The Colleague to Colleague Awards
are presented annually at the Summer Institute
on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT). The Awards include:
Innovation in Teaching Award
The criteria for this award is a faculty member who best
incorporates creative and innovative teaching strategies in their courses.
- Creates student-focused, learning-oriented innovations in technology to
facilitate learning.
- Demonstrates best practices in online course design including innovative
strategies that actively engage students.
- Actively pursues avenues for personal continuous improvement to
facilitate the uses of technology in online learning.
Outstanding Technical Support Staff
Award
The criteria for this award is a support person who best
exemplifies customer service and outstanding performance in assisting faculty
with the use of technology in instruction.
- Creates an environment for educational technology exploration,
innovation, and usage among faculty and students.
- Creates an environment of listening to determine the student and faculty
needs and requirements for utilizing technology effectively.
- Exemplifies customer service in assisting those using instructional
technology.
- Actively seeks input into the support process to improve the use of
instructional technology.
The Jonathan Bacon Outstanding Leadership Award
The criteria for this award is a person
who has "pushed the envelope" at any level in support of instructional
technology.
- Sets organizational direction or climate to create an innovative,
technology-based student-centered learning oriented climate.
- Encourages or uses key comparative data and information to track student
learning to support operational and strategic decision making for learning
innovation.
- Promotes diverse ideas among faculty and students to enhance a culture
of technology usage.
- Stays up to date on learning technology innovation and promotes
funding streams to support growth to improve student learning.
The deadline for all nominations is June 1, 2008.
Past winners include:
2004-2005 Recipients
- Excellence in Leadership Award
- Glen McNeil
Interim Chair of Health and Human Performance
Fort Hays State University
- Outstanding Online Instructor Award
- Allen Featherstone
Kansas State University
- Outstanding Online Class Award
- Agricultural Economics Lead by Alan Featherstone
Kansas State University
- Outstanding Technical Support Award
- Jodie Wear-Leiker
Fort Hays State University
2003-2004 Recipients
- Excellence in Leadership Award
- Rob Caffey
Kansas State University
- Outstanding Online Instructor Award
- Dr. Joella Mehrhof
Emporia State University
- Outstanding Online Class Award
- Criminal Investigation Lead by Chuck Fann
Fort Hays State University
- Outstanding Technical Support Award
- Mitch Weber
Fort Hays State University
2002-2003 Recipients
- Excellence in Leadership Award
- Dr. John Ziegler
Emporia State University
- Outstanding Online Instructor Award
- Dr. Karolyn Kells
Fort Hays State University
- Outstanding Online Class Award
- Mike Brotherton
Labette Community College
- Outstanding Technical Support Award
- Kay Shireman
Emporia State University
2001-2002 Recipients
- Excellence in Leadership Award
- Jonathan Bacon
- Johnson County Community College
- Outstanding Online Instructor Award
- Please advise if you know who won this award.
- Outstanding Online Class Award
- Dr. Kim Karr
- Butler County Community College
- Outstanding Technical Support Award
- Kay Shireman
Emporia State University
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