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UNITED STATES DISTANCE LEARNING
ASSOCIATION
140 Gould Street, Needham, MA 02494 800-275-5162
USDLA
2002 Awards Presented for Excellence in Distance Learning
Individuals, Organizations and Companies Honored for Outstanding
Achievements
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday,
April 8, 2002
Washington,
D.C. April 10 – The United States Distance Learning
Association (USDLA) today presented it 2002 Distance Learning
Awards at a ceremony held in conjunction with the 2002
e-Learning Conference and Expo, the premier conference and
exposition for the distance learning
industry. Eleven (11) awards were presented to distance learning
professionals, organizations, companies and institutions for
excellence in teaching, excellence in programming and outstanding
individual achievements.
The
USDLA awards program was created to acknowledge major accomplishments
in distance learning and to highlight those instructors, programs,
and distance learning professionals who have achieved excellence
in the field. Categories include Higher Education, Government,
K-12 Education, Corporate/Business and Telemedicine. This
year’s winners cover a broad spectrum of educational
expertise from new approaches to collaborative learning.
The
2002 USDLA Distance Learning Awards were presented in the
following categories:
EXCELLENCE
in DISTANCE LEARNING TEACHING – Higher Education:
to Dr. Allan Gray for the Executive MBA in Agribusiness at
Purdue University. Dr. Gray has designed an outstanding course
that draws on a wide variety of distance teaching strategies
and tools to both convey the fundamentals of quantitative
decision analysis and to engage the application of these concepts.
EXCELLENCE
in DISTANCE LEARNING TEACHING – Government: to Technical
Sergeant Matthew D. Jackson USAF, Instructor for the Command
Post Craftsman Course, 334 Training Squadron, Keesler Air
Force Base, Mississippi. Sergeant Jackson launched the first
Advanced Distributed Learning course worldwide via the Air
Force’s Air Education and Training Command’s e-Training
website, which resulted in the implementation of web-based
training for technical training in the Air Force.
EXCELLENCE
in DISTANCE LEARNING TEACHING – K-12 Education: to
Mary Kay Stewart,
Distance Learning Instructor II, StarNet, Texas Education
Service Center, Region 20. Mary Kay Stewart’s French
classes are taught through the use of CD-ROM, video illustrations,
engaging on-air interactive activities and direct instruction.
Her use of Internet applications such as her class web page,
web discussion group, online notes and tutorials stimulate
her students’ learning and assists in relating real life
cultural applications to the experiences of high school students.
EXCELLENCE
in DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMING – Higher Education:
to Kinesiology Online Program, UT TeleCampus, The University
of Texas System. The UT TeleCampus,
University of Texas System offers this unique collaborative
fully online, interactive masters degree for physical education
teachers, coaches and wellness professionals. The online format
helps this under-served audience attain graduate education
through distance education.
EXCELLENCE
in DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMING – Government: to
The Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
The Defense Acquisition University coordinates the education
of over 155,000 acquisition personnel worldwide. Nearly 42,000
students have completed distance learning classes since 1998.
The re-engineering of the Acquisition-101 course alone resulted
in a 157 work-year return to the workforce. This translates
into an annual productivity return of $9,900,000.
EXCELLENCE
in DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMING – K-12 Education:
to Florida Virtual School, Orland, Florida, Executive Director,
Julie Young. The Florida Virtual School serves online learners
any time, any place, and at any pace with more than 60 courses
for over 8,000 student enrollments across the state. From
rural dwellers to those attending low performing schools,
Florida students find the Florida Virtual School the perfect
bridge across obstacles to their learning.
EXCELLENCE
in DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMING – K-12 Education:
to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, William White, Ph. D.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s dedication to
making American history come alive is unmistakable in electronic
field trips that blend historic content with the arts, literature,
music, and science. In consistently increasing numbers, students
of all levels participate in multimedia programming reflecting
strong academic standards, which highlight our nation’s
culturally diverse beginnings.
EXCELLENCE
IN DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMING - Telemedicine: to Arizona
Telemedicine Program, The University of Arizona Health Sciences
Center, Tucson, Arizona. The Arizona Telemedicine Program
continues to provide a variety of educational programs for
the rural telemedicine sites throughout the state of Arizona
addressing the needs of the culturally diverse communities
they serve. Clinicians can participate interactively in Medicine,
Pediatric, Psychiatry, Cardiology, Public Health and Nursing
Grand Rounds distance learning programs.
EXCELLENCE
IN DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMING – Corporate/Business:
to AdvanceWork International, Syracuse, New York for the Professional
English Series, Professional English, a completely portable,
pocket PC-based program designed for non-English speakers
who need business English at work. Students learn conversation,
vocabulary, and grammar with interactive multimedia activities,
including record-replay and role-playing, all on a Pocket
PC PDA. Live conversation and practice phone calls with native
English instructors follow each lesson.
MOST OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT BY AN INDIVIDUAL IN HIGHER EDUCATION: to Marcelo
Vera, Ph.D., Director of Distance Learning, College of Arts
& Sciences at the University of South Florida. Dr. Vera
has published and created the CEED web site for the propagation
of distance education in the Spanish language as well as designed,
created and implemented full Web based bilingual courses.
