, false narratives about higher education quickly gain traction and shape public perceptions. These narratives simultaneously fuel and are fed by burgeoning efforts to bring higher education under the control of partisan politics. How can we break through to defend academic freedom, demonstrate the value of a liberal education, or recover the understanding of higher education as a public good? The rapid progress of artificial intelligence and other new technologies drives profound economic and social transformation. How can these new technologies be harnessed to advance the academic enterprise, and how can we prepare our students for a world being transformed by them? 

Join colleagues and thought leaders from across the global higher education landscape to shape and share solutions to these and other challenges facing colleges and universities. The 2024 Annual Meeting will feature inspiring and insightful plenaries, opportunities to network with peers across institutional types, and a full community-generated program showcasing successful models of institutional transformation and best practices for promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education.  Apply no later than January 8, 2024.

Application Deadline: January 8, 2024.

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

Lilly Conferences (2023-2024)
Various Dates

• Various Locations including Oxford, OH – Austin, TX – San Diego, CA – Asheville, NC
• Award Amount: up to $3000
• Application Deadline: April 30, 2024
• 5 faculty spots available

For 40 years, Lilly Conferences have provided opportunities for the presentation of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Conference participants are made up of faculty and administrators at various stages in their academic careers that come from across the world representing nearly every discipline found in higher education.

The Lilly Conference welcomes all participants who share an interest in improving college teaching through evidence-based practices, including faculty and administrators at universities, four-year colleges, and two-year colleges who wish to increase student learning through effective teaching, promote interest in and enthusiasm for the profession of teaching, and facilitate communication among faculty about their classroom and online experiences.

All faculty (tenure-track, tenured, affiliate, visiting, and adjunct) are eligible to apply.

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

Principles of Effective College Teaching
Magna Self-Paced Course
Virtual, self-paced, 10-hour course

• Award Amount: $329
• Application Deadline: None, apply at any time.
• 20 spots available

Delivered in a modular format, this 10-hour course is presented by James M. Lang, PhD, acclaimed scholar and author. It is designed for asynchronous learning so you can complete it at your own pace. Grounded in research-based best practices, Principles of Effective College Teaching will first introduce you to fundamental principles of human learning that will guide you as you create and teach your courses. From there, Lang will explain in detail how you can:

• Craft meaningful learning objectives using Bloom's Taxonomy
• Manage course content efficiently
• Create assignments that support course objectives
• Develop assessment plans and design exams
• Provide effective feedback and evaluations
• Enhance learning outcomes through the use of technology and new media
• Apply active learning strategies
• Keep your students motivated and engaged
• Facilitate peer-to-peer learning
• Manage difficult issues like academic dishonesty and distracted students

Learning checks at regular intervals help affirm your understanding of the course content. You'll also appreciate the extensive supplemental materials included with the course: readings, handouts, full transcripts and links to online resources.

NOTE: The target audience is faculty within their first three years of teaching, but others are encourages to participate.

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

ACUE Evidence-Based Teaching Practices
Virtual

• Award Amount: $675 per course
• Application Deadline: Rolling

For the past several years, the Pew FTLC has sponsored faculty engagement with online courses in evidence-based teaching practices offered by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE). Cohorts of GV faculty have taken 6-32 week courses on a range of topics. This new grant opportunity supports individual faculty interested in participating in an upcoming open enrollment courses being offered by ACUE. Offerings of 6-week special topic courses include:  

• Creating and Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment 

• Promoting Active Learning 

• Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learners 

• Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses 

• Fostering a Culture of Belonging  

Offerings begin throughout the year. The ACUE website provides additional details, FAQs and dates for future offerings.  

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System. 

OLC Workshop Sponsored Grant
Various Topics and Virtual Workshops Available
No Deadline--Open Year-Round

• Award Amount: $170
• Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted year round until funds are depleted.
• Limited seats available each academic year

The OLC Workshop Sponsored Grant supports faculty enrollment in online courses offered by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). Courses related to digital learning and online/hybrid course design are offered throughout the year. The immersive programs are expert-developed and designed to improve quality in every facet of online education.

Grand Valley State University has an institutional level membership in the OLC and the workshops are a smart and cost effective way to support your continuing professional development. These workshops are a $270 value and the Pew FTLC is able to purchase these course for faculty for $170/seat. We have a limited number of seats available in the workshops which range in length from 10 days to three weeks, and provide opportunities to interact with faculty from a wide variety of institutions. The offerings are designed as online classes so that you may also experience being an online learner. Certificates are issues upon timely completion of all coursework.

Faculty who are interested in participating in OLC workshops should review the list of available topics at https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/olc-new-institute-schedule/.

All faculty (tenure-track, tenured, affiliate, visiting, and adjunct) are eligible to apply.

Apply for this grant via FTLC Grant System.