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The Sakai Foundation is seeking nominees for its third annual international Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. See the TWSIA page for details.

The Sakai Foundation is seeking nominees for its third annual international Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award.  Representatives from the Foundation announced next year’s competition at the EDUCAUSE Conference in Denver, CO, today. The intent of the award is to highlight examples of innovative and transformative educational applications of Sakai.

Applications for the 2010 TWSIA will be accepted starting in February 2010. Instructors or other interested parties can visit www.OpenEdPractices.org to learn more about the award and access an online application form and evaluation rubric. Additional information will be posted on the website next month. Winners will be awarded a trip to Denver, CO, to present at the 11^th International Sakai Conference and receive their award.

Entries also seed a collection of innovative practices in the OpenEdPractices.org repository, a community of practice for teaching and learning with open/community-source tools supported in part by rSmart and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.