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Technology Fellowships

IT and library staff members at participating institutions within the United States are eligible to apply for NITLE's Technology Fellowships, using them to expand their expertise in specific technologies that are of strong interest to non-profit, undergraduate-focused higher education. NITLE Technology Fellows share their new skills with colleagues across the NITLE Network via teaching and consulting.

Jump to: Overview | Current Fellowship Opportunities | Selection Process | Benefits | Past Fellowships

Overview of fellowship opportunities, commitments

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• a professional development opportunity designed specifically for selected Fellows, in the areas about which they will teach/consult
• a commitment on the part of selected Fellows to offer three days of workshops or consultation at other NITLE participating institutions within 15 months of completing their professional development experiences with NITLE
  
• an honorarium of $500/day, paid to the Fellow's institution, for each workshop/consultation day provided by the Fellow

Current Fellowship Opportunities

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NITLE is currently accepting applications for fellowships in two areas:

• NITLE Fellowship in Cloud Computing Technologies
• NITLE Fellowship in Digital Media Delivery
  

NITLE invites campus liaisons at participating institutions within the United States to nominate applicants for these fellowships by Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Please email nominations to participate@nitle.org. NITLE will invite each nominee to submit an application, including a letter of support from his or her supervisor. Applications will be due by Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Applicants will receive notification no later than Wednesday, January 21, 2009.

How Fellows are selected

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1. A call is issued via the NITLE Liaisons' Update.

2. NITLE institutional liaisons nominate members of their campuses' IT or library staffs who:

• are excellent teachers;
• possess some expertise in the pedagogical application of a particular technology or the installation and support of a specific toolset that NITLE has targeted for development;
• are willing to undertake additional training, as needed, funded by NITLE. This training may include 3rd party training, if needed, and will include a NITLE workshop that focuses on NITLE’s curriculum and approach and introduces NITLE’s tools for networked communication;
• are able to commit to offer up to 3 days of workshops or consultation within 15 months of completion of training;
• can demonstrate approval for participation from their supervisor (via a letter of support).

Liaisons submit letters of nomination as directed in the call for nominations. Before submitting nominations, liaisons should first ascertain whether the nominee's supervisor approves his/her participation in the program.

3. NITLE invites nominees to submit an application, addressing each of the above criteria. Applications are reviewed by NITLE staff and notification is sent to applicants no later than two weeks after the application deadline.

4. NITLE staff meets with each selected Technology Fellow to prepare a professional development plan that will enhance the Fellow’s ability to offer instruction and advice in the area of expertise targeted. Training is completed within six months of the date of award.

5. Once the training component of the program has been completed, NITLE staff schedule the Technology Fellow's teaching/consulting responsibilities based on NITLE’s needs and the consultant’s availability. The home institution is compensated for the Fellow's time after each day of service.

6. Technology workshops taught by Technology Fellows are generally offered on the campus of one of NITLE’s participating institutions, through NITLE's Workshops To Go program. Consultations may be performed via videoconference or in person, depending on the specific needs of the requesting campus.

Benefits for the community

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NITLE Technology Fellowships

• provide advanced professional development for IT and library staff at participating institutions;
  
• allow Fellows to bring new expertise back to their home institutions; and
  
• enable NITLE to make a broader range of professional development opportunities available to participating institutions.

Past Fellowships

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To date, NITLE has awarded six rounds of fellowships in the following areas:

• Digitization Strategies, Technologies, and Practices / DSpace Interface Development Technologies and Manakin <more>
• DSpace, Sakai, Moodle <more>
  
• Technologies for Teaching Languages <more>
• Software for Statistical Analysis <more>
• Multimedia Tools for Digital Teaching <more>
• The Integration of GIS and Web-Mapping Technologies into the Curriculum <more>
• Social Software and Computer-Mediated Communication <more> / DSpace and the Development of Institutional Repositories <more>