Award for Outstanding Service
to Digital Equity

Increasing Digital Equity through
Technology in Teacher Education

Announcement & Request for Nominations

Deadline for Nominations: January 15

Awarded by: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)

Nominations are sought for the annual SITE Award for Outstanding Service to Digital Equity associated with technology and teacher education.

The Award

The Outstanding Service in Digital Equity Award (OSDE) was established to: (a) recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship and service in the area of digital equity; and (b) increase awareness of the variety and range of successful approaches taken through teacher education for increasing equity over the many digital divides that affect our societies today—economic, cultural, physical and mental. SITE presents this award in anticipation that such recognition in the area of digital equity and teacher education will stimulate scholarship and service to:

  • expand the knowledge base relative to teacher education;
  • promote equity in technology and teacher education; and
  • disseminate information nationally and internationally.

The presentation of this award is also intended to emphasize SITE’s concern for equity in technology and teacher education.

Eligibility Criteria

The Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award committee is looking for those who have demonstrated scholarship and service toward increasing digital equity through teacher education. Scholarship and service should include but are not limited to teaching, research, leadership, performance, journals, and learning engagements; and may be an individual endeavor, project-oriented, programmatic, or systemic.

Self nominations are accepted. The nomination must show outstanding evidence in the following areas:

  • Service to and impact on teacher education
  • Service to digital equity
  • Scholarship
  • (Potential) systemic impact
  • Overall initiative
  • Work as An Innovation Catalyst

Submission Information

Please provide the following:

  • Name of nominator, with full details of affiliation(s) and email address. Self nominations are accepted.
  • Nominator, with full details of name, affiliation(s) and email address.
  • A descriptive citation of between 250 and 750 words suitable for a press release describing the nominee’s outstanding service to equity and social justice through technology in teacher education.
  • Contact details for two referees including email addresses. Mass solicitation of support—e.g. through bulk emailing—is not acceptable.
  • Web address for supporting of evidence where possible
  • An English translation is required where appropriate.

Submit the nomination via the SITE conference proposal system at: aace.org/conf/site/submission.

Select for Presentation Type: "OSDE Award Nomination," paste into Abstract the first paragraph of your nomination and upload the nomination file (MS WORD).

Award History

2002

The first Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award was presented in 2002 to J. Enrique Hinostroza, Director, Instituto de Informática Educativa, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile, for his work through Enlaces, the information and communication technologies (ICT) initiative of the Chilean Educational Reform.

2003

The second Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award was presented in 2003 to Paul Gorski, USA, for his work through scholarship and publication, including the Multicultural Pavilion with resources and dialog for multicultural education.

2004

The third Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award was presented in 2004 to Bonnie Bracey, USA, for her work as a change agent and reformer within the US and abroad, including her collaboration with GLEF: the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

2005

The fourth Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award was presented in 2005 to Joyce Pittman, USA, for her equity evaluation framework and work as a reformer within the US and with the World Consortium on Curriculum and Instruction. Joyce is Director of the CERTI Project. Joyce Pittman homepage

2006

The fifth Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award was presented in 2006 to Gypsy Abbott, USA. Gypsy is a Professor and Research Scientist, Univ. of Alabama Birmingham. Gypsy Abbott homepage

2007

The 6th Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award was presented in 2007 to ICTs in Education Steering Committee, Ministry of Education, Namibia received by Geoffrey Shakwa. Geoffrey Shakwa has been and remains a key actor in the Namibian ICTs in Education Steering Committee, whose work has been recognized as a model for African countries. Namibia - Initiative web page | Ilukena Award Speech, given by Shakwa.

2008

The 7th Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award was presented in 2008 to
Lawrence Kambiwoa Nunatcho, National Pedagogic Inspector of Informatics, Ministry of Secondary Education, Cameroon.