Brenton Center
for Agricultural Instruction & Technology Transfer

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Course Grants

Increase the number of Distance Education Courses

 

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will provide a grant to convert courses for Distance Education delivery. Courses eligible include 300-400 undergraduate and graduate. Faculty / Departments will have one year to make the conversion. Departments will develop and follow a rotational plan to ensure that students have access to courses on a timely manner. Departments will be expected to teach the course a minimum of three times to satisfy the grant. Those courses that have already received College funding for their conversion, 599, & 699 courses will not be eligible for additional grant funds.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will provide $6,000 (based on a 3 credit course) to the Department to convert a course to asynchronous delivery and $3,000 to the Brenton Center to provide assistance to the Department. If the development costs exceed the $3,000, the additional costs will be recovered from the original grant funds and/or the course profits when the course is taught. Fifty percent of the grant funds will be transferred to the Department at the start of the conversion process and the balance will be transferred after course has been taught the first time.

The Department will follow approved practices and principles for developing distance delivery courses as stipulated by the Brenton Center. Course content will be organized in modules for greater flexibility of teaching additional credit or non-credit courses. Faculty will meet with the Brenton Center staff to discuss their needs and time line for completion of the conversion.