National Recognition

UIS has received national recognition for quality and achievements in online learning:

2010

Outstanding Online Program - MA in Teacher Leadership
http://sloanconsortium.org/2010awards

Inaugural Mayadas Online Leadership Award
Ray Schroeder receives the A. Frank Mayadas Leadership Award. Spurring greater national conversation, Ray has consistently and with clear purpose proposed and guided numerous initiatives designed to meet the arguably most important Sloan Pillar, access. Ray championed and led two successful Sloan-C grants, which established fully online degree programs—extending the reach of degree completion and the dreams of a college education for many.
http://sloanconsortium.org/2010awards

Inaugural Sloan Consortium Fellows (14 awarded nationally)

Burks Oakley
For innovative and inspirational work in the conceptualization, implementation, and advocacy of online learning in higher education on a national scale.

Ray Schroeder
For increasing access to higher education by cultivating a breadth of online degree programs and for chronicling the progress of the theory and practice of online education through new media.

Karen Swan
For rigorous research that has advanced our understanding of learning effectiveness in online and blended education.

http://sloanconsortium.org/2010_sloanc_fellows


2008

Society for New Communications Research Award in External Online Communications http://www.newcommreview.com/?p=1352

Inaugural Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality in Online Education:
For innovative work in using quantitative data in a process of continuous quality improvement to assure excellence in online teaching and learning at UIS.
http://www.sloan-c.org/awards/2008sloan-c_awards_brochure.pdf

2007

Sloan Consortium Award for Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching & Learning Programming
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/books/pdf/2007awards_complete.pdf

National Public Radio Morning Edition Report describes UIS Online as a "titan" in online learning. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16638700

2006

Stukel Distinguished Professor of Educational Administration Karen Swan received the sixth annual Sloan Consortium "Most Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Online Learning" Award
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/books/pdf/2006%20Sloan-C%20Awards%20Brochure.pdf

2003

Scholar in Residence- Center for Online Learning, Research and Service - Burks Oakley received the third annual Sloan Consortium "Most Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Online Learning" Award
http://www.aln.org/news/pr/pr031021a.asp

2002

Professor Emeritus and Director of OTEL/COLRS Ray Schroeder received the second annual Sloan Consortium "Most Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Online Learning" Award
http://www.sloan-c.org/awards/awards2002.asp

(Note: UIS is the only university that has more than one of the eleven "most outstanding achievement" award recipients.)