TLT Distance Education Incentive Awards Program

Purpose of the Program

The TLT Distance Education Incentive Awards Program provides support and awards Purdue faculty for the development of high-quality distance education courses on the West Lafayette campus.

Eligibility

All faculty and staff at the West Lafayette campus and the Statewide Technology sites are eligible. Courses submitted to the program must be developed and delivered as distance education courses from a learning management system platform, such as Blackboard. Hybrid or blended classes are not eligible. Any course that has been given the award in the three years previous to the current year is not eligible.

Program Requirements

To be eligible for the award, course developers are required to:

attend a one or two-day session of Faculty Technology Workshops (scheduled for May 27-28, 2009);
attend an individual consultation session with consultant from TLT (Teaching & Learning Technologies) or CE (Continuing Education);
fill out and submit the program’s Incentive Awards Program Course Submission Instructions and Form by the program due date, September 28, 2009. Submissions must be made online.

Evaluation Process

All courses submitted for evaluation will be assessed according to the criteria on the Incentive Awards Program Course Submission Form

Upon submission of your application, TLT consultants will evaluate your class according to the four areas described in the Course Submission Form: Course Design, Interaction and Collaboration, Assessment, and Learner Support. Evaluators will rate the course on a 5-point scale, with an average of three necessary in each area to qualify for an award.

Evaluators will return detailed comments with their evaluations to course developers. If they wish, course developers may make changes to their course based on evaluator comments and re-submit their courses for a new evaluation, as long as these are submitted by the final resubmission due date, January 29, 2010.

The top ten ranked distance education courses will be selected to receive a $3,000 incentive award from IDC, and will be recognized at a 2010 TLT Conference awards presentation.

2009-2010 Program Timeline

May 27-28, 2009: Faculty Technology Workshops. If you would like to attend, please register
May-July 2009: schedule and attend an individual consultation with a TLT or CE consultant
September 28, 2009: final date to submit Incentive Awards Program Course Submission Form Incentive Awards Program Course Submission Form
October Break: responses from evaluators sent to course submitters; courses may be changed and resubmitted
January 29, 2010: final date to resubmit courses
February 22, 2010: final list of winners notified
TLT Conference: awards showcase

Project Restrictions

Only one class may be submitted per instructor each year.
Three years must elapse between submissions for the same class.
Submitted courses must be developed and delivered via a LMS and be made accessible to TLT staff evaluators.
Submitted courses must be accompanied by a sponsoring letter from the department.

Course Submission and Additional Information

After fulfilling the program requirements listed above, submit your completed Course Submission form by emailing it to tlt-consulting@purdue.edu.

For additional information and questions about the application process, please contact TLT at 49-63257 or e-mail tlt-consulting@purdue.edu.