WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) awards, a competition that recognizes innovative uses of educational technologies in higher education. Since 2004 the WCET WOW awards have been presented to higher education institutions and organizations for exceptionally creative, technology-based solutions to a significant problem. In 2010 the awards go to four ambitious projects, each addressing a challenging issue with a unique solution: Foothill-De Anza Community College District’s College Open Textbooks Collaborative (for increasing the adoption of open textbooks to lower student costs); Kentucky Virtual Campus’s KCTCS Online – Learn on Demand (for providing adult learners with on-demand programs and services to encourage degree completion); Rio Salado College’s Peer-to-Peer Plagiarism Project (for promoting the integrity of academic online programs); and Winona State University’s Winona360 Civic Media Project (for changing the role of journalism and new media to promote civic engagement).

December 2010  | Share this on Twitter | Post this on Facebook