Technology Across The Curriculum - Recognition and Awards

Recognition and Awards

In June 2000, the TAC Program was selected as one of 20 international finalists in the Education Category of the Stockholm Challenge. In October 2000, the TAC Program received the Governor's Technology Award in the Higher Education category. In October 2001, the program received the annual Educause Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning Award. The Educause Award articulates in a very clear way the essential elements of the TAC program:

This exemplary program advances deliberate, institution-wide innovation while remaining grounded in both student needs and student achievement. It features a number of elements that would be useful to other institutions and state systems, including:

• a systematic process through which faculty identify core basic and advanced skills;
• a grid matching these skills with programmatic curricular change;
• a student-support mechanism (Student Technology Assistance and Resources) that provides students with basic instruction to prepare them for more advanced technical assignments;
• a faculty-support mechanism (Instructional Resource Center) to help with redesign of courses, including a proposal process that reinforces explicit institutional needs;
• a budget process that matches the priorities articulated in the TAC program;
• solid assessment mechanisms.