Online CEP 810 Course Wins AT&T Award in Instructional Technology

Responding to the growing use of online technologies for instruction at Michigan State University, Libraries, Computing and Technology held its third annual awards program, generously funded by AT&T, to both recognize and encourage best practices in the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.

Our CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with Computers course, the first course in the Certificate and Master’s program, tied for first place for the best fully online course.  The team that worked on the course was recognized for their hard work in developing the online course at the awards ceremony on April 20, 2009.

A courses that is considered for the award must demonstrate the learning and interaction goals of the course, points of interest and innovation, ways in which the course meets accessibility guidelines, evidence of effectiveness with students and plans for sustainability.

You can read more about the award and why CEP 810 was selected at http://att-awards.msu.edu/index.php/winners/2009/cep_810_isb_202.

The following people were a part of the team that helped develop the CEP 810 online course.

Carrie Albin, Outreach Manager, Educational Technology Certificate Program, Curriculum/Designer
John Bell, Associate Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Curriculum/Technology
Brandon Blinkenberg, vuDAT, eProducer
Joe Codde, Director, Educational Technology Certificate Program
Kathryn Dirkin, Graduate Student, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Curriculum/Designer
Carolyn McCarthy, Adjunct Faculty, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Instructor
Tae Seob Shin, Graduate Student, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Curriculum
Brook Thompson, Assistant to Director, Educational Technology Certificate Program, Transcriber/Accessibility
Sue Way, Former Master’s Coor., Educational Technology Certificate Program, Curriculum