Learning & Teaching Enhancement Fund Breakfast with the Vice-Provost Academic September 9, 2013

Overview The LTEF is an internal grant program :  Supports/promotes better engagement in the classroom and scholarly research on higher education teaching,  Funds compelling new strategies which reflect Ryerson's commitment to classroom teaching our diverse student body

Overview Funding range: $7,000 - $20,000 Submission deadline: October 20, 2013 Applications and guidelines are available at:

Theme: Connect, Engage, Inspire - Strategies and Tools for Today's Classroom Submissions must demonstrate that they: Create or use teaching methodologies in an innovative way to enhance student experience; Use online teaching tools and strategies to enhance courses; Facilitate greater faculty expertise in engaging our diverse student body Build on existing knowledge of the scholarship of teaching; or Lead to transfer of knowledge (e.g. presentation to the wider community, publication, conference).

Requirements- Continued Proposals must also:  Demonstrate impact (long term)  Provide a realistic budget  Be outcome based (the initiative makes a difference) The committee will consider other compelling ideas or higher grant amounts.

Eligibility  The principal investigator must be a full-time faculty member (RFA)  Limited-term RFA members may also apply provided that their contract has at least two years remaining at the time of application  CUPE members are encouraged to participate as partners with RFA members.

Process  Proposals vetted and ranked by a committee led by the LTO.  Members of the committee will include Teaching Chairs, faculty and Director, LTO.  Results of the process will be communicated to the individual applicants via internal mail.  Funds made available by January, 2013

Stipulations  The LTEF is not an equipment fund  Teaching releases will not be funded  Funds made available in January 2013 are to be expended no later than January 31,  A mid term report will be due mid grant period  A final report is required from the grantee within one month following the end of the grant.  The final report must demonstrate how the funds awarded were used to achieve the goals of the LTEF.

Anne McNeilly & Lisa Taylor School of Journalism This research aims to determine whether a "minimal marking" concept, which draws on experiential learning, can improve students' knowledge acquisition and save instructors valuable time now spent correcting surface- learning deficits, such as grammar, while marking papers/tests/assignments.

Funded to create a web- based narrated video tutorials and interactive 3D models to improve on conventional architecture pedagogy. Vincent Hui and Albert Smith Department of Architectural Science Title: Foundational Architectural Computing Modules

Mary Foster & Jane Saber TRSM Marketing Creating a flipped classroom for MKT100 Basic business concepts will be taught on-line Experiential and applied learning techniques will be used in class Students will apply business concepts to team based assignments Students must come prepared Will evaluate its value

Alexandre Douplik & Aditya Pandya Department of Physics Creating a completely hands free presentation system Creating a gesture recognition system for the classroom to release the lecturer from the podium Will create a 3D system to “grab” objects from the screen, manipulate them and rotate them for the students

Melanie Panich, Jason Nolan, Garrick Filewod, Catherine Frazee, & Kathryn Church Title: Out from Under, a Virtual Learning Environment Recreated the "Out from Under: Disability, History and Things to Remember” exhibit as an interactive, virtual world.

Past Projects: Highlights Art Seto, Dr. Martin Habekost, Jason Lisi, Rich Adams School of Graphic Communications Management Title: Rethinking Learning Delivery Methods - Podcasting from Gutenberg to the iPhone and Beyond Funding to created 20 video podcasts on fundamental concepts of graphic design and pre- media, printing processes, bindery and finishing, and management.

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