The inaugural Innovate Awards Ceremony was held during the 2017 FACET Retreat on May 20, 2017 in Nashville, IN. Winners were awarded in the five categories; the ten finalists were also celebrated for their contributions.
Open a category below to view the finalists' submissions.
Nominations were gathered and submitted to the retreat planning committee to determine finalists. Finalists then submitted multi-media descriptions of the activity for which they were nominated.
The call for nominations in this category asked "Do you or your colleague(s) have an effective collaborative classroom activity? What does this activity look like, and how does it promote peer-to-peer engagement in addition to student learning?"
Rob Elliott, SpyHunter: the Covert Intelligence Gathering Team (C.I.G.T.) (winner)
Deborah Judge, Building Bridges: Collaboration Between Two Schools of Nursing
The call for nominations in this category asked "Do you or your colleague(s) have an effective community engagement activity? What does this activity look like, and how does it promote community engagement in addition to student learning?"
The call for nominations in this category asked "Do you or your colleague(s) have a particularly effective method or activity that uses online tools (applications, programs, or Canvas tools) to promote student learning? What does this activity look like, how does it work, and how does it impact student learning?"
Christina Ivanova and Amanda Hanson, Digital Story
The call for nominations in this category asked "Do you or your colleague(s) have an effective intensive writing assignment? What does this assignment look like, and how does it lead to effective learning outcomes for intensive writing?"
Clark Barwick, Getting Coffee: Coffee Shop Analysis Final Essay (winner)
Jessica Henderson, Disease Case Studies: Real People--Real Problems
The call for nominations in this category asked "Do you or your colleague(s) have an effective classroom activity that helps students learn how to learn? What does this activity look like, and how does it improve active learning and student empowerment?"
Debbie Herold, Testing Your Memory
Joshua Mugg, Reattempt Commentaries
Linda Wright-Bower, Signature Art (winner)
