Idaho Digital Learning was named a winner of the
Blackboard Catalyst Award for Staff Development, which honors those members of the community who use
Blackboard solutions to create, support and enhance faculty and staff
development skills, providing a better organization-wide learning experience.
The Staff Development Award is part of the annual Blackboard
Catalyst Awards program. Recognized at both the program and individual level, winners
are acknowledged for implementing effective and creative ways to support
faculty that went beyond a help desk. Several of the highlighted programs
shared and created course content for entire program usage, leveraged tools effectively
to internally support their programs and provided innovative training methods
for faculty and staff.
The Blackboard Catalyst Awards program annually recognizes
and honors innovation and excellence in the Blackboard global community of
practice, where teachers and learners work every day to redefine what is
possible when leveraging technology.
"I am excited that we have been able to develop a
program that allows teachers at various levels of experience and skill to
improve upon their craft. Our goal was to create a program that would meet each
teacher at their level with content focused on technology, pedagogy, best
practices, and institution updates. This award recognizes our attempt to do so
and reaffirms our motivation to continue to enhance our professional
development program. I most humbly and graciously accept this award on behalf of
IDLA," said Jeff Simmons, Idaho Digital Learning’s Instructional Manager.
“We applaud the Blackboard Catalyst Award winners and their
accomplishments,” said Ray Henderson, Chief Technology Officer and President of
Academic Platforms for Blackboard. “Their work represents some of the
most innovative thinking in education today, and offers great models for how
technology can help shape an improved education experience. We congratulate the
award winners for their leadership, creativity and passion that is clearly
evident in their work.”
Idaho Digital Learning will be honored alongside other
Blackboard Catalyst Award winners during BbWorld®,
Blackboard’s annual user conference to be held in July in New Orleans, La.
Blackboard is a global leader in enterprise technology and
innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and
learners around the world every day. Blackboard’s solutions allow thousands of
higher education, K-12, professional, corporate and government organizations to
extend teaching and learning online.
For a complete list of Blackboard Catalyst Award winners
please visit: http://blackboard.com/catalyst.
Idaho Digital Learning was established as Idaho's
state virtual school by the Idaho Legislature in 2002. The state
virtual school serves 100% of Idaho School districts at over 17,500 enrollments
in 2011-2012. Idaho Digital Learning is a nationally recognized program that
was ranked 3rd in the U.S. for Online Learning Policy and Practice
(Center for Digital Education, 2008) and is currently the fourth largest State
Virtual School in the United States based on statewide per capita online
enrollments (Keeping Pace, 2011)
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