BRYN MAWR COLLEGE

• Ines Arribas, website development for the teaching of literature
• Don Barber and Peter Magee, development of a geoarcheology course to be offered fall 2005
• Carola Hein, development of a course on visual methods
• Maria Cristina Quintero, incorporation of instructional technology into courses on the drama of the Golden Age
• Kate Thomas, introduction of a praxis element into an English course on food and culinary culture

For summer 2003, the following projects were supported:

• Ayumi Takenaka, development of three praxis courses
• Ted Wong, development of quantitative laboratory experiences for students in the Biology of Plants course
• T'zu Chiang, development of teaching materials for third-year Chinese
• Tom Vartanian support for attending a statistics course

A few matters of general policy: the College provides centralized support for multimedia technology. Projects should make the most effective use they can of the higher-end equipment and the trained assistance available centrally. Departments and/or individual faculty members who wish to request special software should not seek to duplicate such facilities available elsewhere.

Funding for projects may be contingent, too, on a department's or faculty member's willingness to participate in training.

In making a proposal, a department or faculty member should provide information and address issues such as:

• the name of the course(s) and when it (they) might be offered, whether the proposal(s) is (are) for new or revised course(s);
• the level and number of students likely to take the course(s);
• how the project will benefit students and enhance their learning;
• the place of this work in the larger context of the faculty member's pedagogy and that of the department;
• whether the project might have applicability to other courses in the department, or in other departments;
• the specific activities the project will support, including a detailed budget, complete with anticipated equipment and support costs, and indications of other potential sources of funding for the project;
• a schedule for the implementation of the project; and
• a statement of support from the department chair or chair of an allied department.

Project proposals may be submitted at any time to the Office of the Provost. They should be clearly identified as requests for support from the Curriculum Development Fund. Proposals which involve summer support should, however, be submitted by March 31 to allow sufficient time for their review. Faculty members who have ideas for projects are encouraged to inquire about support even if the March 31 deadline has passed.