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The United States Distance Learning Association and the USDLA
Awards Committee, Chaired by Donald S. Lake invite nominations for the
USDLA 2004 Distance Learning Awards. This year's 2004 USDLA Distance
Learning Awards will be presented on Tuesday, October 12, at the 2004
Fall Training and Online Learning Conference, held at the Moscone Center,
San Francisco, California.
I. Excellence in Distance
Teaching in the following five areas:
• Pre-K-12
• Corporate / Business
• Government
• Higher Education
• Telehealth
The purpose of this award is to recognize an outstanding
individual who has creatively utilized distance education technology
to inspire learning. The recipient must have completed teaching a course/series/unit
in a distance learning format with an imaginative approach to the material
taught, well designed instructional strategies, and a demonstrated rapport
with the program participants, as appropriate.
II. Excellence in Distance
Learning Programming in the following five areas:
• Pre-K-12
• Corporate / Business
• Government
• Higher Education
• Telehealth
The purpose of this award is to recognize organizations,
which have designed and delivered an outstanding and comprehensive distance
learning program service. The ideal recipient would have had a regional
or multi-state comprehensive curriculum, including courses from diverse
disciplines.
III. Most Outstanding Achievement
by an Individual in the following five areas:
• Pre-K-12
• Corporate / Business
• Government
• Higher Education
• Telehealth
The purpose of each of these awards is to recognize
an individual in each of the five areas who demonstrates extraordinary
achievements through distance learning. An individual nominated should
be known for scholarly research and writing, leadership activities,
service, and/or contributions to a better understanding of distance
learning.
USDLA Awards Procedural
Information
1.
DUE DATE - All nomination packages must be received by Monday,
May 10, 2004.
2. JUDGING CRITERIA
- Located at www.usdla.org.
3. COVER
SHEET - All nominations must have a cover sheet with the
following information: (1) award category (e.g., Distance Teaching /
Higher Education); (2) complete contact information for organization
or individual nominated (e.g., name, title, organization, address, phone,
fax, e-mail); (3) contact name and information for individual submitting
the nomination if it is not a self-nomination; (4) a brief narrative
summarizing the nomination, not to exceed 50 words.
4. REQUIRED MATERIALS
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Excellence
in Distance Teaching: |
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(1) a general description
of the course(s) taught; (2) description of the distance education
technology utilized; (3) up to two examples of well-designed teaching
strategies, e.g. a five minute video clip or printed web screen
pages; and (4) three letters of support including a student, an
administrator and a colleague. If submitting printed web screen
shots, selected pages should demonstrate the nominee's teaching
strategies and personality as appropriate. A class syllabus or
pages that provide general instructions only are not recommended.
No more than 10 pages should be submitted. |
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Excellence
in Distance Learning Programming: |
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(1) a general description
of the program; (2) for video-based distance learning programs,
a video with clips to illustrate “best of program”,
excellence in teaching or contributions to distance learning (not
to exceed 10 minutes) ---- or ---- for web-based programs, a URL
and necessary passwords to access the site. If for security reasons
a password cannot be provided, submit copies of the course (up
to 50%) and printed screen pages, which show the navigation and
branching. |
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Most
Outstanding Achievement by an Individual: |
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(1) a description of individual
achievements as related to the field of distance education; (2)
the nominee’s curriculum vitae; and (3) three letters of
support. |
AWARDS SUBMISSION FEES
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A fee of $100 is required for each
submission in each category, which includes:
Corporate/Business, Government, Higher Education and Telehealth. |
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The fee for Pre-K-12 submission in each category
is $50. |
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Please make checks or money orders payable to
2004 USDLA Awards Program. |
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Payments by credit card (Visa, Mastercard and
American Express) are accepted.
2004
USDLA Credit Card Form - Fax to national office at 617.399.1771.
Payment(s)
will be processed and faxed back with approved confirmation number.
Attach this form with award submittal(s). |
USDLA AWARDS PROCEDURAL
INFORMATION:
AWARDS SUBMISSION:
Submit 4 copies of the nomination package. Please include the Nomination
Cover Form, all required materials, and payment to:
USDLA 2004 Awards Committee
c/o Julie E. Young
Florida Virtual School
445 West Amelia Street, Suite 301
Orlando, FL 32801
Please note that incomplete
nomination submissions will not be forwarded to the judges.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information regarding the USDLA 2004 Awards Program,
please contact USDLA at 800.275.5162 or email 2004USDLAAwardsInfo@usdla.org.
