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The DDL-IAP Crystal Award recognizes innovation and outstanding achievement in the practice of distance learning. The Award provides recognition from an international association of scholars and practitioners. A plaque of achievement will be awarded during a special recognition and showcase during the 2008 annual convention to be held November 4-8, 2008 at BUENA VISTA PALACE HOTEL, Orlando, Florida. Also a letter of recognition from DDL will be sent to the winner’s supervisor by a member of the DDL Board of Directors. You are expected make every effort to attend the conference to receive your award.

Criteria:
Applicants may submit courses, modules or products that are web, computer or video based. The project must be instructional in nature and may be targeted to any age level. It is not mandatory that applicants be members of AECT. By applying for the award, the applicant warrants that the work is original and does not violate copyright law.
The selection of the winning entries will be the responsibility of the Crystal Award selection committee which is appointed by the Division of Distance Learning within AECT. Only entries judged to be of significant quality will win. An award will not be made if none of the entries are deemed worthy. Evaluation criteria will be available on the DDL website at www.aect.org/DDL.

Procedure:
For online courses or modules, send a document (no more than 2 pages in .doc or .pdf format) with URL and guest access information along with a statement describing why your project should be considered for a Crystal Award by email to Dr. Joanne Bentley at kiwi@cc.usu.edu. For video or other projects not accessible on the web, please send four copies of the project on four separate DVD’s by mail to:

AECT/DDL Crystal Awards
c/o Dr. Joanne Bentley
Utah State University
Department of Instructional Technology
2830 Old Main Hill, Logan UT 84322-2830

Deadline:
Deadline for receipt of all material is May 9th, 2008.

Contact:
For additional information please contact Dr. Joanne Bentley at kiwi@cc.usu.edu