Desire2EXCEL

Nominations are now open for the Desire2EXCEL Awards!

The Desire2EXCEL Awards recognizes organizations and institutions that have used Desire2Learn technology to deliver learning experiences that are innovative, collaborative and/or have a high or significant impact.

Deadline: March 26^th

Early Bird Deadline: March 12^th (applicants who submit by this date will be eligible for a drawing for a Marriott hotel upgrade)

The Nomination Form has been significantly shortened and refined making it much easier to complete. It is now available as a PDF.

Award Categories

Innovation: Changing and challenging the status quo is the force behind innovation. The drive for creative and continuous improvement is paramount to innovation. A nomination to this category should break with conventional processes to address needs and go beyond marginal improvements. This innovation can be present within your course, program wide or community wide.

Collaboration: Collaboration denotes communication between and among learners, instructors, administrators, internal and external experts/mentors, researchers, and/or community members. Such collaboration can be synchronous and/or asynchronous. A nomination to this category could include collaboration within the course, department, or institution; collaboration could also be with external agencies, corporations, K-12 schools or school districts, Colleges and Universities, and/or consortiums.

Impact: Extraordinary impact on student learning, service to students and leadership are paramount to this award category. A nomination to this category should be able to be replicated by others either internally to your institution or externally by others. It should have a wide influence and scope. Additionally, it should have the metrics and measurement evidence to prove that is worthy of being a best practice with broad implementation.

Guidelines

Award nominations are open to all organizations and institutions that use Desire2Learn - can include faculty, staff and administrators
All nominations must use Desire2Learn Technology (Desire2Learn Learning Environment, Desire2Learn Essentials, Desire2Learn Learning Repository, Desire2Learn 2GO, Desire2Learn ePortfolio, or SPARKS by Desire2Learn). Nominations that go beyond the typical course offering are strongly encouraged.
Organizations are encouraged to submit multiple nominations, including self-nominations
If submitting a course, all online, hybrid and web-enhanced courses are welcomed
If submitting a course to be reviewed it must be a previously and/or currently offered course
Applicants must provide screen shots to be featured during the awards presentation
The panel of judges is made up of members of the FUSION 2010 Steering Committee
Winner(s) will receive a 'Desire2EXCEL 2010 Winner' widget/logo.
Winner(s) will have a choice of the following prizes: $500 honorarium, 2 hours of virtual training for up to 12 people, or one free main conference registration for FUSION 2011
Nominees do not have to attend FUSION 2010 in order to participate
Winners of the 2010 Desire2EXCEL Awards will be announced at FUSION 2010, July 11-16, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. For those nominees attending FUSION, Desire2EXCEL Award nominations will be showcased in Poster Presentations held during FUSION 2010. All Desire2EXCEL Award nominations will be showcased on the Desire2Learn Community.

For further information or if you have any questions, please contact Charlene Douglas at Charlene.Douglas@Desire2Learn.com or 208.476.7405.