In addition, Dr. Vera has presented numerous distance learning
workshops, seminars and short courses abroad and maintains
a solid involvement in distance education to provide direction
to Latin American higher education institutions.
MOST OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT BY AN INDIVIDUAL IN GOVERNMENT: to
John Hickok, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir,
Virginia. Mr. Hickok, Knowledge Management Officer, has shown
outstanding vision and leadership in the design, development
and implementation of the on-line Defense Acquisition University
Project Management Community of Practice. This Community of
Practice serves a critical role by providing the global acquisition
and logistics workforce a means to collaborate and disseminate
information as well as best business practices.
The 2002 Distance
Learning Awards were presented by the USDLA Awards Committee
members, Dr. Deborah Harrison, VTEL Corporation; Dr. Darcy
Hardy, UT TeleCampus, University of Texas System; and Marshall
Allen, Oklahoma State University.
Recognized leaders
in the field of distance learning judged 84 nominations submitted
to USDLA. Judges worked in teams of three to review and evaluate
submissions in each of the 5 categories. Higher Education,
K-12 Education, Government, Corporate/Business and Telemedicine/Healthcare.
The judges for 2002 were:
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Ms. Tammy
E. Adams, Director, Center for Distance Education, Louisiana
State |
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University and A &
M College |
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Mr. Kirk Bosworth, Instructor,
University of Vermont, Distance Learning Network |
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Dr. Sarah C. Cunningham,
Director, Instructional Technology & Advancement,
Central |
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Community College, Nebraska |
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Ms. Charlotte A. Donaldson,
Lead Learning Strategist, Aurum Technology Inc. |
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Mr. William A. Eastham,
Jr., CQA, Vice President, Windwalker Corporation |
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Dr. Karen Evans, Vice
President, Distance Learning Product Development, SkyLight |
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Professional Development |
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Dr. John C. Ittelson,
Professor and Director Interactive Design and Educational |
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Application, California
State University, Monterey Bay |
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Mr. Donald
S. Lake, Director, Distributed Learning, Los Angeles
County Office of |
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Education |
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Mr. Steve Larkin, Chief
E-Learning Strategies & Standards Department, Internal |
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Revenue Service |
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Ms. Phyllis Lentz, Research/Resource
Specialist to Business, The Florida High School |
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Mr. J. Stephen Lytle,
Associate Professor, College of Health Professions,
University of |
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Central Florida |
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Dr. Janet McMahill, Assistant
Dean and Director of Continuing Education, Drake University |
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School of Education |
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Ms. Melodee Mercer, Lead
Instructor for Dept of Veterans Affairs, VAROIC, Philadelphia |
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Mr. Rusty Muns, Coordinator
of Electronic Media Development, Oklahoma Department
of |
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Career and Technology
Education |
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Dr. Philip J.-L. Westfall,
Director, Air Technology Network, Air Force Institute
for |
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Advanced Distributed
LearningAbout USDLA |
About USDLA
The United States
Distance Learning Association is a non-profit organization
founded in 1987 to promote the development and application
of distance learning for education and training. USDLA represents
2000 members from pre-K through 12 education and higher
education, continuing education, corporate, military and
government training, home schooling and telemedicine. USDLA
is a leading source of information and policy for distance
learning that focuses on all legislation impacting the distance
learning community and its varied constituencies. Since
1993 USDLA has continued to establish state chapters in
all fifty states.
For more information about USDLA visit
the organization’s website at www.usdla.org.
Contact:
USDLA: Kathleen Clemens - 800.275.5162 or kclemens@usdla.org
For Individual Award Winner Information
Contact:
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Dr. Allan Gray,
Purdue University - 765.494.4327 or gray
@purdue.edu |
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Tech. Sgt.
Matthew D. Jackson, USAF/Keesler Air Force Base
- 228.377.3024 or |
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matthew.
Jackson@keesler.af.mil |
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Mary Kay Stewart,
StarNet ESC, Region 20 - 800.234.1245 or |
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marykay.stewart@esc20.net |
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Jennifer Rees,
UT TeleCampus - 512.499.4409 or jrees@ytsystem.edu |
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Mr. Richard
Reed, Defense Acquisition University - 703.805.4640
or |
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reed_rich@dau.mil |
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Julie Young,
Florida Virtual School - 407.317.3326 x 2742 or jyoung@flvs.net |
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William White,
Ph.D., Colonial Williamsburg - 757.220.7152 or Wwhite@CWF.org |
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Sandy Beiner,
Arizona Health Sciences Center - 520-626-2493 or |
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beinars@u.arizona.edu |
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Sarah Vaivoda,
AdvanceWork International - 315.443.2271 or |
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marketing@advancework.com |
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Marcelo
Vera, Ph.D., University of South Florida –
813.974.7035 or |
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vera@chumal.cas.usf.edu |
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John Hickok, Defense
Acquisition University - 703.805.4640 or john.hickok@dau.mil |
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