DePauw among 6 sharing in Teagle Foundation grant

DePauw University is one of six colleges sharing in a $335,000 grant awarded from the Teagle Foundation to design and teach hybrid courses, an approach to online learning designed to combine the best of classroom teaching and digital technology.

DePauw -- along with partners Albion College, Grinnell College, Hope College, Lawrence University and Wabash College -- will work together as the Midwest Hybrid Learning Consortium on a project called "Hybrid Liberal Arts Network: High Touch Learning for the 21st Century."

Through the effort, the schools will share the courses they develop and expand the range of liberal arts courses available to their students while providing faculty development in the use of digital technology.

The Teagle grant includes a 30-month, $310,000 award to be made this spring for faculty to collaboratively develop hybrid courses in subjects are diverse as biology and religious studies, and for campus leaders to develop credit transfer and tuition-sharing policies to ensure the long-term sustainability and viability of the consortium.

The project includes a $25,000 planning grant awarded in 2014.

DePauw is represented on the team by Donnie Sendelbach, director of instructional and learning services and director of the Information Technology Associates Program.