Excellence in Online Course Design and Teaching (Credit/Non-Credit)

Purpose

To recognize faculty and/or staff members who demonstrate course development and pedagogical excellence as the instructor of a course. These awards recognize professional accomplishment and promote creative and effective approaches to learning that are delivered via media.

Eligibility

The award is open to faculty and staff members (individuals or a team) at all campuses within the Purdue University system. In the event two or more individuals are nominated for an award as a team, the award will be divided equally among the recipients. At least one of the nominees for each award must be a current faculty or staff member at Purdue. The related program must have been conducted within the previous two years.

Definitions

A activity comprises an organized set of instructional objectives, content, and processes designed to be presented to learners who are separated (in space or time) from the instructor or from traditional on-campus classrooms. Examples of learning activities include, but are not limited to, credit courses, short courses, workshops, and seminars.

Nomination Criteria

To quality for an award for excellence, a faculty or staff member must have developed or taught a credit or noncredit activity (or collection of activities) that clearly demonstrates each of the following:

• A well designed approach to instruction, including elements such as needs assessment, learner analyses, instructional strategies, timely content, and appropriate use of technology
• Effective application of innovation which enhanced student learning
• Positive impact on the clientele served, as reflected by program evaluations (formative and summative) or other documentation of impact

Evaluation Rubric

Applicant Background Information

Possible Expectations: Information requested in this section is complete Scoring: Yes/No

Well-designed approach to course development

Impact Areas: Course Development Possible Expectations: Course overview and Introduction Needs assessment Learner analyses Instructional strategies Clear learning objectives (competencies) Evidence of timely content Appropriate use of technology Scoring: 20 points

Effective application of the innovation which enabled student learning

Impact Areas: Technology/Resources Possible Expectations: Creative and innovative learning activities Accessibility and Usability Scoring: 20 points

Positive impact on the clientele served

Impact Areas: Student Feedback Possible Expectations: Quantitative Data from course evaluations Course development and delivery Interaction with instructors and classmates Feedback from instructor Responsiveness of the instructor Available resources/Learner support Scoring: 20 points

Recommendations

Impact Areas: Department support Possible Expectations: Letters of recommendation from Dean, Department Head and/or colleagues Scoring: Yes/No

Award Recipients

Cash award of $2,500 (applicable taxes will be deducted). Certificates of recognition, suitable for framing, will also be presented to the recipients. The awards will be presented at the Provost’s Faculty Awards Convocation.

Previous Recipients:

2021

Credit: Mark Mabrito, Professor of English, Purdue Northwest: ENGL 43500 Writing for Digital Media

Non-credit: Christian Butzke, Professor, Food Science, West Lafayette, and Yu-Ju Lin, Senior Instructional Designer, Teaching and Learning Technologies, West Lafayette: non-credit instance of the course FS 47000 Wine Appreciation

2020

Credit: Jennifer Simpson, Clinical Professor and Associate Head of SLHS, Director of Clinical Education in Audiology, West Lafayette, and Michael Heinz, Professor of SLHS and BME, West Lafayette: SLHS 61900 Integrative Audiology Grand Rounds

Credit: Jennifer Hughes, Limited Term Lecturer, English, West Lafayette: English 10600 First-Year Composition

Non-credit: Rebecca Herman, Graduate Business Professor, Purdue Global, and Randy Roberts, 150th Anniversary Professor and Distinguished Professor of History, West Lafayette: Take Me Out to the Ballgame: 150 Years

2019

Credit: Melissa Kenzig, Public Health Graduate Program, HHS, HK 57601: Theoretical Foundations of Health Behavior

2018

Non-credit: Bruce Erickson, agronomy education distance and outreach director and adjunct assistant professor, West Lafayette; Debbie Runshe, instructional designer, Course Design and Development group of IT Teaching and Learning Technologies, West Lafayette; and Janine Black, Agronomy e-Learning project manager, West Lafayette
Credit: Mark Mabrito, associate professor of English, Purdue University Northwest

2017

Non-credit: Dr. Bruce Erickson, Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Janine Black, Debra Runshe – Precision Agriculture
Credit: Dr. Charlene Sullivan, Krannert School of Management