ALTC Grants

As part of the Promoting Excellence Initiative

The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) has a range of grants available for educational development. This page contains summaries, resources and links for ANU as the leading institution for these projects.

CEDAM has obtained an ALTC Grant, the Promoting Excellence Initiative, to enable ANU staff to interact with the available ALTC Grants. Limited teaching relief funding may be available to support groups prepare applications for the 2010 Grants round, in particular, the Competitive Grants Program proposal due on 2nd November 2009.

Grants Schemes

Competitive Grants Program

Leadership Program

Priority Projects Program

Resources

ALTC Exchange

Project Dissemination Strategies

Other Resources

Futher Information

Competitive Grants Program

CEDAM is particularly interested in supporting applications for the Competitive Grants Program November round. Limited teaching relief funding may be available to support groups prepare applications for the 2010 Grants round, in particular, the Competitive Grants Program proposal due on 2nd November 2009.

Timeline for CEDAM support

Friday 14th August 2009 - Requests due for teaching relief

Friday 28th August 2009 - Final costing due for teaching relief

Wednesday 30th September 2009- Dissemination strategies workshop

Monday 12th October 2009 - Final draft of proposals due to CEDAM

Monday 26th October 2009 - Final draft due to PVC (E) for signing

Monday 2nd November 2009 - Applications due to ALTC
Proposals must be lodged using the ALTC online system by this date.

INFORMATION SHEET 2010

Program Priorities

Through this Program, the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) provides grants for research, development and innovation related to the enhancement of learning and teaching in higher education.

The funding priorities for 2010 are:

- Priority One: Research and development focussing on issues of emerging and continuing importance

- Priority Two: Strategic approaches to learning and teaching that address the increasing diversity of the student body. Applications for 2010 must address the issues of student diversity directly. Applicants should not assume that projects addressing students are by implication addressing the “diversity of the student body”

- Priority Three: Innovation in learning and teaching, particularly in relation to the role of new technologies

Application Information

Two general calls for project proposals will occur in 2010. The ALTC reserves the right to ask for a proposal to be modified and/or re-submitted for decision.

Funding range: for applications other than those building directly on previous work is $80,000–$220,000.
Applications building directly on previous ALTC or AUTC projects have a funding range of $80,000–$150,000.

Projects’ duration: up to 2 years

Closing dates for proposals
Round 1: 2 November 2009. Applications accepted under Priorities One, Two and Three.
Round 2: 3 June 2010. Applications accepted under Priorities One, Two, Three and any additional priorities (see Guidelines Review, below).

Printable copy of Grants program overview resource.

Full Competitive Grants Program guidelines for 2010

Further information

Leadership Program

Further information

Priority Projects Program

Project Dissemination strategies

The following advice is taken from the Dissemination, Adoption & Adaptation of Project Innovations in Higher Education by Jo McKenzie, Shirley Alexander, Carly Harper, Susan Anderson from University of Technology, Sydney (May 2005 p.xv).

The report recommends that project developers:

consider the range of possible methods that might be adopted for involving potential users from the beginning of a project, for example
collaborative development by a strategically selected group of partners;
consultation with potential users at various stages of the process, from initial project design to prototype evaluation, pilot testing and cascading to others;
involvement of potential users in needs analysis related to the intended project;
provide support for adopters to engage in the learning necessary to adapt, implement and evaluate the project outcomes effectively, for example
provide implementation guides accompanying the project;
provide case studies and exemplars of implementation;
provide support or training workshops or other events;
provide consultancy support and services from the project team;
use consultative and collaborative forms of development which enable potential adopters to learn and inform project development;
consider the range of potential adopters of the project and use appropriate methods for engaging with them, such as through links with disciplinary or cross-disciplinary organisations.

ALTC Dissemination Framework

The approach advocated by ALTC is an engaged-focused approach to dissemination, involving consultation, collaboration and support for ongoing dissemination both during the project and after the project is completed. Recommendations for engaged dissemination:

Identify potential users and stakeholders.
Describe strategies to engage with the users throughout the project development, focusing on the intended adoption.
Identify the range of project outcomes and potential users of the different outcomes that could be adopted and implemented by different groups
Describe strategies for enabling each indentified group of intended users to become aware of the relevant outcomes and ideas and how they might be involved in making effective use of them.
Describe strategies for engaging with intended users and obtaining feedback during the project development
Outline evaluation strategies on the impact of their project outcomes with the intended user communities during and following the project development.

Printable copy of Project Dissemination resource

ALTC Exchange

The ALTC Exchange is an online professional networking site which enables members to contribute, collaborate, and share knowledge about innovative teaching and learning practices in higher education with like-minded professionals

In order to access the resources on the ALTC Exchange you must set up an account with username and a password.
link to other colleagues in ANU or other universities.
access resources like past ALTC project reports, policy and web links

Discipline Communities: Resources and people in your discipline
Agriculture, Architecture, Creative, Education, Engineering, Food, Health, Information, Management, Mixed, Natural, Society

Learning and Teaching: Common issues across disciplines
Assessment, Community engaged learning, Cultural literacy, Curriculum, Evaluation, Flexible learning, Graduate attributes, Learning designs, Postgraduate and research education, Teaching- research nexus, Teaching strategies, Work-integrated learning.

Leadership and Change: Institution-wide support and systems
Indigenous education, Leadership, Learning and teaching policies, Places and spaces, Quality improvement, Standards, Supporting staff, Supporting students, Transitions

Technologies and Learning: Technologies to enable and enrich learning
Accessibility, Capturing, Collaborating and Communicating, Designing, E-learning systems, publishing and presenting, and, reusing learning resources

People and Groups: Find, meet and collaborate
Search for people and groups on the Exchange

My Exchange
Blogs, bookmarks, groups, colleagues and tagged resources

Printable copy of ALTC Exchange resource

Other Resources

ALTC Grants Checklist for Competitive Grants Scheme and Priority Projects.

ALTC Grants Checklist for Leadership Program

ALTC Working with Workshops resource

Further information

If you are interested in any aspect of the project or would like to discuss the ALTC initiatives please contact members of the team.

Gerlese Akerlind, Project Leader	Andrea Benson, Project Manager
T:02 6125 0056 Email: gerlese.akerlind@anu.edu.au	T:02 6125 9588 Email: andrea.benson@anu.edu.au