About the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award
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The 2012 TWSIA Competition is now open
The Sakai Foundation announces the 5th annual Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA) competition. Entries are being accepted on this site. This Open Ed Practices site will be the repository for new entries. The closing date for entries is Friday, March 9, 2012. Winners will be notified May 1, 2012 and may have their expenses paid to Atlanta, Georgia to present their winning entries at the 1st joint Jasig/ Sakai Conference, June 10-15, 2012.
The intent of the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award is to recognize excellence in teaching and learning. Since the first call for submissions in 2008, educators from institutions around the world have submitted their entries in the annual competition. This year, we look forward to entries from those using the Sakai CLE and also those pioneering the Sakai OAE (Open Academic Environment).
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Innovation Defined
The TWSIA committee defines an innovative course or educational experience as one that, by design, engages and challenges students, resulting in greater student interest, a deeper level of understanding and/or a lasting change in the students' perception of an issue or topic.
The innovative method, practice or strategy used may not be new in the world, but its implementation may be out of the ordinary in your field of practice or new to you. It is more than simply using new technologies; rather it is an approach to teaching and learning that results in a much-enhanced, even transformative, educational experience for students.
Award Goals
The major goals of the award are:
- To promote excellent pedagogy and innovation in teaching and learning
- To create a community of educators who want to share teaching and learning practices
- To encourage greater faculty involvement in the Sakai community
Award entries are evaluated against rubrics and the definition of innovation. Information on previous winners is also available on this site. Click on the year you wish to review in the left navigation bar.
Entry Categories
Entries are accepted in the following five categories:
- Higher Education: Face-to-Face
- Higher Education: Fully Online or Hybrid Course
- Primary & Secondary Education (K-12)
- Portfolios
- Project Sites & Other Uses of Sakai
Contact information
TWSIA 2012 Committee Chair: maggie@thanospartners.com
About the TWSIA
The intent of the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA) is to recognize excellence in teaching and learning. Each year, since the first call for entries in 2008, educators from institutions around the world submit their courses in the annual competition.
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, instructional design consultants and web designers who voluntarily devote time and energy to build awareness and promote the needs of instructors who are using Sakai.
Initiated at the 8th Sakai Conference in Newport Beach, California, in December 2007, the 2008 Award was a huge success. The Awards Committee gathering submissions ranging from K-12 instructors to graduate university faculty from around the world.
The two winners were invited to the 9th Sakai Conference in Paris, France, where they gave a keynote presentation of their award-winning courses. Considered a highlight of the conference, Aileen Huang-Saad from the University of Michigan, United States, and Salim Nakhjavani from University of Cape Town, South Africa, spoke enthusiastically about how the Sakai collaborative and learning environment gave them the opportunity to take the learning experience of their students to the next level.
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