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New Mexico State University

ITAL Program Application June 10-12, 17-19, 24-26 or July 8-10, 15-17, 22-24 Deadline: April 14, 2008

The program application is to be used only by departments that intend to offer a degree program through the distance education office. Instructions on how to complete a program application is described below.

Please note that this is a competitive process. A limited number of applications will be chosen based on the author's ability to thoroughly describe the relevance for attending the ITAL.

The application for individual faculty at http://www.nmsu.edu/~training/individual.html  is intended to be used by faculty members who want to offer a course via distance education or to apply instructional technologies in classes they teach.

Participant cost for the distance education programs applying to ITAL is $500/seat. This amount covers tuition and contributes towards the cost of the equipment, software, and accessories that are loaned to faculty during the institute.

Details about the Institute for Technology Assisted Learning (ITAL) can be found on the ITAL Web page at http://www.nmsu.edu/~training/ital/ital_info.html. Deadline for applications is April 14, 2008 with announcement of ITAL awards expected April 21, 2008. For questions about ITAL, contact Robbie Grant at 646-3014 or e-mail rogrant@nmsu.edu.

Participant Responsibilities

Participants who have met all the following responsibilities will be provided with the laptop, accessories, and software used during the Institute, and ownership of this equipment will be transferred to their departments. Participants who do not meet the responsibilities will return the laptop, accessories and software; in addition, the application fee will be forfeited.

  1. Participants must not miss more than two ITAL workshops (attendance is recorded at each workshop). Workshops are defined as individual events on the calendar. There could be up to four workshops on any given day.
  2. Participants will identify at least one course they will restructure and teach using the instructional technology and pedagogy learned during ITAL.
  3. Participants will develop and present a project that incorporates the technology and pedagogy learned during ITAL.

How to Submit An ITAL Program Proposal

Your program's proposal should be three to ten pages in length and should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to training@nmsu.edu in Word or HTML format. Acceptance to ITAL is a competitive process. Because there are always more applicants than there are slots available, each application will judged on the strength of its proposal. Each proposal should include:

  1. List of recommended participants from your program

    Provide a list of the faculty members that are requesting ITAL slots. Include the course titles that they would be teaching in support of the distance education degree program, and their e-mail addresses and phone numbers. Please list them in priority order (e.g. those most interested in this type of instruction, those teaching DE courses soonest, etc.). If there are participants who are unable to attend during the session you have requested as your first choice, indicate who they are.

  2. Program summary

    • Program title, and whether it is a graduate, undergraduate or certificate program.
    • Sponsoring department(s) and other partners.
    • Name of primary contact for the program.
    • Summary statement, briefly stating concepts, goals, and objectives.
    • Brief description of the target audience for your program.
  3. Program detail
    • Who will benefit from this program?
    • How is this program relevant to the mission of NMSU?
    • Estimated enrollment numbers from various geographic locations. Indicate projected student demand for the foreseeable future. Please specify the data source or assumptions on which the estimates are based.
    • Describe the technologies that will be used to reach your audience. This should include:
      1. Technology expectations for students
      2. Infrastructure assumptions
      3. Student services assumptions
    • Discuss how the general education courses for your program will be provided.
    • Provide estimates of resources that will be needed to establish and operate this program. This would include:
      1. Staffing
      2. Support
      3. Equipment
  4. Required signatures
    • Applications must be signed by all participating department heads and the college dean.
  5. Contact information
    • Name of the primary contact for this application:
    • Phone number:
    • e-mail address

Please note that this is a competitive application. A limited number of applications will be chosen based on the applicant's ability to thoroughly describe the relevance for attending ITAL.