INCUBATOR FOR COLLEGE COMPLETION

March 13, 2013

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daIntroduction Jennifer Rippner, UGA IHE

The Incubator and CCGLynne Weisenbach, USG

Incubator RFP BasicsJennifer Rippner, UGA IHE

Award CategoriesArt Seavey, USG and Tabitha Press, USG

Questions and DiscussionALL

ConclusionJennifer Rippner, UGA IHE

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Jennifer RippnerIncubator CoordinatorGraduate Research Assistant, Institute of Higher EducationUniversity of Georgia

jrippner@uga.edu

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institutional, multi-institutional, or regional level projects that aim to increase college completion

• Support the programming and activities outlined in the college completion plans

• Grow learning communities of innovators to share promising practices and methods from the projects

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• 5-page proposal and budget

• Timeline:• April 8, 2013: proposal due no later than 5:00 pm to

Jennifer Rippner at jrippner@uga.edu• April 8 – 22, 2013: review of applications; follow-up

questions to applicants if necessary• April 22, 2013 (or before): announcement of grantees• Prior to June 30, 2013: work must begin on projects• No later than June 30, 2014: work completed

• Awardees successful applications will be made available to all USG institutions

• Awardees will benefit from guidance and support throughout the grant period

Jennifer Rippner, Institute of Higher Education - University of Georgia

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Estimated four awardees at $25K max each

Priority will be given to projects supporting one or more of these three broad subcategories:

• New Models for Learning• Data-driven Student Engagement• Creating/Sustaining Partnerships

Art Seavey, University System of Georgia

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Action Analyticshttp://www.educause.edu/ero/article/action-analytics-measuring-and-improving-performance-matters-higher-education

Building Organizational Capacity for Analyticshttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/PUB9012.pdf

Open Educational Resources Overviewhttp://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2012/02/07/11114/open-educational-resources/

Open Educational Resources Resources and Projectshttp://creativecommons.org/educationhttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Case_Studies

AACU LEAP Campus Tool Kithttp://leap.aacu.org/toolkit/

Overview Competency Based Educationhttp://www.americanprogress.org/issues/higher-education/news/2012/06/08/11725/the-opportunities-and-challenges-of-competency-based-education/

Texas Tuning Projecthttp://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=8FFC700A-D9F8-57C3-CD178199FADC8CD4

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esMOOC Overview from Vanderbilt Center for Teaching and Learninghttp://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/online-education/moocs/

University System of Maryland and Coursera Experimentshttp://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-12-29/news/bs-md-usm-online-learning-20121229_1_online-courses-coursera-university-system

Dev Math MOOC at Wake Techhttp://www.waketech.edu/introductory-algebra-review-mooc

Dev Math MOOC at Cuyahoga Community Collegehttp://blog.blackboard.com/company/featured/community-college-wins-gates-foundation-grant-for-dev-math-mooc/

Python Programming Course at Bunker Hillhttp://www.bhcc.mass.edu/edx

MOOC Platforms

Courserahttps://www.coursera.org/

Udacityhttps://www.udacity.com/

edXhttps://www.edx.org/

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Category 2: Planning for Success in Gateway Courses

Estimated four awardees between $5K - $7K each

Designed for faculty driven work around aligning curriculum and expectations with the new Common Core Georgia Performance Standards

Must have a K-12 partner or resource

Must involve curriculum alignment of gateway math and/or English courses

Tabitha Press, University System of Georgia

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esCollege Board• Affinity Network Overview http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/affinity-network

Common Core Standards Resources• Georgia’s Common Core Standards Resources

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/default.aspx• Official Common Core State Standards Initiative 

http://www.corestandards.org/• Achieve’ s Common Core Resources Page

http://www.achieve.org/achieving-common-core

Eastern Kentucky’s Curriculum Alignment for Retention and Transition at Eastern Kentucky University                 http://tlc.eku.edu/carte-key-documents• Small professional development communities by content area • Faculty driven work, aligned course syllabi to common core standards

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either at your institution or in higher education generally?

• Do you see the incubator funds fueling exploration into these areas? If so, how?

• Are there data gaps that could be barriers to developing an effective project?

• How do we best share what is being learned during these projects?

• Additional questions?

Thank you.

March 13, 2013

Jennifer Rippnerjrippner@uga.edu