× LoneStarCollegeALERT:

Visit LoneStarCollegeAlert for more information.

Online Faculty Excellence Award

Introduction

LSC-Online is pleased to announce an annual Online Faculty Excellence Award available for both adjunct and full time faculty members who exemplify excellence in online teaching. This annual award will be available for nominees from each of the six (6) campuses within the Lone Star College. There will be two awards per campus, one for a full time faculty and one for an adjunct faculty.

The Online Faculty Excellence Award recipients from each campus will recognized and receive a monetary award. Each of the nominees' online courses will be evaluated based on principles of best practices for online course development. Additionally, all of the recipients may be asked to make their courses available for training purposes.

The recipients may be asked to assume a leadership role in promoting online instruction at Lone Star College and serve on the award selection committee.

Purpose of the Award

The purpose of the award is to recognize and reward excellence in online teaching, provide models of excellence for fellow faculty, and encourage all faculty to continue to improve and advance their online teaching pedagogy. Each faculty excellence award winner will receive a certificate and a monetary gift in recognition of his/her outstanding efforts and contributions to the quality of Lone Star College online courses and program offerings.

Selection Committee Members

The Selection Committee members will be comprised of members appointed by acdemic leadership on each of the Lone Star College campuses and two staff members in the LSC-Online department. The committee is responsible for reviewing the nominations and evaluating the nominees for the award based on principles of best practices for online course development.

Nomination

There are two ways a faculty member can be nominated for this award: (1) a faculty member can self-nominate; and (2) a faculty member can be nominated by another faculty member, Dean, Department Chair or VPI. In order for any adjunct or full-time faculty member to be considered for this award, you will be required to follow the submission directions below. If you self-nominate, please use the Self-Nomination application form and if you are nominating a colleague, please use the Nominating a Colleague application form.

Please complete the appropriate nomination form and submit along with any supporting documentation for one nominee per submission. The online course that was taught or is being taught by the nominee should be from either the Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, or Fall 2015 semester. It is recommended that you review the nomination form and documentation requirements well in advance of submission.

The deadline for all submissions for the Fall 2015 semester will be Monday, November 2, 2015.

Submission Guidelines

The following Submission Guidelines and Nomination Form will be used by the Award Selection Committee in determining the recipients from each of the Lone Star College campuses:

  1. Complete and submit the Nomination Application Form , and include any relevant supporting documentation.
    1. Nomination Application Forms with incomplete information will not be considered. If you have any questions regarding the preparation of the documentation, please contact the Award Selection Committee.
  2. Please include any student feedback both formal and informal, if applicable. 

Please Note: All nominees must consent to all award committee members accessing your online course. Please specify the online course, section and semester you would like to have reviewed by the committee.

Faculty Nomination Application Forms

Please use this form to self-nominate for the Online Faculty Excellence Award.   The Award Selection Committee will accept one nomination per faculty member. Please complete the form in its entirety and click Submit.

Please use this form to nominate an adjunct or full-time faculty member you feel deserves to be recognized for the Online Faculty Excellence Award. The Award Selection Committee will accept

one nomination per faculty member. Please complete the form in its entirety and click Submit

Timeline

October 2015 

  • Request Nominations

November 2015

  • November 2nd, submissions due
  • Committee meets to confirm eligibility and choose recipient(s)

December 2015

  • December 1st: Have name(s) of recipient(s) to Organizational Development
  • December 14: Recipient(s) must be notified before this date

February 2016

  • Recipient(s) will be recognized at the ceremony, tentatively scheduled for February 19, 2016

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to receive an award:

The nominee must:

  • be an LSC-System Office employee;
  • be a fulltime or part-time faculty who have taught or is teaching a fully online course; and
  • not have been a recipient of this award during the past three year

The course must:

  • be developed and taught fully online;
  • be 85% or more online; and
  • have been taught online in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015 or currently in Fall 2015.