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The Top 25 Project
Engaging Students in their Learning
Information on Round IV applications is posted below. The deadline for Round IV pre-proposals is October 1, 2009. Full Proposals are due January 15, 2010.
In his inaugural address, The Fusion of Learning, President Hodge challenged Miami to become an institution unmatched in its renown as a learning- and learner-centered university. As he pointed out, “…the heart of our future [is] namely the creation of a learning environment that is unmatched by its excitement and accomplishment.”
In keeping with this challenge, the President and Provost Herbst announced a new initiative: The TOP25 Project: Engaging Students in their Learning. To date, 12 courses from 11 different departments have submitted successful projects to begin implementation of the TOP25 Project. Copies of the full proposals for these courses are available below as is a complete listing of all TOP25-eligible courses.
As an initial step in building a state-of-the-art learning environment at Miami, the project focuses on our highest enrollment courses. The project calls for innovative approaches that move learning away from, as the President says, “too much time telling students what we think they need to know, and not enough time using their curiosity to drive their learning.” Instead, the TOP 25 Project aims to develop learning models that are inquiry driven, call for active learning, and place the student at the very center of the learning experience. Through redesign of high enrollment courses that are departmentally owned and operated, the project aims to create systemic change in undergraduate learning at Miami.
Teams of faculty from departments that teach our highest enrollment courses are invited to submit pre-proposals and if selected, full proposals for building new learning models. Maximum awards are for $35,000 over a two-year period. Six or seven projects will be funded for phase III.
Related Readings on Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching
Departments Eligible for Funding and Courses on the TOP 25 List
Pre-Proposal Materials, Round IV
Call for Proposals
Pre-Proposal Rubric
Full Proposal Materials, Round IV
Full Proposal Guidelines
Rubric for Evaluating Full Proposals
Round I Funded Courses (Updated
5/16/08)
COM
135,
Public Expression & Critical
Inquiry
CSA
141 and CSA 148,
Personal Computer Application and Business
Computing
GEO
101, Global Forces,
Local Diversity
MIS
235, Making Information
Systems Fun, From a Students' Perspective
MKT
291,
Principles of Marketing
PSY
111,
Introduction to Psychology
THE
191,
Theatre Appreciation
Round II Funded Courses (Updated
5/16/08)
BMZ 115, Biological Concepts: Ecology,
Evolution, Genetics, and Diversity
ECO 201, Principles of Microeconomics
GLG
111, The Dynamic Earth
MGT 291, Organizational Behavior and Theory
MGT 302, Introduction to Supply Chain and Operations Management (SCOM)
Round III Funded Courses (Updated
5/21/09)
CHM 144, 145, Chemistry Laboratory Course
ENG 112, Composition and Literature
FIN 301, Introduction to Business Finance
MBI 131, Community Health Perspectives
MTH 151 Redesign of Calculus I
STA 261, Statistics