IDC Distance Education Incentive Awards Program

IDC Distance Education Incentive Awards Program

Purpose of the Program
The goal of the IDC Distance Education Incentive Awards Program is to provide support and award Purdue faculty for the development of high-quality distance education courses at Purdue University – West Lafayette.

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 Vista. 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 two-day Faculty Intensive Workshop (scheduled for May 8-9, 2008);
attend an individual consultation session with an IDC (Instructional Development Center) or OCEC (Office of Continuing Education and Conferences) consultant;
fill out and submit the program’s Incentive Awards Program Course Submission Instructions and Form by the program due date, September 26, 2008. 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, IDC 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 a average of 3 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 30, 2009.

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 2009 TLT Conference awards presentation.

2008 Program Timeline

May 8-9, 2008: faculty intensive. If you would like to attend, please register
May-June 2008: schedule and attand an individual consultation with an IDC or OCEC consultant
September 26, 2008: final date to submit Incentive Awards Program Course Submission Form
October Break: responses from evaluators sent to course submitters; courses may be changed and resubmitted
January 30, 2009: final date to resubmit courses
March 2, 2009: final list of winners notified
TLT Conference: awards presentation and winners’ panel

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 IDC 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 the Instructional Development Center (IDC) at 49-63257 or e-mail tlt-consulting@purdue.edu.

May 8-9 Faculty Intensive Workshop Sessions: Description and Registration

Incentive Awards Program Course Submission Form

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Awards Application Process

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