University System of Maryland
Carnegie Course Redesign Initiative
August 2010
To
facilitate reaching the strategic goals of the USM Carnegie Award Course
Redesign Program Phase 2 (CR2), staff from USM will coordinate activities to
support three cohort groups of institutional faculty moving through the
redesign process. It is anticipated that a total of 20 - 30 full courses will
be involved in Carnegie Award CR2, with the program startup in Summer 2010,
targeting the first cohort's pilot for 10 courses for Fall 2011 and their
full
implementation by Spring 2012. The cohorts will run on a yearly cycle, with
additional
courses added each of the next two years. The second and third
year cohorts may change
in size depending on available funding. The
following outlines the process for CR2:
COHORT 1: Target - Pilot Fall 2011/Full implementation
Spring 2012
10 Course Redesigns
1.
In order to properly introduce both the program
and its overall goals, USM staff will meet face-to-face on individual campuses
with the Provost. Provosts will be urged
to invite Deans and/or Department Chairs in addition to faculty from the campus
who have been involved in CR1. Goal of
this meeting will be to generate interest by academic management in the
program, disseminate information on process and answer questions on overall
program. Timeline: Late Summer to early
Fall 2010
2.
USM will create a web presence for the program
with details of the process, links to resources, contact identification for
internal program leaders and evangelists.
Timeline: Summer to early Fall 2010
3.
A heavily advertised workshop will be offered to
interested faculty/Chairs/Deans providing fundamentals on Course Redesign using
NCAT approaches, with participation by experienced USM faculty and others. Goal will be to present enough information to
allow participating faculty to create a proposal for a course redesign. Timeline: October 7 and 8, 2010
4.
Interested faculty will prepare and submit to
USM a short version course redesign proposal, outlining the course
involved, the problem that will be addressed, the approach that will be taken
and the outcomes anticipated. An
estimated cost for a redesign project will also be requested. These proposals will form the basis for the
competitive evaluation of redesign submissions.
Timeline: December 2010
5.
Based on short proposals, the evaluation team
will make a tentative award to those proposals viewed as consistent with the
overall goals of CR2. Timeline:
late December 2010
6.
Faculty whose proposals have been accepted will
be invited to a more in-depth workshop geared toward assisting faculty in
completing a fully developed plan. Timeline:
Mid-January 2011
7.
Faculty will develop their plans based on format
and guidance received at the January workshop and submit the full plan for
their course redesign. Timeline:
Spring Break 2011
8.
All awards will be confirmed based on the final
plan submission. Some revisions may be
necessary to the original short plans. Timeline:
April 2011
9.
Redesign implementation will occur over the summer of 2011
10. Course
pilots will be delivered for Fall 2011
11. A third
workshop in series will involve sharing of progress on pilot and a mid course
review Timeline: January 2012
12. Full
implementation for all redesigned courses ready for Spring 2012
13. A final
workshop will be offered to include analysis of issues, recording of
experiences, guidance on assessment, and recruiting the next set of evangelists
to work with the next Cohort . Timeline: March 2012
COHORT 2: Target - Pilot Fall 2012/Full Implementation
Spring 2013
5 or more Additional Course
Redesigns
1.
The Cohort 2 cycle will start without the
face-to- face meetings needed at the start of the first Cohort. The program will begin with reminders to the
Provost of the start of the second cycle and requests to pass that information
on to Chairs and Deans.
2.
The remainder of the program will be identical
to Cohort 1 with only the milestone dates adjusted to the new cycle
3.
A review of the disciplines covered in Cohort 1
will be conducted to determine whether the evaluation team should focus the
solicitation of new toward specific disciplines in order to balance the
program's awards.
4.
The total number of course redesign awards will
be dependent of available funding but no less than 5 will be offered in this
cycle
COHORT
3: Target- Pilot Fall 2013/Full
Implementation Spring 2014
5
or more Additional Course Redesigns
1.
The third cycle will be identical to Cohort 2
with the milestone dates adjusted
2.
The number of Course Redesigns may be increased
if funding is available
3.
During this cycle, plans will be made to
transition to program to a self sustaining institutionally based approach