2021 Call for Nominations

The deadline for submission of nominations has been extended to 31st October 2021 at 5pm.

Nominations should be presented as a short (280 characters maximum) summary of the innovation, accompanied by a multimedia or video file of no more than five minutes’ duration.

Examples of multimedia tools that you may wish to consider using to present your nomination include (but are not limited to!): GoAnimate, Storybird, Moovly, Screencast-O-Matic and Animoto.  For further inspiration, you may want to review Jane Hart’s top 100 Tools for Learning.

What constitutes ‘innovation’ in teaching and learning?

For the purpose of this award ‘innovation’ is considered to be a teaching/learning approach that is unique or pioneering, and has not been implemented previously within your own discipline/context. The innovation need not have been implemented via technology.

Nomination process

Nominations are invited for innovative contributions in the area of teaching and learning, in keeping with the following guidelines:

  • Nominations must be for a teaching/learning innovation which must have been implemented.
  • Innovations shortlisted for previous iterations of the award cannot be considered.
  • The award is open to staff and students in all Irish education sectors.
  • Ensure that your five minute multimedia submission for the nomination provides a succinct articulation of your innovative idea.  Reviewers will only listen/watch up to five minutes and will not continue if your file’s viewing time exceeds this time. The reviewers will rate your submission against specific evaluation criteria and then shortlist based on this evaluation
  • It is important that your submission illustrates/provides examples of how the idea was implemented in teaching and learning, how it was brought to life, and how it impacted learners.
  • Nominations must be for a specific work/project/idea, rather than for an individual person or group.

Nomination format

  • Nominations must be submitted via email to jenniferburkeaward@gmail.com.
  • Please include the following in the body of your your email:
    • The submission title
    • Name and contact details
    • A short summary of the innovative idea (280 characters max). The summaries of shortlisted awards will be used to promote the award via Twitter in advance of EdTech.
    • Your multimedia or video file in either mp4 format, or as a link to the file. Please also induce any passwords necessary to access the file. The file should provide an overview of the innovative idea and include the following information:
      • The submission title
      • What inspired your idea and how did you envisage it engaging your students?
      • What did you do? Give a clear, concise description of how your innovation engages students, including feedback from students.
      • How did you do it? Give details on how the innovation has been implemented.
      • What has been the outcome? Give details on what you have learned from the implementation, providing examples of student feedback.
      • Describe how you have shared this innovation with others e.g. your immediate peers, or more broadly/publicly.
  • In order to ensure anonymity during the shortlisting and evaluation processes, please do not include any project, nominee or institutional identifying information within your 280 character summary or multimedia file.
  • Please do not submit any other materials as these will not be considered as part of your submission.
  • Reviewers will only listen/watch up to five minutes and will not continue if your file’s viewing time exceeds this time.

Evaluation process

  • All nominations will be reviewed by a group short-listing comprised of the Jennifer Burke Award committee and representation from the ILTA Steering Group.
  • Based on their review of the submissions, members of the committee will each award marks under the following headings:
  1. Innovation and creativity: What was the rationale for the innovation? What was the innovative idea and how was it innovative? (50%)
  2. Impact: Articulation of the innovation’s impact on student learning and professional practice (40%)
  3. Quality and creativity of submission (10%)

How to submit

  • Please submit your nomination via email to jenniferburkeaward@gmail.com by 31st October 2021 at 5pm.
  • Any queries regarding the award prior to this date should also be directed to jenniferburkeaward@gmail.com.
  • You should receive an email confirmation of receipt of your submission within 48 hours of submitting your nomination. If you do not, then please email morag.munro@mu.ie to confirm that your submission has been received.

Key dates

  • Call opens: 27th May 2021
  • Deadline for submission of nominations: 31st October 2021 at 5pm.