Sloan-C Awards Committee for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning Awards

The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of more than 450 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, presented the 2003 Awards for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning at the 9th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, Florida, November 15, 2003.

The Sloan-C Awards Selection Committee for 2003 was comprised of

• James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus, University of Michigan,
• Judith S. Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation,
• John V. Lombardi, President, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
• Joseph McDonald, President, Salish- Kootenai College,
• Sidney A. McPhee, President, Middle Tennessee State University,
• William Messner, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges,
• Diana Oblinger, Executive Director of Higher Education, Microsoft Corporation, and
• Eric E. Fredericksen, Director of Distributed Learning Services, Cornell University served as the non-voting committee chair.

Sloan-C Awards Committee for Effective Practices in Online Learning Awards

• Meg Benke of Empire State College,
• Tana Bishop of the University of Maryland University College,
• Melody Thompson of The Pennsylvania State University World Campus,
• John Sener of Sener Learning Services, and
• Karen Swan of Kent State University.

• Bruce N. Chaloux, Director of the Electronic Campus of the Southern Regional Education Board;
• Jacqueline Moloney, Dean of Continuing, Corporate and Distance Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell;
• George Otte, Director of Instructional Technology, City University of New York;
• Cornell Reinhart, Director of University without Walls, Skidmore College;
• Carol Scarafiotti, Dean of Instruction, Rio Salado College;
• Peter Shea, Director, State University of New York Learning Network; and
• Janet Moore, Chief Learning Officer, The Sloan Consortium at the Sloan Center for OnLine Learning at Olin and Babson Colleges in Needham, MA (non-voting chair).