Who deserves recognition through an I.D.E.A. (Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity award)?
The FTTC I.D.E.A. recognition is reserved for colleagues who foster inclusion, diversity, and equity in online, blended, and face-to-face teaching settings through innovative course design and/or delivery.
Awards are presented in two categories:
Note that nominees can only be nominated in one category, either focusing on instruction or instructional design, not both. Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged.
- Focus on Instruction
This award is designed for full- or part-time faculty who have implemented innovative teaching practices or learning technologies that have positively impacted diversity, equity, or inclusion for the learning experience of undergraduate or graduate students at your institution. The award winner will be named at the event.
- Focus on Instructional Design
This award recognizes instructional designers (staff that specializes in supporting faculty in instructional design) whose innovative ideas, designs, or integration of technology have positively impacted diversity, equity, or inclusion for the learning experience of undergraduate or graduate students at your institution. The award winner will be named at the event.
Two-Stage Nomination Process:
Stage 1: You (the nominator) will write a brief (250-word maximum) description of one innovation the full- or part-time faculty member or instructional designer implemented to impact diversity, equity, or inclusion for the learning experience of undergraduate or graduate students at your institution. The text of your nomination will be provided to the nominee to give context to what they should detail in their responses to the awards committee in Stage 2. Stage 1 nominations opened on June 1, 2024, and closed on August 14, 2024.
Stage 2: We will contact all nominees to give the awards committee details about their innovation. The nominees will not be judged based on the nomination written in Stage 1 but on their responses to the questions in Stage 2. Nominees will have until August 30, 2024, to respond to the awards committee.
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