Professional Development Opportunitites: Teaching Support

Creative Teaching Grants

OTLA provides administrative support for the Creative Teaching Grants, a program mandated by the Faculty and Professional Personnel Handbook. Faculty interested in applying should ask for an application manual from OTLA. The manuals are available near the Thanksgiving break. The University Creative Teaching Committee administers the award and chooses awardees. OTLA is the administrative support unit for the committee.

You may pick up a copy of the 2007-2008 application manual from the Office of Teaching and Learning Advancement, TC 402, or you may print out a copy in PDF format from the links below. If you download the file below, you may type your information into the form and print it out, or you may print out a blank form and type in the information manually.

Creative Teaching Grant Application Manual

Campus deadline: January 22, 2008
Contact: Office of Teaching and Learning Advancement
Contact person: Gary Pavlechko, ext. 5-1763

University Teleplex Instructional Classroom Support

The University Teleplex staff of producers and directors, graphic artists and multimedia specialists, is available to assist faculty in the development of instructional materials to be used in their classrooms. There is no charge for this service to the faculty or department. Project priorities are based on the greatest impact to student learning, the successful integration of technology into the curriculum, and available staff resources.

Campus deadline: Open
Contact: University Teleplex
Contact person: William Cahoe, ext. 5-1486

Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry

The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry enables faculty and students to:

explore the connections among the arts, humanities, sciences, and technology;
create a product to illustrate their collaborative research and interdisciplinary study; and
present their products to the community in a public forum.

Campus deadline: General Faculty Proposals Due: November 6, 2007

Four (4) Ball State faculty members will be chosen each year to teach interdisciplinary seminars to fifteen students. The center will provide a summer stipend ($5,000 for each fellow) so the four fellows may prepare their seminars. The center will also provide a semester's leave for the fellows—two in the fall and two in the spring. Each seminar will receive a budget of $15,000.

Campus deadline: January 25, 2008
Contact: Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Contact person: Joseph Trimmer, 287-0117

Academic Support - University Computing Services

Adaptive Computer Technology Program
An ACT specialist is available to faculty in offering advice to make course work accessible for disabled students.

University Computer Labs
UCL provides faculty access to lab resources for classroom instruction, computer based testing, and course software installations.

Advanced Graphics Labs/Office of Geographic Information Systems
The AGL staff work with faculty, staff and students both individually and in groups as it relates to advance graphics applications.

Research Design and Analysis
The Research Design and Analysis staff work with faculty on both individual and funded research projects, as well as with graduate students on their masters theses, dissertations, or other research projects.

Academic Support unit provides services to the academic community that promote and enhance the intellectual, professional, and personal experience of BSU faculty. Designed around a matrix model of support, the unit can arrange cross-functional teams of experts to assist faculty with classroom technologies, web based instruction, communication tools, assessment technologies, and application and web development. Academic Support also provides leadership; planning and support for large scale academic and research projects that require Information Technology services.

Campus Deadline: Open
Contact: University Computing Services
Contact Person: Todd Meister, ext. 5-1498, tmeister@bsu.edu