The Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Call for Nominations: Jennifer Burke Award for 
Innovation in Teaching and Learning 2010
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CALL HAS NOW CLOSED
ILTA and DCU sponsor an annual award: The Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning in memory of Jennifer Burke, a well known and highly regarded friend and colleague, who the Irish Learning Technology Community lost in June 2007. The award recognises and rewards innovative practice in Irish Teaching and Learning, and in particular aims to reflect and remember Jenn’s vibrancy, creativity, energy and passion for learning.
The inaugural award was made in 2009, and was awarded to Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Bridge to College (b2c) initiative. To view 2009 finalists and submissions and 2010 award process, go to www.jenniferburkeaward.ie
DCU and ILTA are now inviting nominations for the 2010 Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning.
Awards process.
2010 Judging Panel
This year’s final judging panel include Karlin Lillington, Irish Times; Muiris O’Connor, HEA; Sheila Porter, Intel; and Brendan Tangney, TCD Bridge to College b2c project.
Nomination process
Nominations are invited for innovative contributions in the
area of teaching and learning, in keeping with the following guidelines:
• Nominations must be for an innovative idea, which must have been implemented.
• You can nominate your own work or someone else’s but, if
short-listed, the originator/instigator of the idea must be the
presenter/one of the presenters to the final judging panel.
• Your submission will be expected to illustrate/provide examples
of how the idea was implemented in teaching and learning, how it was
brought to life, and how it impacted learners.
• The nomination can be made in any format, however we encourage
you to be creative in the nature of your submission, in how you capture
the innovative idea, e.g., your nomination could be in the form of a
poem, a sculpture, cartoon, video, etc.
• However, the submission for the nomination must only be a
5-minute capture of the essence of the innovative idea.
• The name of the nominee(s) and the context for their learning
innovation idea i.., college, home, work, etc as well as the name and
contact details of the nominator should be included and submitted with
the nomination.
Evaluation process
• On receipt of nominations, all nominations will be reviewed by a
short-listing committee, and a short-list of candidates will be
selected to be advanced to the final judging panel.
Marks will be awarded under these headings for submissions.
1. What was the innovative idea and how was it innovative? (10 points/50%)
2. What was the rationale for the idea? (5 points/25%)
3. The creativity and quality of the submission
(5 points/25%)
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to meet with a final judging
panel. At this event, they will initially be given an opportunity to
informally meet each member of the final judging panel, and to describe
their nomination to members of the panel. This informal session will be
followed by a 20 minute Q and A session with the review panel. On
completion of the Q and A sessions, the judging panel will make their
decision on the award.
How to submit:
• Email info@ilta.net with your nomination as an attachment or with a link to your submission on the web.
Timeline
• Nominations to be submitted by Monday 1st March 2010
• Shortlisted applicants to be notified by week of 29th Mar 2010
• Final Judging panel to meet shortlisted nominations: week beginning 19 April 2010
• Award to be presented at the Helix , DCU
The first presentation of the award will be made at the Helix , DCU.
For further information
Please either contact:
Jen Harvey (ILTA) 01 402 7883 or jen.harvey@dit.ie or
Paul Gormley (ILTA) (0)91 492923 paul.gormley@nuigalway.ie or
Morag Munro (DCU) 01 700 5606 morag.munro@dcu.ie