FIU Online's Faculty Choice Awards honor faculty's efforts in designing and delivering a quality online student learning experience. Faculty can self-nominate one of their fully online courses for a Faculty Choice Award in 3 categories. A panel of faculty judges evaluates each nomination and selects award recipients.
2023 Awards
| Award | Professor | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Learner Engagement Award | Fiorella Terenzi | Michelle Perez |
| Best Use of Technology Award | Wendy Guess | Jeni Lopez |
| Online Course of the Year | Melody Whiddon Willoughby | Jacqueline Nusz and Michelle Perez |
2022 Awards
| Award | Professor | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Learner Engagement Award | Melody Whiddon Willoughby | Kieron Williams and Cinthya Rojas |
| Best Use of Technology Award | Rodolfo Rego | Aisha Hamid |
| Online Course of the Year | Anjana Mishra | Randall Beaver and Ena Urbina |
2019 Awards
| Award | Professor | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Learner Engagement Award (Tie) | Luke Thominet | Chuany Kouloukas |
| Excellence in Learner Engagement Award (Tie) | Flavia Iuspa | Erika Huezo |
| Best Use of Technology Award | Melody Whiddon Willoughby | Erika Huezo |
| Innovative Course Design Award | Prem Chapagain | Lili Steiner |
| Online Course of the Year | Melody Whiddon Willoughby | Jacqueline Nusz |
2018 Awards
| Award | Professor | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Student Engagement | Irma Alonso | Jennifer Echeverri |
| Innovative Use of Open Content | Elio Arteaga | Felson Thomas-Watson |
| Innovative Course Design | Melody Willoughby | Erika Huezo |
| Creative Tool Usage | Marcela Lopez Bravo ID- Gali Lefkowitz & Melody Willoughby | Erika Huezo |
| Top Score in Gamification | Lukas Danner | Nina Crutchfield |
2017 Awards
| Award | Professor | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Student Engagement | Maria Reid | Emmanuel Franco |
| Innovative Use of Open Content (Tie) | Anjana Mishra | Nina Crutchfield |
| Rodolfo Rego | Claudia Fernandez | |
| Innovative Course Design | Professor Melody Whiddon Willoughby | Erika Huezo |
| Creative Tool Usage | Professor Roxanna Corradino | Bernadette Chung |
| Top Score in Gamification | Lukas Danner | Nina Crutchfield |
2016 Awards
| Award | Course | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| Creative Tools Usage | GEO3501 - Earth Resources | Rodolfo Rego |
| PSB4002 - Introduction to Bio-Psychology | Michael Chen | |
| Innovative Course Design | PAD5934 - Contemporary Issues in Public Administration | Michael Brown |
| Student Engagement | EIN5226 - Total Quality Management for Engineers | Karen Schmahl |
| Use of Open Content | IDS3336 - Artistic Expression in a Global Society | Michael Rodriguez |
2015 Awards
| Award | Course | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| Student Engagement | CLP4314 - Childhood Psychopathology | Rachel Ritchie |
| PSY4931 - Senior Seminar in Psychology | Rachel Ritchie | |
| REL3308 - Studies in World Religions | Erin Weston | |
| Open Content | EEC3315 - Play and the Development of Social Competence | Daniela Foerch and Carolina Arbolead |
| Creative Tool Use | NGR7769 - Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare | Derrick Glymph |
| NUR3821 - Professional Nursing Leadership: Concepts and Issues | Elizabeth Azutillo | |
| Innovative Course Design | CJJ3010 - Juvenile Justice | Rosa Chang |
2014 Awards
| Award | Course | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| Innovative Use of Open Content | EEC3400 - Family Literacy and the Young Child | Daniela Foerch |
| Top Score in Gamification | ENT4113 - Entrepreneurship: New Business Development | Kaihan Krippendorff |
| Creative Tool Usage | MAR4643 - Decision Making and Negotiations | Kimberly Taylor |
| Student Engagement | NUR3821 - Professional Nursing Leadership: Concepts and Issues | Elizabeth Azutillo |