Celebrate Good Work

The VCAA Excellence in Online Teaching Award (EOTA) recognizes outstanding educators who teach online courses at Kapi‘olani Community College. The award was created in 2019/20 and this is the very first time it is being offered which feels especially appropriate considering that over 60% of our faculty taught online this past year. We are excited to share that there were over 90 submissions by students and peers nominating 60 faculty for this award.

Nomination criteria focused on a strong educational philosophy appropriate to online teaching and learning, an outstanding and engaging course site with instructor-created resources, regular and meaningful interaction with students, and appropriate assessment methods and techniques for a supportive online learning environment.

Please join us in congratulating the winner of the inaugural Excellence in Online Teaching Award, Rachel Lindsey, Ph.D., Anatomy & Physiology, Math and Science Department. [More about Dr. Lindsey…]

Also, join us in recognizing the following faculty and lecturers who had been selected as finalists:

• Amanda Candens – Religion, Arts & Humanities
• Kahelelaniokahakai Cruz – Hawaiian Studies, Arts & Humanities
• Phoebe Hwang – Community Health Worker, Health Sciences
• Justin Kong – Math, Math & Sciences

Congratulations and mahalo to these outstanding and dedicated educators at Kapi‘olani Community College!

We have gifted online teachers in our Kapi‘olani ‘Ohana. Reach out to these colleagues and lean on their expertise in online teaching.

• Active Learning – Kawehi Sellers
• ADA Accessibility –
• Assessment – Tony Silva
• Constructive Learning – Jackie Lindo
• Discussion Boards
• ePortfolios – Kim Iwao
• Flipgrid – Julie Rancilio
• Flipped Learning
• Floop – Nadine Wolff
• Gamification – Kawehi Sellers, Amy Shiroma, Lauren Tamamoto
• Google Assignments – Susan Jaworowski, Maiana Minahal
• Graphics
• Group Projects
• Growth Mindset – Nadine Wolff
• H5P – Amy Shiroma, Kawehi Sellers
• Instructor Presence / Humanizing Online Learning
• Laulima Gradebook
• Laulima Lessons
  • CSS
  • Templates
  • Tools for Engaging Learners
• Laulima Tests & Quizzes
• Nearpod – Lisa Kobuke
• Online Learner Preparation
• Open Educational Resources (OER) – Sheryl Shook, Sunny Pai
• Padlet
• Peer Reviews –
• Pressbooks
• Project-based Learning
• Student Success – Rachel Lindsey
• Video Creation
• Video Captioning