Innovative Online Use of Technology (Degrees/Credentials)

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Due January 31^st, 2025

Purpose

To recognize faculty and/or staff members who demonstrate excellence in the development or teaching of an activity (course, workshop, or seminar). This award is intended to recognize accomplishment in innovation and use of technology in media.

Eligibility

The award is open to faculty and staff members (individuals or a team) at all campuses within the Purdue University system. In the event two or more individuals are nominated for an award as a team, the award will be divided equally among the recipients. At least one of the nominees for each award must be a current faculty or staff member at Purdue. The related accomplishment or activity must have been offered or conducted within the previous two years.

Definitions

An activity comprises an organized set of instructional objectives, content, and processes designed to be presented to learners who are separated (in space or time) from the instructor or from traditional on-campus classrooms. Examples of learning activities include, but are not limited to, credit courses, short courses, workshops, and seminars.

Nomination Criteria

To qualify for this award for excellence in innovation a faculty or staff member must have developed or taught an innovative component of a credit or noncredit activity (or collection of activities) that clearly demonstrates each of the following:

A well-designed approach to instruction involving innovation and/or a creative use of technology
Effective application of the innovation which enhanced student learning
Positive impact on the clientele served, as reflected by program evaluations (formative and summative) or other appropriate measures of impact

Evaluation Rubric – Degrees

Applicant Background Information

Possible Expectations: Information requested in this section is complete
Scoring: None

Well-designed approach to instruction involving innovation and/or creative use of technology

Impact Areas: Innovation
Possible Expectations:
Description of innovation and/or creative use of technology including creative learning activities
Reasoning for using this technology and/or instructional approach – Specifically describe the impact
Scoring: 20 points

Access and Sustainability of Technology

Impact Areas: Technology/Resources
Possible Expectations:
Affordability or obtainability of the technology (e.g., do students need to obtain extra technology to use the design?)
Sustainability of the technology (e.g., how easy it is to revise the design?)
Scoring: 13 points

Positive impact on the clientele served

Impact Areas: Student Feedback
Possible Expectations: Useful data can include Quantitative and/or qualitative data from course evaluations, student testimonials regarding interaction with instructor and classmates, responsiveness and support from instructor, resources provided by instructor, etc.
Scoring: 20 points

Recommendations

Impact Areas: Department support
Possible Expectations: Letters of recommendation from Dean, Department Head and/or colleagues
Scoring: None

Evaluation Rubric – Credentials

Applicant Background Information

Possible Expectations: Information requested in this section is complete
Scoring: None

Well-designed approach to instruction involving innovation and/or creative use of technology

Access and Sustainability of Technology

Positive impact on the clientele served

Recommendations

Impact Areas: Department support
Possible Expectations: Letters of recommendation from Dean, Department Head and/or colleagues
Scoring: None

Award Recipients

Cash award of $2,500 (applicable taxes will be deducted). Certificates of recognition, suitable for framing, will also be presented to the recipients. The awards will be presented at the Provost’s Faculty Awards Convocation.

Previous Recipients:

2024

Degrees: Dr. Elizabeth Christian (Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Fort Wayne) and Dr. Emily Tock (Reference and Instruction Librarian, Helmke Library, Fort Wayne): EDU 346 – Guidance for Young Children.

Credentials: Dr. Zeynep Akgul (GTAP-U Coordinator, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics), Ginger Batta (Lead Program Manager, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics), and Dr. Amanda Countryman (Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University): GTAP 101 – Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Modeling in the GTAP Framework.

2023

Credit: Kharon Grimmet, Clinical Associate Professor, Special Education, West Lafayette; Kadir Kozan, Research Associate, Educational Studies, West Lafayette; Angie Holtsclaw, Clinical instructor, Special Education, West Lafayette; Adrie Koehler, Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, West Lafayette; Daniela Vilarinho Rezende Pereira; Graduate Assistant, Learning Design & Technology, Curriculum & Instruction, West Lafayette: Mentor and Induction Program

2022

Mary Elizabeth Encabo, Continuing Lecturer, English and Linguistics, Purdue Fort Wayne: English Language Partners Program

2021

Ali El Gamal, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Lafayette, and Tuhin Dey, Senior Instructional Designer, Teaching and Learning Technologies, West Lafayette: ECE 59500 Introduction to Deep Learning

2019

Kharon Grimmet and Angela Holtsclaw, Educational Studies, Education, EDPS 56600: Clinical Practice II (Student Teaching Experience) and EDPS 56010: Clinical Practice II (Student Teaching)

2018

William Watson, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, West Lafayette, and Holly Fiock, instructional designer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, West Lafayette

2017

John LaMaster, Mathematical Sciences, IPFW

2016

Atsushi Fukada and Mayo Miyamoto, JPNS 101-202