Institutions nominating faculty for the Ernest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology must submit a completed nomination form, conference registration form, proposal form, a glossy, color 5x7 photograph and the award nominee registration fee of $570 as well as additional materials described below relating to the qualifications of their candidate. Please note: previous Boyer award winners are not eligible for nomination. All items may be submitted separately. It is not longer necessary to mail all items in together.

An international committee to be announced will select the recipient. The awardee will be honored at the awards ceremony held during the conference. He or she will receive a trophy and a $5,000 cash award provided by McGraw Hill Learning Solutions. In addition, the recipient of the award will also receive an opportunity to participate as a member of the international committee to select future recipients of the Award.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR BOYER AWARD NOMINEES:

Please submit a resume of the nominee along with a narrative (not to exceed five double-spaced pages) addressing the topics listed below. In each case, please cite as much tangible, concrete data as possible to support the statements concerning the activities on which the nomination is based (examples: abstracts of methods and results of controlled studies, student anecdotal data, etc.). The nomination should be based on faculty achievements during the past three years.

Method of Selection by the Sponsoring Institution--The nomination must have resulted from a university or college-wide, peer-reviewed faculty process. Please identify the sponsoring campus office and briefly describe the process.

Direct Effects on Learning--How did the nominee’s work directly improve the learning process? What process was used? What classes were involved? Was understanding increased? Was learning time decreased? Have there been any effects on retention of learning? If yes, over what time frame? What evidence exists to support the effects?

Direct Effects on Motivation--How did the nominee’s work increase student interest in learning and applying learning to the real world? Was intellectual curiosity increased? If so, how? Did students find learning experiences with this faculty member to be enjoyable, memorable, stimulating? Did the work  give any evidence of increasing student interest in becoming life-long learners?

Direct Effects on Creativity--How did the nominee’s work directly increase the creative thinking abilities of students? As a result of the nominee’s work, did student performance on relevant intellectual tasks show evidence of increased original thinking? Did students show increased interest in careers requiring original thinking and risk taking for success? What kinds of data support the responses to this item?

Spread of Effect--Have the effects of the nominee’s work resulted in positive improvements in  learning/motivation/creativity beyond students in his/her own classes? Have other faculty adopted these methods? Have the effects spread beyond the department, college or institution concerned? What evidence is available to support this spread of effect?

Please note that previous Boyer Award winners are not eligible for nomination. Boyer nominees must also be current nominees for the conference’s Awards for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Technology or past recipients of that award.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: FEbruary 29, 2008 for nominations and supporting materials.