Teaching With OWL-Space [Sakai] Innovation Award
As you may know, the Course Management System at Rice, OWL-Space, runs on the Sakai software system. Therefore, Rice faculty and instructors are eligible to participate in the competition described below:
The Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA) is a worldwide contest between instructors from institutions who use Sakai as a learning management system. The major goals of the TWSIA are the following:
- To promote good pedagogy and innovation in teaching and learning with technology;
- To share teaching and learning practices worth replicating;
- To get more instructors involved in the Sakai community.
Initiated at the 8th Sakai Conference in Newport Beach, California, in December 2007, The Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award is organized and supported by the Teaching and Learning group of the Sakai community, a geographically dispersed community of practice composed of managers, faculty, instructional technologists, and web designers who voluntarily devote time and energy to build awareness and promote the needs of instructors who are using Sakai. Last year’s award, which was the first, was a huge success, gathering submissions ranging from K-12 instructors to graduate university faculty from around the world.
2009 Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award
The 2009 Teaching with Sakai Innovation award competition was officially announced on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the Virginia Tech Sakai Regional Conference.
The application DEADLINE is Midnight GMT, Friday, February 27, 2009. (see the application link below) Winners will be awarded a trip to Boston, Massachusetts, to present at the 10th Sakai Conference (July 8-10, 2009) and receive their award during the conference.
Teaching Innovation
Although there are many ways in which technology, and in particular Sakai, can make the teaching process more efficient or productive, innovative technology applications truly transform the educational experience. The intent of this award is to highlight examples of educational applications of Sakai which fall into this innovative or transformative category.
Please contact the Rice Educational Technologies department for help and support with your application.
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