The DSI CLEAR Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award is a University-wide program to recognize excellence in the design of online courses and the facilitation of the instructional experience using educational technology. The Outstanding Online Teacher and Course Award recipient receives the distinction of being recognized that their online course has been deemed outstanding based on nationally recognized standards for excellence in online course design. The award also provides recipients with a trophy and monetary stipend.
Nominations
We are once again extending the opportunity to acknowledge exceptional online design and pedagogy from our UNT teaching community. This year, we intend on highlighting faculty who have participated in our ‘Course in a Box’ as well as our Coursera course development processes. If you, or a faculty member you know, designed and delivered an online course during the Spring 2022, Summer 2022, or Fall 2022 semesters and you think their efforts are worthy of consideration for one of these awards, please send an email to Benjamin.Nye@unt.edu and include the name of your nominee, the name of the course, as well as a link to their course in Canvas or Coursera by Friday, November 11, 2022.
Award presentations will take place during the Spring 2023 Salute to Faculty Excellence Awards Celebration.
Awards will include:
- $1500 (taxable award) and a trophy will be awarded to each of the recipients for the Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award in Canvas as well as Coursera.
- The recipients will both be recognized at the Spring 2023 Salute to Faculty Excellence Awards Celebration, and their names will be included on a perpetual award plaque displayed in the Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research.
We want to thank all our online faculty who strive to make online learning at UNT an exceptional experience. We look forward to receiving your nominations soon!
Past Winners
2022 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award in Coursera
Dr. Susan Watson
Fundamentals of Inquiry and Discovery
2022 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award in Canvas
Dr. Kara Fulton
Archaeological Science
2021 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Allyson Packer
2020 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Roxanne Long
2019 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Brian Lain
The Zombie as Rhetorical Figure
2019 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Award
Alexandra Veselka-Bush
Human Sexuality
2018 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Frances Perkins
Media Arts
2018 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Gayle Prybutok
Health Services Administration
2017 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Gayle Prybutok
Health Services Administration
2017 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Kelly Donahue-Wallace
Art and Business
2016 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Lisa Henry
Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
2016 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Judi Bradetich
Child Development
2015 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Stephen Garretson
Family, School and Community
2015 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Royce George
Theories of Organizational Development and Reform
2014 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Nancy Boyd Lillie
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
2014 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Manjula Salimath
International Management Perspectives
2013 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Elizabeth Arnold
Creating Consumer Experiences
2013 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Linda Stromberg
Instructional Leadership
2012 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Rossana Boyd
Pedagogy for English as a Second Language for EC-12 classrooms
2012 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Nicole Dash
Collective Behavior
2011 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Smita Mehta
Classroom and Behavior Management
2011 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Lou Pelton
Culture and Consumption
2010 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Susan Dadres
Economic Concepts
2010 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Kris Chesky
Occupational Health: Lessons from Music
2010 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Kelly Donahue-Wallace
Art History Survey I
2009 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Smita Mehta
Educational Aspects of Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities
2009 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Anat Barnir
E-Management
2009 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Susan Dadres
Principles of Macroeconomics
2009 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Lynn Johnson
Organizational Behavior
2008 Blackboard Exemplary Course
Dr. Tracey Gau
Masterpieces of World Literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance
2007 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Derrick D’Souza
International Management
2007 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Nathan Cottle
Human Development
2007 Exemplary Online Course Designer Award
Dr. Becky Glover
Human Development
2007 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Susan Dadres
Economic Concepts
2007 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Dr. Lee Hughes
Principles of Biology I
2006 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Bob Insley and Michael Sexton
Communicating in Business
2005 Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award
Dr. Elizabeth Figa
Storytelling for Information Professionals
2005 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
2005 WebCT Exemplary Course
Dr. Patricia Cukor-Avila and
Dr. Shobhana Chelliah
General Linguistics, Principles of Language Study (two courses)
2005 Exemplary Online Teacher & Course Designer Award
Jerry Dickenson
Resort and Club Management
2005 Exemplary Online Course Designer Award
Dr. Kelly Donahue-Wallace
Art Appreciation