My Horse University Receives Award for Excellence in Synchronous Distance Learning

My Horse University and eXtension Horse Quest’s “Free Equine Webcast Series” has been selected by the National University Telecommunications Network to receive the 2009 Shirley Davis Award for Excellence in Synchronous Distance Learning. This award recognizes individuals and institutions that provide distance learning opportunities via web or video-conferencing of a superior nature in the areas of innovation, interactivity, production quality and administrative issues.

The award will be presented on June 23, 2009 at this year’s NUTN Annual Event in Saratoga Springs, NY. The conference, “Quality in Motion,” will focus on the challenges to distance learning and technology in a troubled economy. Participants at the NUTN conference represent over 60 higher education institutions across the country that focus on distance education and the technologies that support education. For more information, visit NUTN 2009.