Innovation in Learning Leadership Award Now Open for University Partners
DALLAS, Nov. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructional design pioneer, iDesign, today announced the launch of its 2018 Innovation in Learning Leadership Award, which recognizes educators and learning designers behind transformative educational programs at U.S. colleges and universities. At least two winners will receive up to $5,000 in scholarship to help fund diffusion and knowledge sharing efforts, such as presenting at education conferences, authoring of journal articles, or other work-based projects that showcase innovations in learning design.
"Each year, we are inspired by the ideas that our college and university partners translate into practice -- and outcomes," says Whitney Kilgore, Co-founder and Chief Academic Officer of iDesign. "This scholarship demonstrates our gratitude for their collaboration and passion for building a community of practice at the intersection of learner experience design and academic excellence."
The Innovation in Learning Leadership Award, which is awarded annually, recognizes exceptional uses of instructional design to create educational experiences that impact students, faculty, and administrators. A leader in the field of learner experience design, iDesign is passionate about helping colleges and universities harness the potential of emerging technologies to design online, flipped, blended, adaptive, or competency-based courses.
The 2019 Innovation in Learning Leadership applications are now available online. Current iDesign partners are invited to submit proposals until the deadline on December 15th 2018, 11:59 PM CT. Scholarship recipients will be announced on January 15th, 2019.
For more details on the scholarship program and the application process, please visit: www.idesignedu.org.
About iDesign
iDesign partners with colleges and universities to build, grow and support online and blended programs. We are passionate about helping faculty harness the potential of emerging technologies to design courses and degrees that make an impact, whether they are fully online, flipped, blended, adaptive, or competency-based. Our unbundled, fee-for-service model is rooted in a commitment to flexibility and institutional autonomy, while our analytics platform supports continuous improvement through rigorous measurement of student engagement and course quality. From statewide university systems to private colleges, our custom solutions pair instructional design with technologies to enable great teaching. For more information, please visit http://idesignedu.org/.
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