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Recipients
of Awards for Excellence in Online Teaching
and Learning
Sloan-C annual awards will
be presented at the 8th Sloan-C International
Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, Florida,
on November 8, 2002.
The quality of online
learning has continuously evolved since 1992
when the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the sponsor
of Sloan-C, began giving grants to institutions
for online learning initiatives. Burks Oakley
II, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
at the University of Illinois and non-voting
chair of the selection committee, comments that
the very high quality of this year's nominations
demonstrates that online learning has become
part of the fabric of today's higher education:
"The outstanding individuals and institutions
who will be receiving these awards more broadly
represent how ALN is improving teaching and
learning at the Sloan-C institutions."
- The Sloan-C 2002
award for the Most Outstanding Achievement
in ALN by an Individual will be awarded to
Professor Ray Schroeder of
the University of Illinois at Springfield
(UIS). A leader in the advancement of Asynchronous
Learning Networks (ALN), Ray Schroeder's decades
of work combine discovery, leadership and
service. He has directed and developed one
of the most successful online programs in
the country at UIS, and his daily web log
publication, Online Learning Update,
is required reading for many who establish
and develop online programs around the world.
- Sloan-C 2002 award for Excellence in ALN
Teaching will be awarded to Dr. Mary
Ann Koory, of the University of California
Berkeley Extension Online. Having taught the
traditional face-to-face version of “Introduction
to Shakespeare” on the U.C. Berkeley
campus, Dr. Koory has the dual experience
for her assessment that the learning outcomes
for the online course are definitely as good
as or better than those in the face-to-face
course.
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- The award for Most Outstanding
ALN Program will be presented to the Graduate
Medical Education (GME) Core Curriculum,
offered by the College of Medicine at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. Designed
to prepare physicians to function more competently
in the modern healthcare environment, the GME online
program addresses ethical, socioeconomic, medical/legal,
and cost-containment issues in medical practice. Blending
technology and sound educational theory, GME meets
the accreditation requirements for residencies with
cost-effective, innovative methods that are embraced
by more than 3800 medical residents in hospitals in
Chicago and throughout the USA.
- The award for Excellence in ALN Faculty Development
will be presented to the Illinois Online Network
(ION), for comprehensive professional development
in online teaching and learning for the faculty and
staff of forty community college districts in Illinois
and the three campuses of the University of Illinois.
All forty-three ION member institutions offer online
courses, with many offering complete degrees online.
One of ION’s major professional development
activities is Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality
(MVCR), a series of online courses designed to help
faculty members develop effective online teaching.
- The award for Excellence in Institution-Wide ALN
Programming will be presented to the State
University of New York Learning Network (SLN).
The primary goal of the SUNY Learning Network is to
bring SUNY’s diverse, high-quality instructional
programs within the reach of learners everywhere.
In the 2001-02 academic year, the SUNY Learning Network
enabled more than 40,000 student enrollments in 2,500
online courses. The fifty-five SUNY campuses participating
in the SUNY Learning Network now offer fifty-five
complete online degree and certificate programs.
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