AIKCU recently announced its 2013 AIKCU Technology Award recipients at the Fall IT Directors Meeting. The annual awards highlight innovative and successful technology projects on AIKCU member campuses.
Member campuses can self-nominate projects in four categories: best new campus application; most innovative use of technology for instructional purposes; best online student service; and most successful infrastructure project. A team of qualified outside evaluators considers each application and makes the ultimate award decisions.
This year there were a record 29 nominations. Here are all the 2013 winners and nominations — click through to view the nomination form (in PDF) to learn more about each project.
Best New Campus Application
Winner: Spalding University — Spalding University ID App
Other Nominees:
University of the Cumberlands — EDUCAN 2.0
University of Pikeville — SOAR Web Application
Thomas More College — Jenzabar Capture Analytics
Thomas More College — Document Imaging Project on Campus
Thomas More College — Retention 5.0 at Thomas More College
Thomas More College — Office 365 Migration
Centre College — Centrenet Launchpad and Support System
Lindsey Wilson College — Online Enrollment Finalization
Best Student Online Service
Winner: University of the Cumberlands — Student Support Service Desk
Other Nominees:
Transylvania University — Migration to Google Apps for Education
Berea College — Stabile Active Learning Classroom Science 306
Thomas More College — Accepted Student Portal
Bellarmine University — Campus Site Visit
Bellarmine University — OrgSync-Online Campus Community
Most Successful Infrastructure Project
Winner: Asbury University — Digital Signage for under $100
Other Nominees:
St. Catharine College — Emily W. Hundley Library Infrastructure and Videoconferencing Technology
University of the Cumberlands — Datacenter Disaster Recovery Project
Campbellsville University — NAC Reimplementation with PacketFence in Partnership with Inverse
Bellarmine University — Multifactor VPN Access with Yubikey
Bellarmine University — Ruckus Wireless Deployment
Bellarmine University — Mass Storage for Backups
Centre College — 2012 Vice Presidential Debate Network
Most Innovative Use of Technology for Instructional Purposes
Winner: University of Pikeville — Lecture Capture (and more) with Lifesize
Other Nominees:
Asbury University — Computing Support Services — “Lab Without Walls”
University of the Cumberlands — iLearn
Thomas More College — Technology in the Classroom
Bellarmine University — Enhanced Classrooms with Doceri and Nearpod
Berea College — Stabile Active Learning Classroom Science 306
Congratulations to all of the nominees and especially to the IT staffs at Spalding University, University of the Cumberlands, Asbury University, and the University of Pikeville for their winning entries.