Information Technology Solutions Award

About the Award

The award program for Excellence in Information Technology Solutions honors original and creative higher education projects that apply emerging technologies to improve scholarship, service, or management practices and policies, or that have the potential to change the technology infrastructure so that new technology solutions become possible. Such projects may serve an institution, multiple institutions, or our external constituencies.

The selection committee looks for practices that can serve as models or as inspiration for other institutions, and that address areas of widespread interest within our profession. The committee encourages submissions of projects that dream the impossible dream.

The following issues are strong possibilities. Note that other EDUCAUSE awards recognize excellence in the specific areas of teaching and learning on an enterprise-wide scale, of networking, and of administrative information systems.

Issues identified by the EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee and other association sources
IT management issues, including developing a more ethnically diverse IT workforce
IT training and professional development
strategic planning and policy coordination
security and ID management
library systems and services
outreach
community building
digital divide issues
providing for underserved communities
customer service/help desk
general student support
non-systemic teaching and learning projects (not applicable to EDUCAUSE Award for
Systemic Progress in Teaching & Learning)
health care technology projects
innovative partnerships
facilities and space utilization issues
access to technology
strategic assessment techniques
successes in cost effectiveness

Winners of this award are selected by the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee.

Information Technology Solutions Award Winners

Guidelines and Eligibility

Up to two awards are given each year.
Projects must have been completed or implemented during the three years prior to the application date.
Applications may not be submitted in consecutive years for the same accomplishment without significant change since the initial submission.
More than one project may be submitted from the same institution.
Projects will not be recognized in more than one category of the EDUCAUSE awards for institutional achievement.
The applying institution need not be a member of EDUCAUSE.
Applications may not come from institutions represented on the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee.

Recognition

Award winners will receive sculptures specially designed for this program by Colorado artist John Haertling, along with complimentary registration, travel, and housing for one representative at the conference at which the presentation takes place. Winner representatives are invited to present highlights of their project in a conference session. Descriptions of winning projects will be made available on the EDUCAUSE Web site and/or in print publications, and will be highlighted as award winners in the EDUCAUSE Effective Practices and Solutions database.

Applications

This award will be discontinued in 2006.

Archived Awards Administrative Information Systems Award Information Technology Solutions Award Network Award Teaching and Learning Award EDUCAUSE Medal Awards CUMREC Awards		Information Technology Solutions Award About the Award The award program for Excellence in Information Technology Solutions honors original and creative higher education projects that apply emerging technologies to improve scholarship, service, or management practices and policies, or that have the potential to change the technology infrastructure so that new technology solutions become possible. Such projects may serve an institution, multiple institutions, or our external constituencies. The selection committee looks for practices that can serve as models or as inspiration for other institutions, and that address areas of widespread interest within our profession. The committee encourages submissions of projects that dream the impossible dream. The following issues are strong possibilities. Note that other EDUCAUSE awards recognize excellence in the specific areas of teaching and learning on an enterprise-wide scale, of networking, and of administrative information systems. Issues identified by the EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee and other association sources IT management issues, including developing a more ethnically diverse IT workforce IT training and professional development strategic planning and policy coordination security and ID management library systems and services outreach community building digital divide issues providing for underserved communities customer service/help desk general student support non-systemic teaching and learning projects (not applicable to EDUCAUSE Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching & Learning) health care technology projects innovative partnerships facilities and space utilization issues access to technology strategic assessment techniques successes in cost effectiveness Winners of this award are selected by the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee. Information Technology Solutions Award Winners Guidelines and Eligibility Up to two awards are given each year. Projects must have been completed or implemented during the three years prior to the application date. Applications may not be submitted in consecutive years for the same accomplishment without significant change since the initial submission. More than one project may be submitted from the same institution. Projects will not be recognized in more than one category of the EDUCAUSE awards for institutional achievement. The applying institution need not be a member of EDUCAUSE. Applications may not come from institutions represented on the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee. Recognition Award winners will receive sculptures specially designed for this program by Colorado artist John Haertling, along with complimentary registration, travel, and housing for one representative at the conference at which the presentation takes place. Winner representatives are invited to present highlights of their project in a conference session. Descriptions of winning projects will be made available on the EDUCAUSE Web site and/or in print publications, and will be highlighted as award winners in the EDUCAUSE Effective Practices and Solutions database. Applications This award will be discontinued in 2006.
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