Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award

The Instructional Technology Council (ITC) recently announced the recipients of their 2008 Awards for Excellence. I was nominated for and was chosen as the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award for Excellence.

The ITC is a national organization that promotes effective use of technology to enhance distance learning. Member institutions may nominate an exemplary faculty member for this national award. The nominations are reviewed and the recipient is chosen by a panel of judges including ITC board members, past awards winners and other ITC members.

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Announcing the 4th Edition!

Web Development & Design Foundations with XHTML, 4th Edition

Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 4/E includes everything you need to develop highly effective Web sites. Besides providing comprehensive coverage of XHTML, this book introduces the Web design and development process and offers successful strategies for promoting Web sites, including accessibility and standards.

The 4th Edition integrates XHTML and CSS topics such as text configuration, color configuration, and page layout with an enhanced focus on the topics of accessibility, usability, and Web standards. Table of Contents (pdf)

Textbook Companion Web Site

The companion web site at http://webdevfoundations.net contains a page for each chapter in the 4th edition of the textbook with URLs listed in the book, information on emerging trends, additional examples, corrections, and review games.

The review games include Crossword Puzzle, Flash Cards, Matching, Fill-in-the-Blank, and Pick-a-Letter activities. iPod review activities and iPod iQuiz games are also available for each chapter. Students can use these games to review concepts and terms. Some instructors use these as group activities in the classroom. They also can be made available for independent student self-assessment activities.

The World Organization of Webmasters has designated this book as a recommended learning resource for the WOW Certified Web Designer Associate (CWDSA) certification Exam.

2008 News :

March 2008 - 2008 EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference - Co-Facilitator for the panel discussion: "Creating Accessible Electronic Instructional Materials for People with Disabilities"

February 2008 - Presented the audio poster session "Collaboration in the Online Classroom" at the 2008 IOC - Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning.

January 2008 - Received the 2008 Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award for Excellence from the Instructional Technology Council (ITC).

The ITC is a national organization that promotes effective use of technology to enhance distance learning. Member institutions may nominate an exemplary faculty member for this national award. The nominations are reviewed and the recipient is chosen by a panel of judges including ITC board members, past awards winners and other ITC members.

January 2008 - The 4th edition of my textbook, Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, has been published by Addison-Wesley.

2007 News :

November 2007 - Presented the poster session "Distance Learning Orientation" at the 2007 CIT Conference on Information Technology sponsored by the League of Innovation in the Community College.

March 2007 - Several of my ideas for teaching online are included in Patti Shank's new book, Online Learning Idea Book: 95 Proven Ways to Enhance Technology-Based and Blended Learning.
Review of the book and the top 12 ideas — guess who made the top 12!

February 2007 - Presented the audio poster session "Distance Learning Orientation" (pdf) at the 2007 IOC - Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning.

February 2007 - MERLOT completed a peer review of my E-Commerce Business Ethics Case Study.

January 2007 - Invited to serve as a course reviewer for Blackboard's 2007 Exemplary Course Program.

2006 News :

December 2006 - Completed my Fall 2006 Department of Instructional Technology Fellowship project: Distance Learning Orientation. These materials are available to anyone and provide an introduction to online learning, Blackboard (version 6), and basic computer skills.

August 2006 - The 3rd edition of my textbook, Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, has been published by Addison-Wesley.

June 2006 - Invited to be a Course Reviewer Consultant for the Illinois Online Network at the Univerisity of Illinois as part of the Quality Online Course Intiative (QOCI) Project.

March 2006 - Received the 2006 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Award (Online Course Category) for my CIS218/WEB240 E-Commerce Development online course.

This is a national competition in which courses were judged by a rigorous rubric including components such as online pedagogy and use of technology.

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Northcentral University Press Release
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Lindeman on eLearning Blog
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