Apereo Teaching and Learning Awards (ATLAS) 2016 Planning

(formerly named Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award - TWSIA)

Sponsorship Opportunities

We are always looking for sponsors for TWSIA. If you know of a company that might also be interested in being a sponsor, please contact the Apereo Foundation at info@apereo.org.

NOTE: This page is a working space for the award committee, not the actual application site.
The application site is https://www.apereo.org/communities/atlas

Sakai Project page about the award: https://www.sakaiproject.org/teaching-sakai-innovation-award

Sakai YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/SakaiCLE

TWSIA Goals

Recognize and promote best faculty practices and innovation in using Sakai for teaching and learning.
Establish a faculty presence in the Sakai community and in particular at the international Sakai conference.
Bring faculty in contact with Sakai developers and designers.

TWSIA 2016 Planning Timeline

For reference purposes, here is the TWSIA 2015 page

Call in information for committee meetings:

Go to link: http://apereo.blindsidenetworks.net/apereo/

Choose Room 2

Password: apereo

To join this meeting by phone, dial:

(352) 327-4267

(855) 215-5935 (United States toll-free)

Then enter 27616 as the conference pin number.

Meetings	Date(s)/times
First Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	September 16, 2015 11AM ET
Second Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	September 22, 2015 11AM ET
3rd Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	September 29, 2015 11AM ET
4th Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	October 6, 2015, 11AM ET
5th Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	October 13, 2015, 11AM ET
6th Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	October 20, 2015, 11AM ET
Xerte meeting	October 22, 2015, 10AM ET
7th Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	October 27, 2015 10AM ET
8th Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	November 3, 2015 11AM ET
9th Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	November 10, 2015 11AM ET
10th Committee Meeting - Meeting notes	November 17, 2015 11AM ET
11th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	November 24, 2015 11AM ET
12th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	December 1, 2015 11AM ET
13th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	December 8, 2015 11AM ET
14th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	January 12, 2016 11AM ET
15th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	February 9, 2016 11AM ET
16th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	February 16, 2016 11AM ET
17th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	March 15, 2016 11AM ET
18th Committee Meeting - Meeting Notes	March 22, 2016 11AM ET

19th Meeting to finalize selection of ATLAS winners for 2016	April 12, 2016 11AM ET

20th Committee Meeting - Wrap-up - Meeting Notes	May 26, 2016 10AM EDT

Activities	Date(s)/times
Official announcement of award, open date for application	Dec 15
Final application process closes	March 15
Judging Committee reviews entries and selects winners in each category	2-3 WEEKS
Winners and other entrants notified of results	April 13/14
Winners Announced (formal announcement from Apereo Foundation)	April 13/14
Apereo (Sakai) Conference	May 22-25, 2016 hosted by New York University in New York.
Date of winners presentations at conference

ATLAS 2016 Materials:

Announcement about opening of competition
Application form for course & project entries (2016)
Application form for portfolio entries (2016)
Information for judges:

TWSIA 2015 MATERIALS:

Announcement about opening of competition for 2015

Entry form 2015 (course & project entries)

Entry form 2015 (portfolio entries)

INFORMATION FOR JUDGES:

Download the information sheet for judges below:

Information sheet for judges

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TWSIA 2016 COMMITTEE

Subject: Call for award committee members

We hope to continue the success of this award for 2016 and are looking for committee members that represent many different groups within our community, so please don't hesitate to sign up. Please contact Luisa Li luisa.li@marist.edu or Cheryl Brown cheryl.brown@uct.ac.za if you are interested in working on the committee.Thank you for your support!

Members

First	Last	Affiliation	Position	Email	Google Account (for Docs)	Roles (please indicate which)	Expertise (tools, language, network, sector, region)
Cheryl	Brown	University of Cape Town	Senior Lecturer	cheryl.brown@uct.ac.za	cherybrown@ gmail.com	Co-Chair Participate in meetings and planning Providing feedback on preliminary submission Marketing within your networks Judging final submissions	Higher Ed – F2f, Online/Hybrid, African based networks, Opencast, Sakai, Xerte
Luisa	Li	Marist College	Instructional Designer	luisa.li@marist.edu	2004.fl@gmail.com	Co-Chair Participate in meetings and planning Providing feedback on preliminary submission Marketing within your networks Judging final submissions	Higher Ed, training, course design, pedagogy and technology
Armanda	Lewis	New York University	Director, FAS Office of Educational Technology	al861@nyu.edu	al861@nyu.edu	Participate in meetings and planning Giving feedback to applicants Marketing twsia Judging entries Creating materials	Assessment, active learning, blended & online learning, curriculum and project development, K-16, PBL
David	O'Steen	Wellesley College	Instructional Technologist	dosteen@wellesley.edu	dosteen@ wellesley.edu	Will come back next year	Higher Ed - F2F, Online/Hybrid Courses Project Sites & Other Uses of Sakai
Dina	Kurzweil	USUHS	Deputy Director	dina.kurzweil@usuhs.edu	dina.kurzweil@ usuhs.edu	Participate in meetings and planning Providing feedback on preliminary submission Judging final submissions	K12, Higher Ed, faculty support, andragogy, pedagogy, ed tech, curriculum development, blended, F2F, & fully online education.
Fawei	Geng	University of Oxford	Learning Technology Support Officer	Fawei.geng@it.ox.ac.uk	fwgeng@gmail.com	Participate in meetings and planning Provide feedback on preliminary submission promote and market the awards within my networks Judge final submissions Be aTWSIA ambassador	Course design (blended/online), individual/group/departmental consultation/training Sakai, Xerte, Lecture Capturing English and Chinese (Mandarin) In addtion to Oxford University, I am also an active member of the following e-learning networks in the UK including Association for Learning Technology (https://www.international.heacademy.ac.uk/) and the High Education Academy(https://www.international.heacademy.ac.uk/)
Guillermo	Rodríguez, Ph.D.	IRICE - Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Argentina	Professor and Researcher	rodriguez@irice-conicet.gov.ar	guillermocorreo@ gmail.com	Judging final submissions	Higher Education: Face-to-Face Higher Education: Fully Online or Hybrid Course Project Sites & Other Uses of Sakai
Janice	Smith, Ph.D.	Three Canoes LLC	Portfolio Consultant	janice.smith@threecanoes.com	janice.smith@ threecanoes.com		Portfolios
Jennifer	Loudiana	Walsh University	Instructional Specialist	jloudiana@walsh.edu
Jolie	Tingen	Duke University	eLearning Applications Specialist	jolie.tingen@duke.edu	jolietingen@gmail.com	Participate in meetings and planning Providing feedback on preliminary submission Marketing within your networks Judging final submissions	Course design (blended and online) Portfolios Faculty Support Higher Education Sakai Language: English
Mary Jo	Carnot	Chadron State College	Director, Teaching and Learning Center	mcarnot@csc.edu	mcarnot@csc.edu		Higher Ed, various course formats, project and course sites
Mobie	Nwaokomah	University of Baltimore	e-Learning Specialist	cnwaokomah@ubalt.edu
Salwa	Khan, Ph.D.	Texas State University	Coordinator, IT Projects	sk16@txstate.edu	sk16@txstate.edu		Higher Ed Course & Project sites
Zora	Rizzi	Tufts	Senior Client Support Specialist	zora.rizzi@tufts.edu	zora.rizzi@tufts.edu
Julian	Tenney	Xerte		Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk		Marketing within your networks Judging final submissions
Ron	Mitchell	Xerte		ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk		Marketing within your networks Judging final submissions

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