UM-LiTeRGrant Briefing2019/202029 JULY 2019

10AM-12PM

AUDITORIUM, HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH BUILDING, UM

This briefing will provide information on the

basic information, terms and conditions and

sharing experiences on how to prepare a

teaching grant proposal for course- and

program-based levels for University of

Malaya’s Learning Improvement and Teaching

Enhancement Research (UM-LiTeR)grant.

INTRODUCTION

ObjectiveTo provide UM lecturers with funding to conduct research on improving and enhancing Learning and Teaching practices in their own classrooms, courses, and/or programs.

DurationAugust 2019 – August 2020 (12 months)

UM-LiTeRIANS

2016 •25 projects

2017 •22 projects

2018 •26 projects

UM-LITER 2019/2020

THEME:

PERSONALISED LEARNING

Levels of Research

Level 1: Course and classroom level• Conducted by individual OR group of researchers

• Max 3 researchers

• Max RM 5,000

Level 2: Program-based or institutional

level• Conducted by group of researchers

• E.g. new/improved curricula of a program; partnership with other Faculties; Universities

• Max 5 researchers

• Max RM 5,000

RESEARCH areas

1. Teaching and Learning Methods

2. Scholarship of Teaching and

Learning (SoTL)

3. Action Research

What should be in the

proposal?

Problem/ Need

Innovation Impact to University & Society

Evaluation Time Commitment

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. UM-LiTeR Grant application is open to all academic staff of University of Malaya (permanent and contract).

2. Researcher is allowed to lead only ONE (1) UM-LiTeRresearch project at any one time until the research end.

3. Academic staff currently in sabbatical leave are not allowed to apply or become member of a research group.

4. Visiting academic staff are not allowed to lead but can become member of a research group.

5. Principal Investigators (PIs) of UM-LiTeR 2016/2017/2018 are not allowed to lead but can become member of a research group.

Timeline

Tips to be successful

1. Have knowledge and exposure in modules relating to improving teaching and learning practices through training by ADeC or any other training providers.

2. Understanding of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) is helpful to guide on meeting grant’s objectives.

3. Have clear & measurable research questions that are synced with research objectives and methods of data collection.

4. State clear research impacts towards improvement of learning /teaching/course/programme etc.

5. Provide new ideas and improvement efforts on T&L.

6. Produce tangible outputs such as:

• New pedagogical approaches to teach your course;

• Application of current technologies for teaching;

• New assessment methods e.g. rubrics to assess your

students’ learning;

• New ways of supporting students’ learning’

7. Well-documented study – replicable.

Tips to be successful

2 Important documents

1. Guideline/ Garis panduanpermohonan

2. Application form/ Borangpermohonan

Achievement of UM-LiTeR 2016

RM 300,000 total disbursed among 25 recipients

FakultiBilangan

PermohonanBerjaya

Alam Bina 1

Bahasa dan Lingusitik 3

Kejuruteraan 3

Pendidikan 4

Pergigian 2

Perubatan 5

Sains 2

Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat 2

Sastera dan Sains Sosial 1

Lain-lain 2

Jumlah 25

Semester I 2016/2017 : September – December 2016

UM-LiTeR 2016

Awardees

based on PTj

LiTeR

Conference

2017

Achievement of UM-LiTeR 2017

RM 150,000 total disbursed among 22 recipients

FakultiBilangan

PermohonanBerjaya

Akademi Pengajian Islam 1

Alam Bina 2

Bahasa dan Lingusitik 3

Kejuruteraan 1

Pendidikan 4

Perubatan 4

Sains 2

Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat 1

Sastera dan Sains Sosial 2

Undang-Undang 1

Lain-lain 1

Jumlah 22

UM-LiTeR 2017

Awardees

based on PTj

LiTeR

Conference

2018

Achievement of UM-LiTeR 2018

RM 100,000 total disbursed among 26 recipients

FakultiBilangan

PermohonanBerjaya

Alam Bina 1

Bahasa dan Lingusitik 6

Kejuruteraan 5

Pendidikan 3

Pergigian 2

Perubatan 5

Pusat Asasi Sains 2

CITrA 2

Jumlah 26

UM-LiTeR 2018

Awardees

based on PTj

LiTeR

Conference

2019Title of the conference changed to LITEC2019

Book chapters

Compile Chapters

Editing

Review

Publish

Q & A