The 2010 ISDDE Prize
for
Design in Education
Criteria and Guidelines
A prize of $10,000 is offered
for excellence in design for education in science or mathematics.
In awarding The Prize the judges will seek excellence in the art and science of design in education by an individual or a team. The overriding criterion will be:
Excellence as recognized by a wide range of designers and users
Evidence
Formal or informal evidence of the following will inform the judgment:
- aspects of design that have moved the field of educational design forward
- achievement of specific goals for improved outcomes
- use of research and the value of resulting insights
- systematic development through trials with people representative of well-identified target groups of users
- valuable unanticipated outcomes related to transformative effects in use
- surprise and delight – as in all good art
Nominations
Nominations are solicited from Fellows and friends of ISDDE. Do not nominate a design that belongs to the institution from which you receive compensation. Your initial nomination should identify the work and describe what it is, what it does and for whom. In a separate paragraph, explain why you admire it.
For those nominations which the panel thinks likely contenders for the Prize, the nominator will be invited to prepare a more detailed case1 including:
- a case for the excellence of the work covering the above, together with an outline of the goals and the major design alternatives that were considered
- a portfolio of examples from the work in question
- supporting letters from users and others
As with good design, concise cases will normally have more impact.
Timetable for 2010
Closing date for initial nominations: March
31 2010
Closing date for final submissions: June 30
2010
Announcement of the award: September 2010 at the
ISDDE Conference in Oxford
The Judges’ Panel will be chaired by Phil Daro, Vice Chair of ISDDE.
Enquiries should be sent to The Secretary, ISDDE: Daniel.Pead@nottingham.ac.uk,
Nominations to pdaro@berkeley.edu