The Kansas Blackboard Users Group (KBUG) Exemplary Online Course Recognition competition is designed to encourage faculty from across the state to develop quality web-enhanced and web-based classes. Winning course designs could be used for such scholarly activities as tenure and promotion; conference presentations; research; and publication. There will be separate judging and categories for K-12 and post-secondary submissions.

     Winners from both groups are judged based on a variety of criteria. To judge the web-based courses, we will use a rubric developed at California State University, Chico. Web-based courses are delivered primarily online. (A minimum of 67% student-faculty interaction and didactic presentation delivered via the web.)

     To judge the web-enhanced courses, we will use criteria developed between instructional designers at the University of Kansas; Wichita State University; Fort Hays State University, and ESSDACK . Web-enhanced courses are considered traditional courses with web-enhancement.

     Faculty using Blackboard and other Course Management Systems are encouraged to submit their course to the competition. Winners will be awarded a complementary admission to the Kansas Teaching and Learning Symposium, along with complimentary vendor-sponsored gifts. Winners will also be asked to present the winning course design at the Kansas Teaching and Learning Symposium, held in Wichita, KS in June.

To submit a course application, please complete the following course proposal information:

Please upload a Microsoft Word document containing a narrative statement in the box below not longer than five pages (double-spaced, 12-point type). This should include (but is not limited to) the following:

1)      Course description, including learning objectives, number of students taking the course in an average year, and how many times it has been offered using online tools/resources;

2)      Specific purposes for using the online tools/resources that were selected;

3)      Description of the online tools/resources that have been integrated into the course; Discussion of the instructional strategies used (e.g., discussions, quizzes, etc.) that promote student engagement with content, interaction, or other learning goals;

4)      Any evidence that the online tools/resources have had a positive impact on student learning, and how this evidence was obtained.
 

Notes:

P       Submissions must be received by May 7th at 5:00 p.m.

P       Course developers/instructors must grant judges access to the course using guest privileges or temporary accounts

P      Instructors and/or course developers may submit multiple proposals

P      One individual per course recognized as Exemplary will receive a complimentary registration to the Symposium

P      Developers or instructors of Exemplary Courses will be expected to participate in a Symposium session, during which the recognized course sites will be shown and brief (15 minute) presentations made

P      Notification regarding selected Exemplary Courses will be made not later than May 24, 2004