TechInfo

November 4, 2008

To:  Full Time Teaching Faculty

Fr:  Paula Warnken

Re:  2008-2009 SCAP Process

One of the unfortunate consequences of the 2008-09 budget exigencies is the elimination of state-wide SCAP funding, which in the past has supplemented the technology fee to update and maintain technology teaching spaces. However, we remain committed to support student access to technology, and have set aside a portion of the technology fee to address this need.  Because funds are limited this year, requests will be for software purchases only. As in the past, a campus SCAP Committee will review all requests and make recommendations.

With this notice, I am inviting full-time teaching faculty to submit proposals for Computer Lab Software Funding. Approximately $15,000 is available to support specific faculty software requests according to the following guidelines:

(1) Requests should be for software only.

(2) All requests must be used directly by students and have a maximum impact on student access to technology.

(3) Purchases must benefit students by increasing their personal hands-on access to technology and its instructional applications.

(4) To the extent possible, software should be available to students when not being used for instructional purposes.

(5) Priority will be given to:

· Proposals that serve the maximum number of students

· Discipline-specific courses that are cross-listed as CAP courses

In December, the campus SCAP Committee will review all applications and make funding recommendations. Faculty will be notified of their award status after the first of the year.  Academic Computing Services will then coordinate the procurement and installation of purchases during Spring Semester with the goal of having technology available for use in the summer 2009.

The submission process is now electronic. Once the initial form has been completed it will automatically be submitted to the Department chair, who must review and approve the request. Please be sure to enter the Department Chair’s e-mail address in the box on the form.  When the request is submitted, an e-mail will be sent to the Department Chair to complete the final step of the submission request.

The request form can be found at the following web page: http://www.cortland.edu/IR/Scap.  The form does require you to authenticate with user name and password.  Once you have authenticated, you will be sent to the form.  Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like clarification about the process.  Thanks.

Information Resources

SUNY Cortland

206 Miller

607-753-5942

607-753-5985 FAX

apir@cortland.edu

International Distance Learning Grant Application

The purpose of these grants is to encourage faculty to incorporate an international distance-learning component into their class or to develop an entire international on-line distance-learning class in collaboration with a colleague abroad. Stipends of $500 will be awarded for development of an international distance-learning component in a class and stipends of $1,000 will be awarded for development of an entire international on-line distance learning class. All teaching faculty, both full-time and adjunct, are eligible. The submission deadline is “rolling” with work expected to be carried out in the summer or winter session and/or semester or year prior to when the class component or entire class will be taught. (The lead-times needed to complete preparations will vary greatly and the grant guidelines are intended to be flexible in this regard.) The recipient may work with the college’s Instructional Media Design Specialists who will help coordinate course distance-learning platform and technical issues. Application guidelines are available from the Office of Information Resources.

International Distance Learning Grants

You will be prompted for your network username/password in order to gain access to the form.

Information Resources

SUNY Cortland

206 Miller

607-753-5942

607-753-5985 FAX

apir@cortland.edu

2007-08 Online Course Development Grants

Grants are available for faculty to develop online distance learning courses for Summer 2008 and Winter 2009 Sessions. Deadline for applications is October 5, 2007.

• Application for Summer/Winter Session Online Course Development Grant (MS Word)

2007-08 Student Computing Access Program (SCAP)

2007-2008 SCAP (Student Computer Access Program) grants are available for faculty to request technology for course-related student use according to established guidelines. Deadline for applications is October 29, 2007.

• 2007-08 SCAP Guidelines
• 2007-08 SCAP Request Form (MS Word)

Faculty Grants for Developing Discipline-Specific CAP Courses

Grants are available to develop and teach new discipline-specific courses in CAP. Grants of $1000 will be granted to selected faculty who develop new CAP 100 or upper-level CAP courses within academic disciplines. Deadline for applications is November 15, 2007.

Applications for these awards will be evaluated according to the degree to which they support the following objectives:

1. Increasing the number of CAP 100 courses taught within academic departments;
2. Increasing the number and variety of upper-level CAP courses taught within academic departments;
3. Providing a wider range of courses for the CAP minor;
4. Improving the level of computer literacy of SUNY Cortland graduates; and
5. Assuring that students graduate with information and computer literacy competencies in their disciplines.
   • Proposal Form (MS Word)
   • Proposal Form (WordPerfect)

Application for CAP Course Development Grant (MS Word)

Contact the Information Resources Office for more information (607) 753-5942.

Long Range Planning Grant to Infuse Information and Technology Competencies

Eight grants of $750 are available for faculty to develop higher level information and technology competencies which are infused into courses. Grant recipients will develop models that provide good and appropriate examples of teaching students to locate, utilize, and communicate information. These models should foster critical thinking skills, improve students’ research skills and improve their understanding of the appropriate use of technology to communicate what the students have learned.

Outcomes could range from developing a team teaching (librarian and faculty) approach to the literature of the field; teaching students to think critically about their use of information and technology; developing a “library lab hour” component to a course; or other classroom related project that explores how students understand and process information. Grant proposals must show how information literacy will be infused into the course(s) to improve students’ ability to locate, utilize and communicate information learning.