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Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award Competition Opens

The Sakai Teaching and Learning community announces the official opening of the 5th annual Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA) competition. The award recognizes innovation and excellence in technology-supported teaching, academic collaboration, and student engagement.

Entries are accepted in the following five categories, and may be implemented in Sakai CLE or Sakai OAE.

• Higher Education: Face-to-Face
• Higher Education: Fully Online or Hybrid Course
• Primary & Secondary Education (K-12)
• Portfolios
• Project Sites & Other Uses of Sakai

Entries are now being accepted on the Open Ed Practices site www.openedpractices.org/twsia .  Open Ed Practices serves as a repository for new entries and for submissions from past winners. The site also provides information for entrants on how to enter the competition, including award entry categories, the rubric which is used to judge entries, a definition of innovation and a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the entry process.

The closing date for entries is March 2, 2012.  Winners will be notified in early May 2012 and may have their expenses paid to Atlanta, Georgia to present their winning entries at the 13^th annual Sakai Conference June 10-15, 2012.

To apply for the award, and for more information, please go to www.openedpractice.org/twsia.