<div dir="ltr"><div><b>1) OSU Office of Distance Education and eLearning Departmental Impact Grant:</b> ODEE has announced a new round of Department Impact Grants (<a href="https://ocio.osu.edu/blog/grants/apply/impact-grant-application/">https://ocio.osu.edu/blog/grants/apply/impact-grant-application/</a>). From the Application Goals:<br>

<div style="display:block" class="" id="Goals"><ul style="margin-left:40px"><li>To design a technologically-enhanced course meeting the 
instructional goals of the department which can then serve as an 
exemplar for other courses, both within and outside the department.</li><li>To increase student engagement.</li><li>To facilitate greater instructor efficiency.</li><li>To enable anyplace/anytime learning through purposeful technology use.</li>

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</div><p style="margin-left:40px">Moreover, recipients have the potential to build individual and 
departmental knowledge and efficacy around teaching and learning with 
technology.</p><div style="margin-left:40px">
</div><p style="margin-left:40px">Other goals include:</p><div style="margin-left:40px">
</div><ul style="margin-left:40px"><li>Connect to university personnel with a wide range of technology expertise.</li><li>Explore and implement existing or new learning technology in pedagogically sound ways.</li><li>Collaborate with colleagues to support and learn across disciplines.</li>

<li>Contribute to the growing body of knowledge investigating ways 
technology can impact student engagement, faculty efficiency, and 
anytime/anyplace learning.</li><li>Include GAs in the course revision process.</li></ul>
</div>Question and Answer sessions will be held Tuesday, October 1 from 9:30am–10:30am in Hagerty Hall 186 and Wednesday, October 16 from 3:00pm–4:00pm in Enarson 311. Grants may be up to $15,000 for one year and require a 1:2 (recipient:ODEE) match. Applications are due November 4.<br>

<br></div><div>2) Last week's Ohio Department of Education <b>Straight A Fund</b> webinars are available for viewing:<br></div><div><div><ul><li>Project Overview: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFLFLAsZGMs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFLFLAsZGMs</a></li>

<li>Sustainability: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cm64ICVAaA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cm64ICVAaA</a></li></ul><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)">


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