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The Provost’s Distributed Learning Course Development grant program is a program designed to encourage faculty participation in Distributed Learning (formerly Distance Education) by providing financial incentives, expert instructional design assistance, and technological support to faculty for the purpose of developing courses for delivery through Distributed Learning (DL) methods.
Each award winner will work as part of a three person team. Each team will consist of a faculty member, a professional instructional designer (housed in CTE and part of a growing cohort of such course design specialists at USC) and a technology consultant from UTS.
The purpose of this program is to create state-of-the-art distributed learning courses that will enhance the overall quality, scope, and reach of teaching and learning offered by USC faculty by using technology and advanced pedagogy to overcome limitations imposed by distance, time and space.
Proposals for fully on-line or “blended” courses are especially encouraged. Blended courses are mixed delivery-mode courses which both meet in a traditional classroom, studio or lab for 50, 75 or 100 minutes per week and complete the required contact minutes via on-line content.
2012 Awardees
Name |
Department |
Project |
Glenda Alvarado |
School of Journalism and Mass Communications - College of Mass Communication and Information Sciences |
Media, Communication and Society, JOUR 201 ($8,000) |
| Stephen T. Anderson, Sr. |
USC Sumter |
Introduction to Descriptive Statistics-An Online Opportunity, STAT 110 ($8,000) |
| Deborah Billings |
Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior - Arnold School of Public Health |
HPEB 621/ WGST 621: Maternal and Child Health ($7,909) |
| Noni Bohonak |
USC Lancaster |
Introduction to Computer Concepts--CSCEL 101 ($7,950) |
| Erica Gibson |
Women's and Gender Studies Program - College of Arts and Sciences |
Women's Health Online. WGST 113 ($7,763) |
| Jean-Luc Grosso |
USC Sumter |
Labor Economics, ECON 406 ($7,558) |
| David Hunter |
Extended University - USC Columbia |
Negotiation and Conflict in the Workplace, MGMT 401 ($5,750) |
| Michael Patrick Kelly |
Educational Studies - College of Education |
Nature of Students with Learning Disabilities, EDEX 531 ($3,778) |
| Jessica Sheffield |
Extended University -USC Columbia |
Public Communication, SPCH 140 ($3,660) |
| Hayden Smith |
Criminology and Criminal Justice - College of Arts and Sciences |
Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems ($6,723) |
| Mindi Spencer |
Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior - Arnold School of Public Health |
Southern Discomfort: Public Health in the American South, HPEB 512/SOST 500A ($8,000) |
| Tom Weir |
School of Journalism and Mass Communications - College of Mass Communication and Information Sciences |
Principles of Advertising in Strategic Communication, JOUR 205 ($8,000) |
Questions?
For more information, please contact the Office of the Provost at 803-777-2930 or the individuals below:
- Derlene Lowder, Academic Research Analyst, Office of the Provost
- Dr. Lacy Ford, Vice Provost and Chair, Provost's Committee on Distributed Learning
- Jed Lyons, Faculty Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
- Steve Adams, Director of Distributed Learning
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