The Office of Summer, Winter and Special Programs (OSWSP) is piloting a new program to increase the number of alternate delivery courses* - specifically, hybrid and online courses - offered during special sessions (winter and summer terms) in 2006. The OSWSP invites proposals from UMBC full and part-time faculty to develop online or hybrid courses to be offered during the 2006 Winter Session. Course development funding (or a laptop computer), high speed Internet access, technical support, and the opportunity to participate in a faculty “learning community” are available through this program. For more information, click here.
The Office of Summer, Winter and Special Programs (OSWSP) is piloting a new program to increase the number of alternate delivery courses (specifically, hybrid and online courses) offered during special sessions. The OSWSP invites proposals from UMBC full and part-time faculty to develop online or hybrid courses to be offered during Winter Session 2006. Course development funding (or a laptop computer), high speed Internet access, technical support, and the opportunity to participate in a faculty "learning community" are available through this pilot program.
Faculty who are interested in developing a course which can be offered as a hybrid (combination face-to-face & online) or entirely online during WINTER 2006 are encouraged to apply to participate in this course development program.
Preference will be given to proposals to develop alternate delivery methods for existing courses which are: typically oversubscribed during the regular academic semester or during special sessions (as evidenced by student "hold lists"), required for graduation or a major, or lend themselves particularly well to the alternate delivery format.
The deadline to apply is May 13, 2005. Those selected to participate will be notified by May 27, 2005.
Details regarding the program and a course proposal form are available on the special sessions faculty web site at: www.umbc.edu/ssfaculty/adp. For questions, contact Beth Jones, Office of Summer, Winter and Special Programs, at ejones@umbc.edu or John Fritz, New Media Learning and Development, at fritz@umbc.edu.