remier Award 1998: Submission

Submission Deadline EXTENDED: Friday, July 31, 1998, 5 pm PDT

• Add your courseware to the NEEDS Database.
  
  
• Provide twelve (12) copies of your courseware for judging purposes.
  • If your courseware is distributed on CD-ROM or exceeds 100 MB in size, then you must provide us with 12 copies of the courseware on either CD-R's or CD-ROM's (CD-RW's not accepted).
  • If your courseware is a WWW site, then we will link to it directly for the judging.
  • If your courseware is reasonably sized (e.g., 5-10 MB) PC or Mac software that is stored as a compressed file on a website or ftp server, please provide the appropriate URL during Cataloging (Step 1 above). We will download your courseware and distribute it to the judges via Zip disk or a CD-R that we will put together.
  
  
• Provide twelve (12) copies of your submission packet, with the following items:
  • Cover letter, not to exceed 1 page*, that must include:
    • full contact information for the submitter;
    • names of all authors and whether they have been contacted regarding this submission;
    • clear statement of who holds the copyright(s) for the courseware and its components;
    • statement of allow NEEDS to become a non-exclusive distributor of the courseware, as submitted, for the 1998 Premier Award competition (see also Eligibility Information); and
    • brief, two to four sentence description of the courseware suitable for promotional purposes (e.g., see the text used to describe the Premier Courseware of 1997).

  • Body, not to exceed 10 pages*, including:

    The text in the body should ultimately respond to the evaluation criteria for engineering education courseware. We have provided a draft of the 1998 criteria based upon the 1997 Premier Award Competition. We strongly encourage you to read it and respond to the various criteria in the body of your submission report. Go to 1998 Criteria - or - View Adobe Acrobat File of the Draft.
    

    The examples provided in the bullet items below are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather illustrate the types of information you should include.
    

    In the body, you must include:

    • Description of the impact of this courseware. For example, what topic areas are covered in the courseware? How and where has the courseware been used? In a lab or lecture section? At a different institution? In different departments? How many learners have been impacted by the courseware? A single class? An entire department?
    • Description of how the courseware is used by a learner, including pedagogical objectives, learning goals, lesson plans, instructor's and user's guides, etc.
    • Description of the evaluation and assessment performed to assess improved student learning through use of the courseware. For example, was student learning was improved? How was student learning measured? Was some process/product (e.g., report writing, test scores, etc.) measureably improved?
      
    • Optional: Provide Letters/Statements of Reference. These letters/statements should be by instructors other than the author(s) that have either adopted or adapted the courseware. Ideally one or more of these instructors will be at a different institution than the author(s). Up to three can be included in the Body, any others may be included in the Appendix. This section is optional but adoption and/or adaptation by others may be viewed as a key measure of your courseware.

  • Appendix, can include:
    • Additional Letters of Reference.
    • Journal or Conference Papers describing the courseware and its use.
    • Learner evaluations, surveys and survey results.
    • Any additional supporting material that may assist the judges in evaluating your courseware.

  • * Page Specifications
    • Paper: US Letter size (8.5" x 11")
    • 1" Margins all around
    • Font:10 to 12 point, Times, Times New Roman, or equivalent
    • Line Spacing: At the discretion of the submitter.

• All items (1-3) must be completed and arrive by 5 p.m. Pacific Time on July 31, 1998.
  • Send submissions to:
    

    1998 Premier Award
    

    c/o NEEDS
    

    3115 Etcheverry Hall
    

    University of California at Berkeley
    

    Berkeley, CA 94720-1750
    

  • Optional: You may wish to provide us with the elements of Item 2 as individual Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files. These may be transmitted electronically as a file attachment to e-mail, or on 3.5" floppy disk (Mac or PC format), CD-R, or CD-ROM. You must, however, still submit twelve (12) paper copies of Item 2 by the deadline. We will use this electronic version of your materials to supplement your courseware record in the NEEDS Database.

See Also: Eligibility Information

If you'd like more information about the Premier Award or how to become a sponsor, please contact Professor Joe Tront at Virginia Tech via email at jgtront@vt.edu.