Owensboro Community & Technical College’s Lorraine Sturgeon has been recognized with the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program Award.
The ECP Award recognizes exceptional faculty and course designers from schools, colleges and universities around the world who develop engaging and innovative courses that represent the best in technology and learning.
Sturgeon was recognized for her online course, Business Employability Seminar (BAS 270), where students identify and assess their strengths and weakness to include soft skills, create a career portfolio of various business employment documents which will capture the attention of prospective employers, participate in mock interviews, and build their professional network.
“Lorraine is an outstanding instructional designer and a great teacher, so this recognition ties together both of her talents and we are excited that she is being recognized globally,” said OCTC President Scott Williams.
Sturgeon has been at OCTC since 2010. She is a Training/Professional Development Specialist, serves on several peer teams, and teaches courses in the Computer and Information Technologies and the Business Administration programs. She provides training and technical support to faculty, staff, and students.
Sturgeon worked with KCTCS Online Learning as an Instructional Expert to provide training and support to faculty throughout KCTCS in the KCTCS Optimizing Online Learning (KOOL) Academy.
“I am thankful to have been involved with KOOL Academy. It was a great experience and has helped so many faculty design better courses,” she said.
The award is given to courses that meet the established standards for exceptional online courses. Each course has been reviewed by three people from schools from around the globe, using the ECP rubric.
