Four courses at Ashford University have received 2020 College Level Course honors from the Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning (ADEIL), a professional association for those engaged or interested in distance education.
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“Ashford has a long history of providing students with innovative, quality academic programs that integrate current technology and are taught by experienced, dedicated faculty,” said Dr. Craig Swenson, President of Ashford University. “We are proud to receive these honors from our ADEIL peers, and to be recognized for our work in course design and development.”
Four of Ashford’s courses were honored with acceptance into the juried ADEIL 2020 Course Showcase as part of the association’s annual conference United Together: Enhancing the Quality of Online Learning on October 16, 2020, where a panel of ADEIL board members selected Distinguished Course Award recipients, and conference attendees voted for Conference Choice Award winners.
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The following courses received honors from ADEIL:
Conference Choice Award (determined by distance education peers):
- English 225: Introduction to Film
Faculty: Dr. Nathan Pritts and Dr. James Meetze
Instructional Design: Sarah Sonognini
EdTech: Duane Eues and Virgil Simpelo
Distinguished Course Award (for excellence in course layout and authentic assessments):
- Business 330: Principles of Marketing
Faculty: Dr. Avisha Sadeghinejad
Instructional Design: Yvonne Donald
EdTech: Duane Eues
Acceptance into Juried Course Showcase:
- Business 105: Business & Academic Success
Faculty: Dr. Katie Thiry, Dr. Charlie Minnick, Dr. William Wood, and Bill Davis
Instructional Design: Michelle Lekkerkerk
EdTech: Virgil Simpelo - Business 202: Professional and Business Communications
Faculty: Dr. Rob Shah and Bill Davis
Instructional Design: Michelle Lekkerkerk
EdTech: Virgil Simpelo and Daniel Eues
Courses submitted for award consideration were evaluated on relative scholarly and instructional qualities, overall design, content, learning activities, and assessments. These recognitions from ADEIL reflect the effective collaboration of Ashford faculty course developers and assessment specialists, and instructional design and educational technology teams at Zovio.
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