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Past Award Recipients

2001
Henry Jakubowski, Chemistry

2003
Frank Rioux, Chemistry
Jeanmarie Cook, Communication
Stephen Saupe, Biology

2004
Kelly Berg Nellis, Communication
Sharmistha Self, Economics

The Tom Creed Memorial Award for Effective Electronic Pedagogy

The Tom Creed Memorial Award for Effective Electronic Pedagogy was established in 2000 to recognize the efforts of those faculty members who strive to effectively incorporate information technology and web applications into their pedagogy. A principal award in the amount of $2,500 and additional awards, if warranted, of $1,500 and $1,000^* will be given. The Committee on Academic Computing will review the nominations.

For several years prior to his death in 1999, Tom had worked to develop effective pedagogies using computer and web applications. His efforts were recognized nationally, within the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning (formerly the Bush Collaboration), and The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD Network). He published extensively on this topic and presented many regional workshops to other faculty on the value and use of "Virtual Communal Spaces." In "Extending the Classrooms Walls Electronically" (published in New Paradigms for College Teaching, Bill Campbell and Karl Smith, eds.), he wrote,

"We are bombarded daily with the hype about the coming technological revolution in higher education. Technology is touted as the most recent panacea; the cure for what ails us. Certainly, technology is transforming our lives, and will continue to do so. But will it impact our teaching? And if so, how? The question that we need to ask is, "What do we want to accomplish in our courses, and can technology advance our teaching goals?" rather than "What can we do with technology?"

On campus, his courses had strong electronic components, with text readings largely offered on-line. The readings were interspersed with interactive exercises to reinforce student comprehension, and with electronic discussions to engage students in reflective discussion. The online components of his class discussions gave all students a more-equal voice in the discussion, and allowed class discussion to be less bound by the time constraints of a 70-minute class period. Tom felt that the electronic components of his courses allowed him to more-effectively use in-class time to focus on the areas where students demonstrated, during out-of-class discussion, that more instruction was required.


	Committee on Academic Computing Home Tom Creed Award Criteria & Nomination Process Past Award Recipients 2001 Henry Jakubowski, Chemistry 2003 Frank Rioux, Chemistry Jeanmarie Cook, Communication Stephen Saupe, Biology 2004 Kelly Berg Nellis, Communication Sharmistha Self, Economics		The Tom Creed Memorial Award for Effective Electronic Pedagogy The Tom Creed Memorial Award for Effective Electronic Pedagogy was established in 2000 to recognize the efforts of those faculty members who strive to effectively incorporate information technology and web applications into their pedagogy. A principal award in the amount of $2,500 and additional awards, if warranted, of $1,500 and $1,000^* will be given. The Committee on Academic Computing will review the nominations. For several years prior to his death in 1999, Tom had worked to develop effective pedagogies using computer and web applications. His efforts were recognized nationally, within the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning (formerly the Bush Collaboration), and The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD Network). He published extensively on this topic and presented many regional workshops to other faculty on the value and use of "Virtual Communal Spaces." In "Extending the Classrooms Walls Electronically" (published in New Paradigms for College Teaching, Bill Campbell and Karl Smith, eds.), he wrote, "We are bombarded daily with the hype about the coming technological revolution in higher education. Technology is touted as the most recent panacea; the cure for what ails us. Certainly, technology is transforming our lives, and will continue to do so. But will it impact our teaching? And if so, how? The question that we need to ask is, "What do we want to accomplish in our courses, and can technology advance our teaching goals?" rather than "What can we do with technology?" On campus, his courses had strong electronic components, with text readings largely offered on-line. The readings were interspersed with interactive exercises to reinforce student comprehension, and with electronic discussions to engage students in reflective discussion. The online components of his class discussions gave all students a more-equal voice in the discussion, and allowed class discussion to be less bound by the time constraints of a 70-minute class period. Tom felt that the electronic components of his courses allowed him to more-effectively use in-class time to focus on the areas where students demonstrated, during out-of-class discussion, that more instruction was required.
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The Tom Creed Memorial Award for Effective Electronic Pedagogy