For the third consecutive year, a University of Nevada, Reno web-based course, its instructor and instructional designer have won the Blackboard Exemplary Course w88 casino games, an international w88 casino games that recognizes innovative and engaging online and hybrid courses.
Introduction to Knowledge Development and Scientific Inquiry, taught by Michele Pelter, assistant professor of nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno Orvis School of Nursing, received a 2011 Blackboard Catalyst w88 casino games for Exemplary Courses by Blackboard Inc. The international company works with clients to develop and implement technology that improves education.
Pelter's w88 casino games stood out from the crowd, as a panel of more than 100 faculty judges from institutions around the world reviewed submitted entries in search of the best in the world.
The w88 casino games is a foundational w88 casino games for the master of science in nursing degree and was designed by Pelter and Alina Solovyova-Vincent, instructional designer in the University's teaching and learning technologies department. Solovyova-Vincent has spearheaded the design and delivery of winning courses for the past three years.
Pelter's innovative use of technologies to keep students engaged and support their mini-thesis/project helped the w88 casino games get noticed by the Blackboard judges. The w88 casino games went through a "w88 casino games makeover program" in spring 2009. The makeover program, offered three times a year by the University's teaching and learning technologies department, provides instructors with detailed, comprehensive review and feedback on the design and delivery of their courses. Over the next couple of years, Pelter implemented an array of suggestions from the review. As a result, the class now features weekly narrated lectures, "Hot Topics" discussions, weekly self-tests, real-life case studies and a virtual tour of the w88 casino games.
"Participating in the design and redesign of this w88 casino games has been a challenging but very rewarding experience for me," Pelter said. "The w88 casino games makeover program helped me to better understand online learning and gave me many ideas on how to improve my w88 casino games."
Pelter and Solovyova-Vincent will attend the Blackboard Annual Conference July 12-14 in Las Vegas to be recognized for their outstanding work and to give a poster presentation on the winning course, which will become a model of exemplary practices in designing and teaching online courses for university faculty around the world. Solovyova-Vincent will also receive the 2011 Blackboard Catalyst w88 casino games for Excellence in Online Professional Development, for her creation of the course makeover program.
