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2021 International Distance Learning Awards

The United States Distance Learning Association, the nation’s premier distance learning association since 1987, has presented its 2021 International Distance Learning Awards Program, the premier awards for the distance learning industry.

Read the 2021 Award Winners Press Release here

Washington, DC – November 12, 2021 – The United States Distance Learning
Association (known globally as USDLA), the leader in Distance and Digital Learning
education, has announced its International Distance Learning Award winners for
2021.

Each year, USDLA recognizes innovators and leaders within the distance/digital
learning industry as part of our International Award program. These highly
coveted awards are presented annually to organizations and individuals who
compete across several categories of excellence. This year, the following
institutions were chosen by the review committee to receive awards in their
respective categories:

• 21st Century Award: University of Cincinnati Online (winner); Frontier Nursing
University (runner-up)
• Outstanding Leadership Award: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Professor, Health
Administration, Minnesota State University Moorhead
• Innovation Award: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (winner);
Columbia University School of Social Work (runner-up)
• Excellence in Teaching Award: Clarkson University (winner); Iowa State
University (runner-up)
• Impact Award: College of Education, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
University (winner); Oiada International, Oiada Global Village Project (runner-up)
• Quality of Research Paper Award: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Professor Health
Administration, Minnesota State University Moorhead
(Research Paper – Leaning online education during COVID-19 pandemic –
attitudes and perceptions of non-traditional adult learners”, Quality Assurance
in Education, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 408-421. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-12-
2020-0147)

“The International Award program has provided prestigious recognition for
educational influencers around the globe for many years” says Arletha McSwain,
President of USDLA. “These award winners are truly leaders in the distance/digital
learning industry and their work in support of pedagogy is unsurpassed”.


Each year, the annual award winners are recognized by the Association at the
USDLA National Conference Awards Dinner and presented a physical award.
However, due to the continued pandemic concerns in 2021, we decided to
virtually recognize the award winners during 2021 National Distance Learning Week
(NDLW).

All 2021 award winners will also be invited to our 2022 National Conference in
Nashville, TN to be recognized in person. To learn more about up-and-coming
events as well as the 2022 National Conference please visit us at
www.usdla.org.

The United States Distance Learning Association was founded in 1987 and based
on the premise of creating a powerful alliance to meet the burgeoning education
and training needs of learning communities via new concepts of the fusion of
communication technologies with learning in broad multidiscipline applications.
We were the first nonprofit distance learning association in the United States to
support distance learning research, development, and praxis across the complete
arena of education, training, and communications. The learning communities that
the USDLA addresses are: pre-K/12, higher education, continuing education,
corporate training, military and government training, home schooling, and
telehealth. Our mission is to support the development and application of digital
and distance learning by focusing on legislation impacting the community and
constituencies.

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