vanderbilt institute for digital learning accepting applications for graduate fellowships
the vanderbilt institute for digital learning (vidl) invites applications for a total of four graduate student fellowships for the 2015-2016 academic year. stipends will be approximately $5,500 per academic year (this is intended to reflect a roughly 5-hour commitment weekly).
download, complete and email the application as an attachment named <your-last-name>-vidl-application.pdf . also attach your curriculum vitae (named <your-last-name>-cv.pdf ). email these documents to vidl-grad-fellowships@vanderbilt.edu.
examples of possible projects include data mining of online student behavior; studies of student motivation with online environments; tracking organizational changes at vanderbilt as a result of the institute itself; researching a history of selected digital learning technologies such as mobile devices, and investigating societal implications of the technology; preparing, posting, and evaluating original educational online material on a selected topic, and placing it in the web of existing material in that area; characterizing and researching worst-case analyses of peer assessment strategies, rather than (simply) average-case analyses. information on previous and current graduate fellows is available here.
important dates:
- friday, april 3, 2015: applications due
- week of april 20, 2015: finalist interviews (in person or by video conferencing)
- monday, may 4, 2015: graduate fellow notifications
- august, 2015: kickoff meeting at vidl (date to be announced)
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