2008 Call for Entries
The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment is pleased to announce the eleventh annual Innovative Instructional Technology Awards Program (IITAP), the provost’s program to encourage, support, and reward innovation in using instructional technology. IITAP participants will be recognized and honored at the 2008 Innovative Instructional Technology Awards Program on April 23. The total amount of cash awards is $10,000.
UT Austin faculty and faculty-student/staff teams are invited to enter instructional technologies used for at least one semester for UT Austin courses with documented outcomes. Entries should demonstrate how the instructor’s approach promotes students’ knowledge and skills and makes teaching and learning more effective, relevant, and efficient.
Ideally, entries should:
- create engaging learning experiences that help achieve teaching and learning goals
- synthesize knowledge and content into a creative, innovative system
- support faculty and students in effective and efficient teaching and learning
- model, demonstrate, integrate, and contextualize concepts and concept relationships
- support the direct application of knowledge and skills
- support the assessment and evaluation of knowledge and skills
- align with discipline knowledge
- include multiple levels or organization schemas more likely to be integrated into multiple contexts for multiple audiences
- be scalable and extensible to many learners
Specific technologies eligible for consideration include:
- tutorials
- content libraries with creative interfaces to enhance usability and functionality
- narratives and problem-based learning scenarios
- assessment and evaluation practices and tools
- interactive animations, games, simulations, and virtual-worlds
- tools enabling mobile, collaborative, and social-networking practices
- learning spaces
Entry deadline for this year was January 28, 2008.
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Entries will be reviewed by a panel of experts to determine finalists. Finalists will be judged by a panel including previous IITAP award recipients, members of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, experts in instructional design, and members of the New Media Consortium.
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This year we are requiring an audio/visual demo, to be included with your entry. If you have questions regarding eligibility, or need assistance with your entry, contact IITAP@www.utexas.edu.