Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning By STLHE and Desire2Learn, USA

Description
The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and Desire2Learn are pleased to invite submissions for the 2012 inaugural Desire2Learn Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. This Award celebrates and recognizes innovative approaches that promote learning in new ways at post-secondary institutions.

Award winners (up to five per year) receive the following:

• $1200 for registration, travel to attend D2L’s FUSION Conference
• $1000 for registration, travel to attend the Annual STLHE Conference
• Two year membership in STLHE
• Framed Certificate

Eligibility
Awards are open to all instructors currently teaching at a post-secondary institution, regardless of discipline, level, or term of appointment. Applications in French or English are welcomed. Candidates need not be members of STLHE to apply.

Application Procedure

• Please download this Application form  
• Official letter of endorsement from the institution’s senior academic officer (equivalent to the vice-president, academic, provost, or director of college).
• A description of the applicant’s innovative approaches, contributions, and accomplishments in areas such as pedagogical frameworks, teaching methods, course design, curriculum development, assessment methods, various tools and technologies.
• Provide a rationale as to why these contributions are considered innovative.
• Additional Support—Documentation including letters, feedback or ratings, and excerpts of reports, newsletter contributions, or publications (maximum 10 pages).

Submission Deadline
February 29, 2012

Website Link
http://www.stlhe.ca/awards/desire2learn-innovation-award/