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Six Instructors Honored with Exemplary Course Award
RALEIGH, N.C. (August 30, 2022) - Wake Tech is proud to announce that six of its faculty members have been recognized by their peers with the Exemplary Course Program (ECP) Award. The award, presented by Anthology, recognizes faculty and course designers from schools, colleges and universities around the world who develop engaging and innovative courses that represent the very best in technology and learning.
The 2022 ECP award winners from Wake Tech are:
- Carla Osborne, associate professor, Advertising and Graphic Design – Drawing Fundamentals
- Danielle Hennis, instructor, Advertising and Graphic Design, and Julie Evans, associate professor, Web Technologies – Social Media Marketing
- Erin Hall, assistant professor, Accounting – Accounting Software Applications
- George Cox, associate professor, Simulation and Game Development – SGD 112 - Design I
- Kimberly Cornell, assistant professor, Accounting – Individual Income Taxes
The courses demonstrate excellence in four areas:
- Course design: the elements of instructional design, such as its structure, learning objectives and instructional strategies
- Interaction and collaboration: the level of engagement offered by the course and the level of student interaction and collaboration
- Assessment: the evaluation of student work toward the achievement of learning outcomes and the quality and type of student assessments
- Learner support: the resources made available to students, which may be accessible within or external to the course environment
For nearly two decades, the ECP Award has honored instructors and course designers whose courses demonstrate best practices. The awards were expanded when Blackboard combined with Anthology in 2021. Since its founding, thousands of instructors, teachers and designers have used the Exemplary Course Program to evaluate and improve their courses with recognized best practices. To be considered for the honor, applicants must be a user of the Blackboard Learn by Anthology learning management system. Submitted courses are evaluated by other course developers, instructional designers, teachers and professors using the Exemplary Course Program Rubric.
"These educators represent some of the very best when it comes to developing courses that engage learners," said Jim Brigadier, president of global markets at Anthology. "We’re proud to announce the 2022 cohort of Exemplary Course Program Award winners and thank them for their commitment toward engaging and maximizing learning outcomes for students."
Osborne, Hennis, Evans, Hall, Cox and Cornell are being recognized alongside other award recipients on the Anthology website, as well as in the Anthology+Blackboard Community, a platform where the largest organized network of users connect, collaborate and learn from their peers.
Learn more about the Exemplary Course Program.
