Digital Pedagogy
Digital Pedagogy Grants
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General Information
This is a pilot program for the exploration and evaluation of digital pedagogy tools and practices that have the potential to enhance teaching and learning.
Digital pedagogy (DP) grants support the purchase or licensing of software or digital services (tools) that have the potential to enhance teaching and learning. Priority will be given to grant proposals that:
- Explain how a tool has potential to create new or enhanced learning opportunities beyond what is currently available on campus [see Instructional Software and Tools for Faculty]
- Define objectives that can be realistically completed during the grant period
- Explain your hopes for how the proposed software / service might enhance or improve learning
- Align the use of the tool with inclusive pedagogy (IP) practices
- Demonstrate the potential to impact more than one course or group of students
DP grants also include opportunities to be a part of a larger community experimenting and evaluating the role of digital pedagogy in the University of Richmond’s curriculum.
As a pilot program, DP grants support experimentation and evaluation of new tools for use in one or more courses for a duration of one to three semesters. Longer-term funding will follow the IS governance process.
Computing hardware is outside the scope of these grants. DP grants do not directly provide integration with existing enterprise systems (e.g. Blackboard, Box, Office 365). If this is essential for your proposal, please consult with Information Services before submitting your application.
Learn more about the grant structure and evaluation process here.
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Current & Previous Recipients
Below is a list of Digital Pedagogy Grant recepients and the pedagogical tools approved for evaluation by the Digital Pedagogy Grant committee.
Pedagogical Tool Faculty Member(s) Evaluation Period Mentimeter Olivier Delers & Michael Marsh-Soloway AY 2022-2023 EdPuzzle Olivier Delers & Michael Marsh-Soloway AY 2022-2023 -
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Deadlines:
- Deadlines for summer & fall 2022 funding coming soon
Questions:
- Primary Instructor Applicant’s Name, UR Email, School/Department
- How many instructors will be evaluating this tool?
- Course(s) for which this funding request is made:
- Semester(s)
- Course Number(s)
- Course Title(s)
- Enrollment(s)
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Name of software or service (“tool”) requested. (If possible, please provide link to software’s website)
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Do you have any prior experience with this software or service? Please explain.
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Please explain your hopes for how the proposed software / service may enhance or improve learning in your course. If any of your course’s learning objectives may be affected by the proposed evaluation, please note which ones.
- If a similar software/service already exists on campus, please explain why you cannot use the existing tool or why you believe that testing a new tool may be useful. (If no such similar tool exists, please reply N/A).
- How will the software/service help promote inclusive and equitable teaching practices?
- Does this software or service have the potential to impact more than one course or group of students (now or in the future)? Please explain.
- Please provide a detailed budget with justification. Include a vendors’ quote for proposed purchases or a detailed list of expenditures, including such information as duration of access to purchased software, number of licenses, etc. Before completing the budget, please review the scope and limitations for expenditures from the call for proposals.
- If possible, please upload quotes from venders
- Duration of requested evaluation period
- If your proposal is awarded, your department (or school) will make the purchase with vendor. Please provide a budget number to which funds will transfer if awarded and the name and email address of the individual who oversees this budget (to ensure transfer is completed successfully).
- Additional comments relevant to your application and not already included in this application.
Digital Pedagogy Cohorts
Led by the Faculty Hub’s technology consultants, the DPC provides opportunities for faculty to improve their skill with digital pedagogy methods, increase their familiarity with digital pedagogy theories, and cultivate community during a semester-based cohort model. In addition to individual consultations available to all faculty, DPC cohort members engage in seminar-style discussions around the use of digital pedagogies, and be eligible to request in-class workshop observation and customized feedback from Hub technology consultants.
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Web Publishing
The 2022 spring Digital Pedagogy cohort focus is web publishing. Have you ever thought about creating a blog assignment, online exhibition, or social media assignment for your course? Have you incorporated a web publishing assignment in the past but want to improve it? If so, email us at facultyhub@richmond.edu and let us know you’d like to participate.
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Digital Media
Our pilot cohort focused on digital media (e.g. digital storytelling, podcasting, videographic essays) and was designed for faculty who were creating a digital media assignment or project for the first time, or wanting to improve an existing assignment or project. The cohort met twice a month during the Fall 2021 semester, with individual consultations and in-class observations available by request.
Resources
Topic Resource Designing Effective Digital Media Projects Guide Creating Flexible Digital Media Assignments Guide Where to Find Stock Media Guide Considerations for Scaffolding Digital Media Assignments Slides