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Distance Education Incentive Awards Program Showcase

Summary:
This presentation will showcase the winners of the Instructional Development Center’s Distance Education Incentive Awards Program at Purdue University in 2008. Attendees will get a chance to view some of the award winning courses and explore the self-evaluation rubric used by the program.
Description:
This presentation will showcase the winners of the Distance Education Incentive Awards Program initiated by the Instructional Development Center (IDC) at Purdue University in 2007.
Attendees will:
• get a chance to view some of the Distance Education Incentive Award Winning courses;
• explore the self-evaluation rubric used by the program;

In 2007, the Instructional Development Center (IDC) at Purdue University initiated a new program to foster and reward the creation of exemplary online courses created by Purdue faculty. The IDC Distance Education Incentive Awards Program awards $30,000 in funds to qualified distance education courses. Course developers and instructors who apply for the awards are required to attend a training intensive and complete an exemplary course self-evaluation rubric which evaluates the quality of their course in the areas of course design, innovative and effective use of technology, assessment of student learning, and learner support.
This presentation will showcase the winners of the Instructional Development Center’s Distance Education Incentive Awards Program at Purdue University in 2008. Attendees will get a chance to view some of the award winning courses and explore the self-evaluation rubric used by the program.
Sangeetha Khichadia
Educational Technologist
Purdue University
Sangeetha Khichadia is an Educational Technologist with Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) at Purdue University. Ms. Khichadia has extensive experience working with faculty and staff in integrating technology towards creating hybrid and distance learning classes. Her background in computer science combined with her expertise in instructional design concepts, allow her to design and develop online instructional materials in addition to successfully evaluating instructional technologies. She has developed various web-based instructional materials and presented at several conferences relating to online learning.
Sasikumar Benzigar
Educational Technologist
Purdue University
Sasi Benzigar is an Educational Technologist with Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) at Purdue University. He develops and delivers training on instructional and collaboration tools. He provides support and regularly consulting with faculty on Blackboard Vista, instructional design, and instructional technology. Mr. Benzigar is an experienced trainer and presenter on a wide variety of topics. He also serves on the reviewer committee for Blackboard's Exemplary Course Program and Purdue's Distance Education Incentive Award Program.
Donalee Attardo
Senior Educational Technologist
Purdue University
Donalee Attardo has been an Educational Technologist at Purdue University for the past 6 years. She currently works as a Senior Instructional Technologist for the Instructional Development Center in Teaching & Learning Technologies (TLT). She assumes many responsibilities in coordinating, developing, and delivering training on a variety of topics in instructional design and technology. She is a Blackboard Vista Certified Trainer, and provides regular consulting with faculty on Blackboard Vista and instructional design, as well as other TLT technologies, such as Adobe Acrobat Connect, Turnitin, and many others. She has presented most recently at the Conference on Information Technology, Beyond Boundaries Conference on Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning, and BbWorld (Blackboard User conference).