[ED-TECH] Podcasting RFP

Ed-Tech list members,

Please note and help us distribute the following RFP announcement. The complete RFP can be found at www.snurl.com/podrfp or from the menu item on the www.miami.edu/iac web page. Proposals are due on or before March 17th. The submission form can be found at www.snurl.com/podcastproposal or from a link in the RFP.

Request for Proposals

Enhanced Learning with Podcasts

A Request for Proposals seeks innovative uses of Podcasts that enhance learning outcomes in undergraduate courses at the University of Miami. Podcasts are audio recordings that are packaged and distributed in such a way that they can be listened to on an audio player at the convenience of the listener.

Students can listen to Podcasts when walking across campus, working out at the Wellness Center, or sitting in their room. Podcasts are being increasingly used to make recorded lectures available to students, and UM is already in the process of developing a support system for faculty members wishing to do this.

What other uses for Podcasts might there be? How might Podcasting increase or enhance learning outcomes in our courses? In order to explore those questions, faculty members are being asked to submit their ideas.

Up to 10 awards of $2,000 each will be made for accepted proposals, either paid as an honorarium, with taxes withheld, or deposited in a departmental development account.

TIMETABLE:

• Submissions are due on or before Friday, March 17.
• Announcements will be made by Monday, April 3.
• Honoraria will be distributed Friday, April 28.
• Proposals will be implemented during fall 2006.
• Results will be presented during spring 2007.

Additional information, including a sample proposal, can be found on the www.snurl.com/podrfp or www.miami.edu/iac web pages. Contact Bill Vilberg at 284-2008 for any needed clarification.

Bill Vilberg

Instructional Advancement

Jim Shelley

Information Technology

Tom Ruthven

Richter Library

Carl Snyder

School of Arts and Sciences