Call for Applications: Mobile Learning Scholars 2.0 – Spring 2020
The Mobile Learning Scholars program is currently on hold due to COVID-19 and campus closure. Please check back in the future for more information.
The Mobile Learning Scholars program is designed to facilitate the exploration of questions about teaching, learning, and collaboration in an information-rich, “connect anywhere and anytime” environment made possible by mobile technologies such as tablet devices and smartphones. The purpose of the cohort model is to provide faculty with a supportive and shared experience as they explore how mobile devices affect such instructional variables as student learning, interaction, communication, collaboration, and fieldwork.
Providing continued support for graduates of the Mobile Learning Scholars 1.0 program, the 2.0 cohort experience enables participating faculty to draw upon the previous exploration of mobile learning to delve more deeply into mobile curriculum design and mobile pedagogy. In addition, faculty in the 2.0 cohort play an active role in the campus mobile-learning community, most often by mentoring members of the 1.0 cohort and sharing their experiences with them.
Activities of the Mobile Learning Cohort
From January – May 2020, participating faculty members will be required to attend one group meeting per month and one individual consultation each month. Attended by both the 1.0 cohort and the 2.0 cohort, group meetings facilitate peer instruction and feedback; monthly one-on-one consultations with an assigned instructional design consultant provide an opportunity to address individual needs.
Participants will have the opportunity to attend one of two tracks offered, Monday or Wednesday track. The scheduled meeting dates and subsequent topics are listed below.
Monday Track 1:30 – 2:45pm : Riverfront Hall 301
Jan. 27 – Student Engagement
Feb. 10 – Classroom Management
Feb. 24 – Emerging Technologies
Mar. 09 – Diversity & Inclusion
Mar. 16 – Accessibility & Universal Design
Mar. 30 – Research & Scholarship
Apr. 13 – Digital Health & Welfare
Apr. 27 – Cohort Reflections
Wednesday Track 3:00 – 4:15pm : Riverfront Hall 301
Jan. 29 – Student Engagement
Feb. 12 – Classroom Management
Feb. 26 – Emerging Technologies
Mar. 11 – Diversity & Inclusion
Mar. 18 – Research & Scholarship
Apr. 01 – Accessibility & Universal Design for Learning
Apr. 15 – Digital Health & Welfare
Apr. 29 – Cohort Reflections
Eligibility
Applicants to the 2.0 program must be graduates of the 1.0 program. Full-time faculty members, adjunct instructors, and special lecturers are eligible to apply. Adjunct faculty must have been teaching at Boise State for at least two semesters and all applicants must be scheduled to teach in their focus course during Spring 2020 or Fall 2020.
Mobile Devices for Students
As a benefit of participating in the mLearning Scholars 2.0 program, cohort members may request semester-long use of mobile devices for all students enrolled in their focus course.
Application Process and Deadline
Please check back in the future to apply.
Sponsorship
This program is supported and funded by the Center for Teaching and Learning.
Questions?
Please direct any questions to the Center for Teaching and Learning, at ctl@boisestate.edu.