The Provost's N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation

David Greene, 2006-2007 Award Winner

This award recognition was instituted in 1992 upon the retirement of N. Preston Davis. Pres served the Colorado State University community creatively and loyally for over four decades. His contributions were many and focused on instructional innovation.

Selection Process

A committee including faculty and administrative professionals will select the award recipient. The award is presented to an individual from among University faculty in recognition the use of technology to further the successful use of instructional innovation or the significant encouragement thereof. If a unit within Colorado State University is nominated, a second award may be granted for a submission that the committee determines is exemplary. The technological innovation may be at any instructional level, credit or non-credit instructional offerings, and resident or off-campus instruction. Nominations should include the following:

Section A:

evidence of the innovative nature of the technology-based instructional improvement
innovative implementation of educational technologies

Section B:

enhanced effectiveness of teaching and learning from the innovative educational technologies
significant course and/or curriculum development
evidence of results (examples: evaluative instruments, peer evaluation, student feed back, empirical evidence of results)

Section C:

capacity to be replicated
dissemination of the technology-based innovation
stimulus to others to encourage technology-based instructional innovation
willingness to share ideas freely within the educational community

Nomination Process

Nominations may be submitted by any member of the faculty or staff. The official call for nominations will occur at the beginning of the spring semester. The nomination is limited to two single-spaced typed pages, using 11 Point Times Roman, no more than two one-page letters of support, and examples of ancillary materials. Note that any information beyond this will not be shared with the selection committee. Include the attached cover sheet with the submission. Please provide five copies of the nomination.

Award Presentation

The individual award consists of a plaque and a $1,000 cash award; the unit award consists of a plaque for the unit. It will be presented during the Celebrate Colorado State activities.

Past Recipients

2008-09 V. Chandrasekar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2007-08 Richard Bowen, Department of Biomedical Sciences
2006-07 David Greene, Occupational Therapy
2005-06 Laurie Carlson, School of Education
2004-05 Brett M. Johnson, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology
2003-04 No individual award was presented
2002-03 David Alciatore, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2002-03 M. Barrett Cleveland, Department of Music, Theatre and Dance
2001-02 Kelly Chappell, Department of Mathematics
2000-01 Erica Suchman, Department of Microbiology
1999-00 L. Ray Whalen, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
1998-99 Michael Palmquist, Department of English, Director Writing Center
1997-98 Brian K. Jones, Department of Physics
1996-97 Tim Davies, School of Education
1995-96 Ken Klopfenstein, Department of Mathematics
1994-95 Michael Bauer, Howard Seim, Department of Clinical Sciences

Unit Recipients

2007-08 The ACCESS Project, Occupational Therapy
2005-06 Senior Design Practicum Unit, Mechanical Engineering
2003-04 CVMBS Instructional Technology Unit
2001-02 Morgan Library CAI Team