The Outstanding Online Course Award received 182 entries from 148 institutions in the USA and abroad. While there is only one winner, the contest overall attracted too many fine entries even to list here. Those mentioned below are a small sampling of the most noteworthy among these. Our hats are off to all those responsible for these fine efforts. Note that full access to most sites requires password access.
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BioComputing Course , developed by Georg Fuellen, Robert Giegerich and Rebecca Parsons for the University of Bielefeld, Germany. An excellent example of the kind of large scale, transnational collaboration that the Internet uniquely makes possible. And a good example of what MOO can do. When the goal is teaching written communication skills, a text based course makes sense, and while game motifs are not new, this course shows that even a familiar idea executed with skill and imagination is a real gift to learners. Curriculum Development , developed by Ed Meyen, Paul Tangen and Cindy Lian for the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.