Dr. Julia Storberg-Walker Honored with BlackBoard Award
8.21.2008
College of Education faculty member, Dr. Julia Storberg-Walker was recently presented with the “Blackboard Exemplary Course Award” at the BlackBoard World 2008 Conference (BBWorld 08) for her course “Organization and Operation of Training and Development Programs.” This award recognizes educational excellence in four categories: course design; interaction and collaboration; assessment; and learner support.
Dr. Storberg-Walker received the award on behalf of the development team including Dr. Diane Chapman (Program Director, TDZ Program); Dede Nelson (Instructional Designer); Kim Duckett (Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning) and Sophia Stone (Doctoral Student/Graduate Assistant). The award is part of the Exemplary Course Program (ECP), which is designed to gather and disseminate best pedagogical and design practices. Winners are honored each year at the Blackboard World conference, held this year in Las Vegas, Nevada in July.
"Since 2001, WebCT, and now Blackboard, have been recognizing exemplary teaching and learning practices utilizing their Learning Management System," said Dr. Donna Petherbridge, Associate Vice Provost for Instructional Support Services in Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA). "NC State was well-represented in the 2008 award by Dr. Storberg-Walker, whose online course is a model of student interaction, pedagogically driven online teaching, and solid instructional design practices. DELTA enjoyed collaborating with the TDZ faculty on initial course design and development for the Training & Development Online Program, including early work on this course. We are pleased to see Dr. Storberg-Walker's (and her colleagues') well-deserved recognition for their continued development and implementation of this course."
This year, Blackboard ECP received over ninety course nominations from around the world. Each nomination was reviewed by an expert panel of online educators selected from across the United States and Canada. Nine courses, including EAC 582, emerged from the rigorous examination and were recognized as “best in class” for online education. Representatives from each winning college or university were flown in to the BBWorld 08 Conference and showcased during the opening reception. A smaller awards ceremony and luncheon was offered the next day, as a way to develop a community of educators and best practices.
If you are interested to learn more about the course development process, please contact Dr. Storberg-Walker at Julia_swalker@ncsu.edu. To learn more about the Exemplary Course Program, visit www2.blackboard.com/exemplary.
