UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
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Excellence in Teaching with Technology Awards
Nomination Deadline: March 31, 2007
Purpose: To recognize excellence in the efforts of faculty, staff, teaching assistants and graduate instructors involved in using educational technologies to meaningfully improve teaching and learning at MU.
Award: Awardees will receive a $500 award to be applied toward educational technology teaching-related expenses (equipm ent, a conference, software, etc.). Awardees are also invited to participate in the annual campus Teaching Renewal Conference so that their work may be highlighted and shared with the campus community.
Eligibility: Any faculty member with a primary teaching appointment is eligible, including tenure track, nonregular, and clinical faculty. Support staff involved in supporting technology in teaching, as well as graduate instructors and teaching assistants, are eligible.
Nominations: All MU faculty, students, academic units and staff members are eligible to nominate individuals for this award. Self-nominations are also accepted. Nominations should take the form of a letter that 1) addresses how the individual uses educational technology in a creative and innovative manner, 2) cites specific examples of excellence in which this individual has developed, adapted, adopted or incorporated technology for teaching and learning, and 3) describes why the individual should receive the award. When appropriate, nominations should illustrate how the nominee enables direct student engagement with technology to improve understanding and learning of material.
After all nominations are received, nominees may be invited to compile a portfolio demonstrating meaningful uses of technology in their teaching. Nomination materials will be reviewed, and selections made by, the Educational Technologies at Missouri (ET@MO) faculty advisory committee.
Two MU faculty, one staff, and one graduate instructor/teaching assistant award for exemplary uses of technology in education are available. Nominations will be accepted for the following categories:
- Undergraduate Teaching (1 award)
- Graduate & Professional Teaching (1 award)
- Staff Support (1 award)
- Graduate Instructor/Teaching Assistant (1 award)
AWARD WINNERS
Undergraduate Teaching
- Dana Kinnison, Department of English (AY 2007-2008)
- Jacquelyn Sandone, Department of Romance Languages (AY 2006-2007)
- Patricia Tew, School of Health Professions (AY 2005-2006)
- Richard Callahan, Department of Religious Studies (AY 2004-2005)
- Karla Simmons, College of Human Environmental Sciences (AY 2003-2004)
- Jana Hawley, College of Human Environmental Sciences (AY 2002-2003)
- Rainer Glaser, Department of Chemistry (AY 2001-2002)
- Steve Friesen, Department of Religious Studies (AY 2001-2002)
Graduate & Professional Teaching
- Jeff Rouder, Department of Psychological Sciences (AY 2007-2008)
- Marian Petrides, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences (AY 2006-2007)
- Vairam Arunachalam, School of Accountancy (AY 2005-2006)
- William Krause, Department of Pathology (AY 2004- 2005)
- Dennis O'Brien, College of Veterinary Medicine (AY 2003-2004)
- Linda Bennett, College of Education (AY 2002-2003)
- Lila Pennington, Sinclair School of Nursing (AY 2001-2002)
Staff Support
- Mark Jarvis, Center for eResearch (AY 2007-2008)
- Jeremy Bloss, McNair Scholars Program (AY 2006-2007)
- Sandra Gummersheimer, MU Direct (AY 2005-2006)
- Alan Marshall, Department of Biological Sciences (AY 2004-2005)
- Zac March, School of Veterinary Medicine (AY 2003-2004)
- Brice Jewell, School of Social Work (AY 2002-2003)
- Anna Ragland, MU Direct (AY 2001-2002)
Graduate Instructor /Teaching Assistant
- Marcia Hansen, Department of English (AY 2007-2008)
- John Estes, Department of English (AY 2006-2007)
- Marc Strid, Food and Hospitality Systems (AY 2005-2006)
- Leigh Dillard, English (AY 2004-2005)
Innovator Awards
- Michael McKean, Broadcast news (AY 2004-2005)
- Saleh Uddin, Architectural Studies (AY 2004-2005)