MINI-GRANT APPLICATION TO ATTEND APRIL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISTANCE EDUCATION AND BLENDED LEARNING

The Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) is accepting applications from tenure and non-tenure track faculty to learn about innovations taking place in distance education and blended learning at the Online Learning Consortium Innovate Conference is on-site from April 10-13 and virtually from April 23-25 in Denver, CO.

2024 Conference Website: http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/olc-innovate/

Send your completed applications and questions to Ken Silvestri, Instructional Designer in the Center for Faculty Excellence, at kenneth.silvestri@montana.edu or (406) 994-7835.

Featuring over 100 workshops and presentations, the OLC Innovate Conference presents an extraordinary opportunity to learn from nationally recognized leading thinkers about cutting edge developments in distance education and blended learning as well as technologies that support teaching in these formats.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE OPTION: ***Note that those who are unable to attend the onsite conference can also apply to attend the virtual conference option. When completing the application, please indicate your preference for attending onsite or virtual***

The grant will cover conference registration fees, lodging, food, and travel.  To be considered for the mini-grant, please submit an application by Thursday, February 15th at 5:00 p.m. to Ken Silvestri at kenneth.silvestri@montana.edu.  A committee will review applications and notify applicants no later than March 1st at 5:00 p.m. to begin making travel arrangements.  

The Center would like to sponsor faculty that possess some experience designing and delivering distance or blended courses. Applications will be evaluated accordingly and by the anticipated impact attending the conference will have on increasing and supporting distance education and blended learning at MSU.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants may submit their application by responding to the questions in this MS Word document and sending it to Ken Silvestri at kenneth.silvestri@montana.edu.