Provost Award for Excellence in Online Teaching and Course Design

Any current full-time members of the teaching faculty and teaching academic staff who have: 

• taught aminimum of 12 credit hours total of fully online instruction at WKU over the course of two calendar years 
• delivered online courses for four or more years (both WKU and elsewhere) 

Each portfolio submission must include the following components: 

• Full access to at least two fully online Blackboard course sites.  
• A nomination letter from the department chair, program coordinator/director, or dean describing the nominee’s teaching and why they are especially effective in advancing student learning in the online environment.
• A listing that includes a brief description of each online course the nominee has taught at WKU in the past three years, including the semesters taught and number of sections. 
• 3–4-minute video tour of at least one of your courses that explains your approaches to course design, teaching practice, and student engagement.  
• A self-review following the standards outlined in the Anthology Exemplary Course Program Rubric.
• A 2-3 page discussion of 2-3 innovative teaching artifacts or practices used in the online environment to promote student engagement and evidence of elevated learning gains as a result of said engagement. To this end, be sure to include empirical evidence of student learning in your online course. For example, if you implemented a change in your course, what were the measurable results on student learning? Did assignment scores improve? Can you share examples of student work that shows increased understanding or proficiency? Please take special care to present the evidence for student learning in your online course. Use embedded links to relevant evidence where necessary.