Project Scholarships

This is effectively a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for students potentially receiving a Learning Agency Scholarship. This only applies to students doing an internship with the Agency and working on a funded project.

If you are an internship student completing field work outside of the Learning Agency, then any compensation you receive is between you and your intern host (client).

If you are working directly with the Learning Agency and Learning Agency clientele, read on.

The Learning Agency is a practicum for the Learning Design & Technology (LDT) program with potential scholarships attached. We are not an employer and this is not a job.

We have clients who ask us to help them with their learning design & technology projects. Some projects are paid and some are not.

All Projects

All projects offer a hands-on learning experience in a workplace setting where students are challenged to problem solve, produce, and get things done. All projects allow students to develop knowledge, skills, and abilities with real-world contexts, people, and technologies. All projects allow students to build digital artifacts for their portfolio so they may point to something real and declare - I did that.

All projects allow students to develop a professional network of LDT professionals and connect with potential employers.

Agency clients have hired Agency students upon graduation, or before graduation. Many times. It happens

Pro-Bono Projects

No fiscal reward associated. The work is done for all of the above.

Scholarship Projects

Fiscal reward possible. Six hundred dollar ($600) scholarships are awarded for the successful completion of 30 hours of project work + a project check-in.

Every 30 hours of documented work triggers a check-in and serves as a feedback loop to inform the student's work, progress, and professionalism. Upon successful completion of this check-in checklist, a $600 Learning Agency Scholarship is allocated to the student.

Check-In Checklist

(1) Document 30 hours of field work - all work is documented on a weekly basis using Agency systems. What have you done each week?

(2) Agency Meetup - student has a synchronous meeting with the Agency to check-in. What are the challenges?

(3) FieldNotes - student contributes a post to this blog. The prompt will be assigned during the Agency Meetup (above). Document and reflect on your project, your challenges, your learning, and etc.

Complete all 3 items and $600 is applied to your student scholarship.

A standard 3 credit course equates to 90 hours of documented course work.

If you don't hit 30 hours, there is no trigger, there is no check-in, there is no fiscal reward. If you are shy hours, talk to an Agency mentor and we'll help you get there.

Scholarship Schedule

Scholarship check-ins accumulate over a semester. Near the end of each semester we'll submit a scholarship request to the CU Denver Financial Aid Office. Scholarship monies are paid directly to student accounts. IF a student has university debt, scholarships automatically pay-down that debt. IF a student does not have university debt, scholarships are received as direct deposit.

Students approaching graduation will need to coordinate closely and directly with the Agency before the conclusion of their final term, as scholarships cannot be paid to non-students. ¯_(ツ)_/¯