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About the WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award
The WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award recognizes outstanding efforts by member institutions and organizations in applying innovative solutions
to a challenging educational need.
WCET’s mission is to advance learner access and success through postsecondary digital learning for a more equitable world.
In order to showcase the excellent work happening in the higher education digital learning space, we invite our members to nominate such works for one of the 2023 WOW Awards. WOW us with how your organization or institution uses digital learning and/or technology to transform learning and learner success.
To qualify for this award, nominees must be a WCET member institution or organization in good standing. Check our list of members or join us and become a WCET member now!
2023 Nominations
2023 nominations are closed for this year. We will post information about 2024 next spring.
Judging and Notification
The WOW Awards Committee, comprised of WCET member volunteers, will review all nominations, and will select the recipients. The WCET Outstanding Work Awards Committee may grant a maximum of three awards and reserves the right to grant fewer than three awards.
Judges will review submissions regarding the innovative nature of the digital learning initiative/project and its impact on learning and equity in higher education.
Winners will:
- Receive a digital WOW Award to display electronically on your website and/or social media.
- Be invited to submit a guest post on WCET Frontiers.
- Be interviewed for an episode of the WCET Frontiers Pod podcast.
- Receive one free registration for the 2023 WCET Annual Meeting.
Award Timeline:
- Nominations Open – May 2, 2023
- Nominations Close – June 2, 2023
- Winners Announced – Fall 2023
- Blogs and Podcast Episodes Showcasing Winners – October 2023
- Recipients Honored at WCET Annual Meeting – October 25 – 27, 2023
Have questions? We’re here to help, contact us at wceinfo@wiche.edu.
2023 WOW Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 WOW awards:
- Sinclair Community College – Course Equity Rubric
- Rio Salado College – RioPACT
- Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education – Online Consortium of Oklahoma.
Judging and Notification
The WOW Awards Committee, comprised of WCET member volunteers, will review all nominations, and will select the recipients. The WCET Outstanding Work Awards Committee may grant a maximum of three awards and reserves the right to grant fewer than three awards.
Judges will review submissions regarding the innovative nature of the digital learning initiative/project and its impact on learning and equity in higher education.
We’re here to help, contact us at wceinfo@wiche.edu.
Past Winners
See the innovative work addressing important higher education challenges recognized by past WOW awardees in our full list of previous recipients.
