The Sloan Consortium annual awards were presented during the Sloan-C Gala at the Tenth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks in Orlando, Florida, on November 12, 2004.  These awards recognize significant contributions to online education. The awards brochure [pdf] provides additional details about the recipients of the 2004 Sloan-C awards. 

2004 Sloan-C Excellence in Online Teaching & Learning Award Recipients

Excellence in Online Teaching & Learning Faculty Development
University of Nebraska Summer Institute for Online Teaching

Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching & Learning Programming
eArmyU

Excellence in Online Teaching
Jason Scorza, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Most Outstanding Achievement in Online Learning by an Individual
Starr Roxanne Hiltz, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Most Outstanding Online Teaching & Learning Program
University of Wisconsin Master of Engineering in Professional Practice

2004 Sloan-C Awards Selection Committee:

Judith S. Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
John V. Lombardi, President, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Joseph McDonald, President, Salish-Kootenai College
Sidney A. McPhee, President, Middle Tennessee State University
William Messner, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges
Diana Oblinger, Vice-President, EDUCAUSE
Eric E. Fredericksen, Director of Distributed Learning Services, Cornell University, non-voting committee chair
 

2004 Sloan-C Effective Practice Awards
 

• Effective Practice Award for Discipline-Specific Online Writing Lab with 24/7 Access and Asynchronous Peer Tutoring- Rogue Community College
• Effective Practice Award for Integrated Laboratory Network: Better Access to Scientific Instrumentation- Western Washington University
• Effective Practice Award for Effective Feedback to the Instructor from Online Homework - Michigan State University
• Effective Practice Award for Providing anytime, anywhere online access to higher education for a highly mobile learner population - eArmyU
• Effective Practice Award for Supporting Online Adjunct Faculty: A Virtual Mentoring Program - Florida Community College at Jacksonville

Effective Practices were nominated by the Sloan-C editors for effective practices: Meg Benke of Empire State College, Tana Bishop of the University of Maryland University College, Melody Thompson of The Pennsylvania State University World Campus, John Sener of Sener Learning Services, and Karen Swan of Kent State University.  Awardees were selected by an invited panel of judges: Bruce Chaloux, Southern Regional Education Board; Joeann Humbert, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Otte, City University of New York; Carol Scarafiotti, Rio Salado College; and Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois-Springfield.