Campus Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction Using Educational Technologies

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Campus Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction Using Educational Technologies

For more information, see the campus website.

This award, consisting of $2,000 for the personal use of the faculty member who is selected to receive it, is designed to honor faculty members who have introduced particularly successful uses of computer and communication technology into undergraduate instruction.

All faculty members and academic staff on regular appointment who have undergraduate teaching responsibilities and who have developed and implemented some innovative approach using educational technology are eligible to compete for this award. Once a person has received the award, that person will not be eligible for nomination during the next five-year period. An unlimited number of nominations can be submitted from the college.

Criteria
Innovative approaches to undergraduate education using computer and communication technology might involve any of the following: instructional use of asynchronous learning environments, the development or enhancement of instructional software, and the integrated use of web-based materials. The following criteria generally will be applicable:

  • Is the new approach unusual?
  • What has been the impact on students?
  • How effective is the innovation in terms of student learning? What can students do and see they could not do and see before?

Solicitation
Communication from the Office of the Provost.

Nomination
Nominations may be submitted to a departmental committee by students, faculty members, or administrators. Preferably, the committee will also include undergraduate students.

The following information should be included in the nomination. Adherence to the following order of presentation is requested to simplify the work of selection committees.

  1. A standard cover page including name of nominee, department, rank, and years at the University (see Attachment A on website).
  2. A brief description of the innovative approach, indicating what is new and creative about it.
  3. List of undergraduate classes affected and their enrollments.
  4. Evidence of the impact of the innovative technological approach and its effectiveness in terms of student learning. Evaluation by both students and colleagues is desirable. For student evaluations, the use of customized ICES questions is encouraged. If letters are solicited from former and current students, they must be accompanied by a brief description of the sampling method used in soliciting them. No more than four (4) letters should be included.

Nominations should not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages (excluding the cover sheet and four letters, if presented).

Due
November 30
Nominations submitted to the departmental main office. Nominations may be submitted before the winter holiday.
January 15
Deadline to submit ten (10) copies to the college awards committee (for subcommittee III).
January 20
Deadline to submit three (3) copies to the Office of Dean for Academic Programs, 206 Engineering Hall, MC-272.
January 31
Two (2) copies of each nomination are transmitted by the dean to the Office of the Provost, 208 Swanlund Building. One copy remains on file in the deans office. The campus selection process is overseen by the Teaching Advancement Board and is advisory to the provost. There is no limit on the number that can be submitted.

Logistics
April
Award winner is announced at the campus Instructional Awards banquet.

Previous Recipients (College of Engineering)