The Institute for Learning and Teaching

Provost's Course Redesign Competition

The Institute for Learning and Teaching administers the Provost's Course Redesign Competition. This annual competition is designed to enhance student learning and promote pedagogical innovation through the redesign of core, foundational, and gateway courses. The redesign process should be led by faculty members who are actively involved in teaching the courses. The process will be supported by consultation with instructional designers from TILT. Up to $20,000 can be requested to support redesign of a course or a sequence of related courses. Pre-proposals for course redesign are invited from all programs that offer core, foundational, or gateway courses. A limited number of proposals are selected for resubmission in revised form.

Call for Proposals: 2009-2010 Competition

The Institute is currently accepting pre-proposals for the 2009-1010 academic year course redesign competition. Please note the change in this year's competition. Rather than awarding grants on the basis of a proposed redesign of a course or courses, grants will be awarded on the basis of a clear problem definition and rationale for redesign. Winners of the competition will be named TILT Teaching Fellows for the 2009-1010 academic year and will participate in a series of weekly professional development meetings in February and early March 2009 to prepare for the redesign of courses. In March and April 2009, the Teaching Fellows will work with TILT instructional designers to develop a course redesign plan and project budget. The Teaching Fellows will meet regularly as a group through the 2009-1010 academic year to share progress on their projects.

Submission Deadline and Format: The deadline for pre-proposals is 1:00 pm, Monday, October 6, 2008. Proposals should be submitted electronically. Please send your proposal as an attachment (PDF or Word format) to an email message to Shirley Guitron, Institute administrative assistant, at Shirley.Guitron@ColoState.edu. Original signature pages should be sent via campus mail to Shirley Guitron at the Institute for Learning and Teaching, A071 Andrew Clark Building.

2008-2009 Competition

The following projects were selected for funding:

Course: AGRI 116/IE 116 Plants and Civilizations
Project Leader: Andrew Norton
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Course: BZ220 Introduction to Evolution
Project Leader: Colleen T. Webb
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Course: CHEM 113 General Chemistry II and CHEM 114 General Chemistry Laboratory II
Project Leader: Stephen Thompson
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Course: EDUC 275 Schooling in the United States
Project Leader: Edward J. Brantmeier
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Course: HES 207 Anatomical Kinesiology
Project Leader: Raoul F. Reiser II
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Course: Math 141 Calculus in the Management Sciences
Project Leader: Kelly Chappell
View Extension Proposal

Course: MATH 160 Calculus for Physical Scientists I
Project Leader: Kenneth F. Klopfenstein
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2007-2008 Competition

The following projects were selected for funding:

Course: Chemistry 341 Modern Organic Chemistry I
Project Leaders: Debbie C. Crans and Dawn Rickey
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Course: Civil Engineering 202 Numerical Modeling and Risk Analysis
Project Leaders: Jeffrey Niemann and Darrell Fontane
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Course: Design and Merchandising 120 Textiles
Project Leader: Ajoy Sarkar
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Course: Economics 202 Principles of Microeconomics
Project Leaders: Robert Kling and Karen Gebhardt
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Courses:: Biology 320 and LAND/SOCR 220 General Ecology
Project Leaders: Indy Burke, Joe von Fischer, Ruth Hufbauer, and Patrick Martin
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Course: Math 141 Calculus in the Management Sciences
Project Leader: Kelly Chappell
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Course: Speech 200 Public Speaking
Project Leader: Karrin Anderson
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2006-2007 Competition

The following projects were selected for funding:

Courses: Computer Science 160 (Foundations in Programming), 161 (Object Oriented Problem Solving), and 200 (Data Structures and Algorithms)
Project Leader: Adele Howe
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Course: Geology 120 Exploring Earth: Physical Geology
Project Leader: Sara L. Rathburn
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Course: Life Sciences 210 Introductory Eukaryotic Cell Biology
Project Leader: Paul Laybourn
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Course: Mathematics 161 Calculus II for Physical Scientists
Project Leader: Alexander Hulpke
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Course: Physics 141 and 142
Project Leader: Jacob L. Roberts and Walter Toki
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Course: Psychology 250
Project Leader: Ernest L. Chavez
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For more information about TILT's grant competitions, please contact us at (970) 491-3132 or TILT@ColoState.edu.