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> Designing Educational Innovations for Sustained Adoption: An Online > Workshop > You are invited to apply to participate in a three-week, online, > interactive workshop to help you develop a strong propagation plan > for your education development project. The dates of the workshop > were selected to accommodate the 3 November 2015 due date for NSF > IUSE:EHR Exploration and Design Tier for Engaged Student Learning & > Institution and Community Transformation proposals and the January > 11, 2017 due date for NSF IUSE:EHR Development and Implementation > Tiers for Engaged Student Learning & Institution and Community > Transformation proposals. > The RFP for the IUSE program states that "transferability and > propagation are critical aspects for IUSE:EHR-supported efforts and > should be addressed throughout a project's lifetime by ensuring > attention to designing for use in a large variety of institutions" ( > http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15585/nsf15585.htm ). The project > “Collaborative Research: Increasing the Impact of TUES Projects > through Effective Propagation Strategies: A How-To Guide for PIs” > has been supported by NSF to develop resources to help educational > developers prepare propagation plans intended to promote sustained > adoption of instructional strategies and materials. The workshop is > intended to help you develop and improve the propagation plan for > your NSF proposal. You should submit your application at > https://goo.gl/HhM6gY by 4 September 2015 . > Three synchronous two-hour online sessions will be offered 2:00-4:00 > PM EDT on three consecutive Fridays > - Friday, 25 September 2015 > - Friday, 2 October 2015 > - Friday, 9 October 2015 > Participants should agree to participate in all aspects of the > workshop. This includes the three synchronous online sessions as > well as 4-6 additional hours per week in preparation for the online > sessions. > Workshop participants will: > (a) Prepare a structured three-page summary using a template prepared > by the project team. The initial three-page summary will be due > 11:59 PM EDT, Sunday, 20 September 2015 > (b) Use the Designing for Sustained Adoption Assessment Instrument ( > http://goo.gl/hwSYBf ) to evaluate three other structured three-page > summaries prepared by other participants. > (c) Read the assigned portions of the online How-To Guide ( > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B22xJ4TwrTx2Sm91RGd5aFkzU0k/view?usp=sharing > ) > (d) Revise the structured three-page summary for the second and third > sessions and evaluate the revised summaries of three other > participants > We estimates that participants will need to invest about 4-6 hours > before each synchronous two-hour online session. While this is a > substantial commitment, the experience of the project team in > working with other educational developers suggests that the time > invested will help participants prepare a competitive proposal. > In the three-week workshop, the instructors will: > (i) Present the framework we have developed to help educational > developers prepare their propagation plans, > (ii) Facilitate interaction among participants as they evaluate > proposed propagation plans using the Designing for Sustained > Adoption Assessment Instrument ( http://goo.gl/hwSYBf ), and > (iii) Address participant questions about elements of the framework. > A draft syllabus for the online workshop can be found at > https://goo.gl/I7oVjQ . > The number of participants will be limited to 24 to promote > interaction among participants and with the workshop facilitators. > Participants will be selected from applications that are received by > the 4 September deadline. > Project Team > Rene Cole, University of Iowa > Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University > Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University > Raina Khatri, Western Michigan University > Debra Friedrichsen, Independent Consultant > Courtney Stanford, University of Iowa > (NSF Award Nos. 1122446,1122416, 1236926) > -- > Charles Henderson, Ph.D. > Professor, Department of Physics and Mallinson Institute for Science > Education > Senior Editor, Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education > Research > Co-Director, Center for Research on Instructional Change in > Postsecondary Education > Western Michigan University > 1903 W. Michigan Ave. > Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5252 > 269-387-4951 > [log in to unmask] > http://homepages.wmich.edu/~chenders