Colleges Online Learning Academy 2022 Call for Applications

ATTENTION:

Graduate Students in the Broad College of Business, College of Arts and Letters, and College of Natural Science

The Colleges Online Learning Academy (COLA) program is now accepting applications for its 2022 cohort. This program is a summer fellowship that allows you to more deeply engage with digital teaching and learning. The fellowship provides opportunities for professional development, networking, mentorship, deep dives into aspects of your teaching, and reflections on your teaching practice.

Eligibility

COLA is open to all graduate students in the Broad College of Business, College of Arts and Letters, and College of Natural Science.

Program Description

COLA Fellows receive a $1,000 fellowship stipend to support their work during the summer. The 2022 program will be run online, with potential for an in-person portfolio exposition at the end of the summer. The program will run for 12 weeks, and typically requires about 5 hours of engagement per week. Some of that engagement is synchronous, and some is completed asynchronously. COLA fellows are expected to:

  • Participate in two or more workshops/learning experiences during the summer semester (including weekly COLA workshops offered in June or other such as the Certification in College Teaching Institute)
  • Work on developing a course that you will or would like to teach with a significant digital component
  • Interact weekly in your mentored peer group to seek and provide feedback
  • Develop content and artifacts that could be used as part of your teaching portfolio
  • Develop your skills in a specific topic of your choosing related to your online teaching and learning
  • Evaluate a course as part of a course peer review team
  • Write an end-of-semester reflection piece on your experience in the program
  • Take two participant surveys for us to improve the program


Through the program, COLA fellows will build their teaching portfolios and accomplish requirements toward the graduate Certification in College Teaching programs. 

Application

Apply now by filling out the application form before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13: https://forms.gle/LNgeR2WDk6KMGHkj6

Questions?

For additional information about the fellowship, see the COLA website. For questions about the program or application, contact Caitlin Kirby of MSU’s Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative at kirbycai@msu.edu.