Sloan-C Awards

The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) has recognized outstanding work in the field of online education through an annual awards process since 2001. The Sloan-C Awards and Recognition Committee has overall responsibility for overseeing and monitoring all Sloan-C awards, including

existing awards
proposing new awards
establishing criteria for all awards
creating and maintaining all procedures for nominations and selection
proposing to the board financial or other considerations for all awards
establishing/empaneling review committees as necessary

Call for Nominations

The Sloan-C Awards and Recognition Committee has issued the:

For effective practice awards, candidates are drawn from postings on the Sloan-C Effective Practices website submitted throughout the year.

Sloan-C Awards

The Sloan-C Awards for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning (2001 - present)

Excellence in Online Teaching (Individual)
Outstanding Achievement in Online Education by an Individual
Outstanding Online Program
Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching
Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Education

The Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education (2009 - present)

The A. Frank Mayadas Leadership Award (to first be awarded in 2010)

Effective Practice Awards (2002 - present)

View the complete listing of the recipients of each of the Sloan-C awards from 2001-2009.

Chronology of the Sloan-C Awards

[Click on the link to view details about each year's Sloan-C Awards]

Sloan-C Fellows Program

Starting in 2010, the Sloan Consortium will recognize individual members of the Sloan Consortium as Sloan-C Fellows. Recognition as a Sloan-C Fellow is one of unusual professional distinction and is conferred by the Sloan-C Board of Directors upon individual members of the Sloan Consortium who have:

outstanding and extraordinary qualifications in the field of online learning;
significant experience in online learning or an allied field;
a record of distinguished service to Sloan-C or the field; and
extraordinary contributions or leadership in the field of online learning.

Additional details about the Sloan-C Fellows Program are available on this website.

Sloan-C Awards and Recognition Committee

Burks Oakley, University of Illinois, Chair
Frank Mayadas, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Susan Fey, Iowa State University
Larry Ragan, Pennsylvania State University
Karen Swan, University of Illinois at Springfield
Sue Day-Perroots, West Virginia University