<div dir="ltr"><div>1) NSF has added additional due dates for the<span class=""> <b>Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies</b> (<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504984">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504984</a>) program (formerly </span><span class=""><span class="">Cyberlearning: Transforming Education)</span>. From the program synopsis:<br>
<br></span><div style="margin-left:40px">The purpose of the <strong><em>Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies</em></strong>
program is to integrate opportunities offered by emerging technologies
with advances in what is known about how people learn to advance three
interconnected thrusts: </div><ul style="margin-left:40px"><li><strong>Innovation:</strong>
inventing and improving next-generation genres (types) of learning
technologies, identifying new means of using technology for fostering
and assessing learning, and proposing new ways of integrating learning
technologies with each other and into learning environments to foster
and assess learning; </li><li><strong>Advancing understanding of how people learn in technology-rich learning environments:</strong>
enhancing understanding of how people learn and how to better foster
and assess learning, especially in technology-rich learning
environments that offer new opportunities for learning and through data
collection and computational modeling of learners and groups of
learners that can be done only in such environments; and</li><li><strong>Promoting broad use and transferability of new genres:</strong>
extracting lessons from experiences with these technologies that can
inform design and use of new genres across disciplines, populations, and
learning environments; advancing understanding of how to foster
learning through effective use these new technologies and the
environments they are integrated into. </li></ul><div style="margin-left:40px">Proposals are expected to address all three of the program's thrusts. <span class="">Awards will be made in three research categories, each focusing on a
different stage of research and development: Exploration (EXP), Design
and Implementation (DIP), and Integration (INT). The program will also
support small Capacity-Building Projects (CAP), e.g., conferences,
workshops, and partnership-building activities.</span><br></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><span class=""></span></div><span class=""><br></span></div><span class="">Budget amounts and deadlines vary by type of proposal:<br>
</span><ul><li>Exploration Projects (EXPs): $550,000 over 2-3 years. Proposals due Dec 19, 2014.</li><li>Development and Implementation (DIPs): $1,350,000 over 3-4 years. Proposals due Jan 19, 2015.</li><li>Integration (INT) Projects: $2,500,000 over 4-5 years. LOI due May 12, proposals due July 14, 2014.</li>
<li>Capacity-Building Projects (CAPs): Funding "varies." Proposals due July 25 and Dec 1, 2014; March 27, 2015.</li></ul><p class="">NSF had a webinar about the Cyberlearning solicitation, and a videorecording is available at <a href="http://circlcenter.org/events/nsf-cyberlearning-solicitation-webinar/">http://circlcenter.org/events/nsf-cyberlearning-solicitation-webinar/</a></p>
<p class="">2) The deadline for proposals to the Ohio State <b>University Libraries Course Enhancement Grants</b> program has been extended to May 7 (<a href="http://library.osu.edu/news/grants-awards/course-enhancement/">http://library.osu.edu/news/grants-awards/course-enhancement/</a>):</p>
<p style="margin-left:40px">$2000 will be awarded to instructors to enhance a course by
substantially integrating library resources, services, and instruction
on finding, evaluating and using information.</p><div style="margin-left:40px">
</div><ul style="margin-left:40px"><li>Foster collaboration between instructors and librarians in
developing course and instructional content using the full range of
resources available and incorporating information literacy instruction.</li><li>Innovate and impact instruction around advancing student understanding of and critical thinking in regards to information.</li><li>Increase instructor and student use of library services in ways that
will enhance the course such as electronic reserves, copryright and
rights management, reference, instruction, and document delivery. </li><li>Improve the use of library and other information materials in the
course. These include but are not limited to electronic and print books
and journals, audio and visual resources, research databases, unique and
special collections, and global resources.</li></ul><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)">
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