[NEWUG-Tech] Blackboard Greenhouse Awards

Richard Wack (richard.wack@villanova.edu)
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:24:18 -0500

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Hello,

    I'm forwarding information about the Blackboard Greenhouse Awards.

    Thank you and happy holidays!

    Rich
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    Richard Wack
    Instructional Technology Analyst
    UNIT Instructional Technology Group
    Villanova University
    610-519-6738


If you or any of your colleagues -- perhaps your school has a newsletter or listserv -- might be interested in submitting a course to the Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program (Feb. 5 deadline) or submitting a program proposal to the Blackboard Greenhouse Grants Program (Feb. 16 deadline), then we'd like to encourage you, and them, to do so.
 
Those who submit courses to the Exemplary Course Program get very detailed feedback from a knowledgeable group of peer reviewers, which in itself is a tremendous benefit.
 
The award winners will receive a great amount of recognition from the company and community, in addition to some pretty serious and very tangible awards: For the exemplary course winners, a free trip to the BbWorld conference; for the Greenhouse Grants winners, $25,000 in grant funding.
 
Additional details below.
 
Looking forward to your participation,
 
Rob

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Rob Shea
Blackboard
Educate | Innovate | Everywhere
Phone: 781-309-1087
rshea@blackboard.com  

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Greetings,

I would like to draw your attention to two awards programs sponsored by Blackboard that might be of interest to you and your colleagues. 

In specific, we're encouraging:

Blackboard's mission is to enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology. One way we seek to foster connections is through our Greenhouse Program, which help build a collective body of knowledge and best practices.

Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program 

The Exemplary Course Program (ECP) recognizes courses that model best practices in learning, course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment and evaluation, meaningful technology use, and learner support. For the 2007 project, the Blackboard and WebCT Exemplary Course Programs have been integrated, improved, and expanded.

Submitted courses must be offered and completed prior to January 30, 2007. Courses using commercial content, such as e-Packs or Course Cartridges, are eligible for review. A faculty member must submit the course.

Winners will receive an all expenses paid trip to the BbWorld '07 conference in Boston, July 7-12, and will be recognized at a keynote speech and invited to an awards reception.

The deadline for submissions is February 5, 2007. For more information or to submit your proposal, please visit: www.blackboard.com/greenhouse.  

An informational webinar will be held on Jan. 9 at 12:00 pm Eastern (New York); to register please visit https://blackboard.webex.com/blackboard/onstage/g.php?d=352351079&t=a.

For questions, please contact us at ecp@blackboard.com.

Blackboard is Seeking Submissions for $25,000 Greenhouse Grants

Greenhouse Grants are seed grants that help to grow an early stage initia­tive into a significant artifact for the greater e-learning community. This program is designed to help build a collective body of knowledge and encourage clients to successfully develop and deploy initiatives that promote best practices in the adoption of Internet technology in the educational environment.

We are seeking existing or early stage initiatives that:

The Greenhouse Grant is open to faculty, staff and administrators of all current Blackboard or WebCT institutions. There will be up to three winning entries, each of which will receive a $25,000 grant.

The deadline for submissions is February 16, 2007.  For more information or to submit your proposal, please visit: www.blackboard.com/greenhouse.  For questions, please contact us at communities@blackboard.com.