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Sakai Conference: Teaching With Sakai Innovation Awards

Submitted by Webmaster on 3 July 2010 - 6:54pm.
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Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award

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Teaching Innovation

Although there are many ways in which technology, and in particular Sakai, can make the teaching process more efficient or productive, innovative technology applications truly transform the educational experience. The intent of this award is to highlight examples of educational applications of Sakai which fall into this innovative or transformative category.

Read more about the award at SakaiProject.org.

About the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award

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Read about the Award at SakaiProject.org

 

The Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA) a worldwide search for innovative teaching practices that use the Sakai tools. The major goals of the TWSIA are the following:

If I have to submit an application for the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award for someone else, what is the preferred process?

Submitted by mathieu on 3 December 2008 - 5:17pm.
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Ideally, each applicant would submit himself/herself. If you are in a position where you, as an instructional technologist or a co-applicant, have to submit for someone else, follow these steps:

2009 TWSIA Sponsors

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Sponsorship Opportunity for Your Company

This is your chance to get involved with the second edition of the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA). Please have a look at our Sponsorship Plan to see how partnering with the Sakai teaching and learning community might fit in your marketing and communication strategy.

TWSIA 2008 Award Winners

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The judges for the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award reached a unanimous decision on the award recipients for the first ever Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. The recipients are:

First Place

Dr. Aileen Y Huang-Saad
Course: Biomedical Engineering Graduate Innovative Design
University of Michigan

Is the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award reserved to distance learning courses?

Submitted by mathieu on 4 April 2008 - 6:14pm.
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No. Any course, either in-class, distance, hybrid or self-paced is eligible. All you need it to use one of the Sakai tools for a part of your course which is offered by an accredited education institution (K12, College, University, etc.).

Do I have to be excellent in every category of the rubrics to apply for the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award?

Submitted by mathieu on 4 April 2008 - 6:08pm.
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No. What the award focuses on is innovation at large. If you implemented a great idea to enhance student learning and feel like you might need to improve in some other aspects, please do not hesitate to submit your application.

Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award Process

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Faculty and instructors teaching with Sakai in accredited Higher Education or K-12 schools from around the world are invited to apply.

2009 TWSIA Organizing Committee

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Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award Judges

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A panel of judges who are well known for their work on enhancing learning through the appropriate use of technology will evaluate the entered courses and participate in web conferences with finalists to select the winner.

Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award

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Teaching Innovation

Although there are many ways in which technology, and in particular Sakai, can make the teaching process more efficient or productive, innovative technology applications truly transform the educational experience. The intent of this award is to highlight examples of educational applications of Sakai which fall into this innovative or transformative category.

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