Thank you for your interest in the Digital Curriculum Innovation (DCI) initiative. As a reminder, DCI is funded by the distance learning fee reserves through the DDL Strategic Innovation Fund for fiscal year 2023-24. Only online courses taught by IDL credentialed or equivalent faculty will be considered.
Two information sessions about DCI were held at the Faculty Multimedia Center (FMC). Please view the recording(s) from the February 10th or the February 13th session and email us at iLab@ucf.edu if you have any follow-up questions.
Eligibility Guidelines
- Must be distance learning (DL)-eligible courses (W, RS, V)
- Team of 2-3 teaching faculty members
- Teams can include up to 2 additional non-teaching faculty or staff members from CDL
- Teams can consist of members across disciplines
- Each team must identify a project lead.
- The lead will be the primary contact for all communications.
- The lead will coordinate all team activities from goal setting to producing project deliverables.
- Minimum number of course sections to be implemented in is 2-3 (depending on team size)
- Listing the names and courses of additional teaching faculty members who will implement your innovation project in their courses would strengthen your proposal
Requirements
The submission form will include questions regarding:
- List of courses and semesters the project deliverables will be implemented
- Proposed budget with general explanation of funding allocation
- faculty incentive allocations
- course assistant(s) supplement
- additional expenses
- Problem statement and proposed solution
- Specific deliverables must be identified
- Demonstration of impact, such as estimated number of students
- Identify anticipated resources needed
- Plans for evaluation/continuous improvement
- Letter of support from department chair or dean
Priority Items
Priority will be given to Personalized Adaptive Learning (PAL) and any innovation project that leads to a High Impact Practice (HIP) designation for DL-eligible courses.
To increase student access at scale, priority will also be given to team-based proposals that demonstrate:
- A collaborative team project with 2-3 faculty members who teach courses in sequence, within the same program, or address an interdisciplinary need.
- A clear instructional challenge and intervention aimed at increasing student success.
- A potential for large-scale impact (e.g., high enrollment courses, high DFW rates, adoption by other faculty outside of the project team).
Submission Form
Review the DCI Proposals Guide for a preview of the submission form and to help generate ideas for your proposal.
Additionally, download the Team Members & Preliminary Budget document which will need to be submitted with your proposal.
Only the Team lead or a designated member of the team needs to submit your proposal.
Additional Details
- Deadlines:
- Call for Proposals opens Wednesday, February 15th
- Call for Proposals closes Wednesday, March 22nd
- The selection process includes 3 steps:
- A selection committee will review proposals and identify finalists.
- Finalists will be invited to pitch their projects at Digital Learning Day for audience support and input, which will be considered by the selection committee. Visit the DLD website to save your calendars and register for the event.
- The selection committee will choose the 5-6 winning projects.
- The winners of the selected proposals will be notified Friday, April 28th.