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Best Colleges Online to Award $1,000 to the 2013 Online College Professor of the Year

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Student guide to the best accredited online colleges and universities, Best Colleges Online, opens nominations in search for the online college professor of the year.

HOUSTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The world of online education has grown significantly over the past few years, changing traditional models of higher education and revolutionizing the way we learn. According to Sloan Consortium's 2012 Survey of Online Learning, more than 6.7 million students took at least one online course in fall 2011, and 69.1% of chief academic leaders believe that online learning is critical to their long-term strategy. The continuous growth of online learning is changing the definition of what it means to be an outstanding educator as technology plays a bigger role both in and out of the classroom. Best Colleges Online wants to recognize forward-thinking professors who are using technology to enhance the learning experience for distance students and prepare them for success in their courses and after graduation. Now is the time to nominate yourself, your colleague, or your professor as the 2013 Online College Professor of the Year!

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This is Best Colleges Online's second annual Online College Professor of the Year Contest, with last year's top 10 nominees hailing from institutions such as Kaplan University, Herzing University, Post University, Rasmussen College, and Tulane University. After receiving more than 2,000 votes, Grand Canyon University's LeAnne Prenovost was announced the winner of the 2012 Online College Professor of the Year contest. An online assistant professor teaching courses in nursing and health care, LeAnne donated the $1,000 prize to ovarian cancer research in memory of her sister, Lisa Wilkinson, and has served as a contributing writer to Best Colleges Online's Edventure Calling blog throughout her tenure.

Who Can Be Nominated?

Online college professors and instructors who teach full or part time for online and traditional institutions (public, private, or for-profit) are eligible. Nominees must have at least 12 months of teaching experience and have taught an online or hybrid/blended course during 2012. Best Colleges Online defines hybrid/blended courses as those that replace at least 30% of in-class sessions with online activity.

College professors who are nominated will be contacted by Best Colleges Online to verify eligibility. Fellow online educators, online students, college and university administrators, or online instructors themselves may submit nominations.

How the Best Colleges Online 2013 Online College Professor of the Year Contest Works

Nominations will be collected at BestCollegesOnline.com for two weeks beginning March 25, 2013, and ending on April 7, 2013 at 11:59pm CDT. The individuals receiving the most nominations for the top 10 spots, as well as those tied for the top 10 spots, will receive a questionnaire, which will allow participants to share their expertise and reasons for why they should be chosen as Best Colleges Online's 2013 Online College Professor of the Year. The final top 10 nominees will be determined by the number of nominations and their answers to the questionnaire, which will be reviewed by a panel of judges.

Once the top 10 nominees have been determined, readers of Best Colleges Online will be able to cast a vote to decide who should be the Online College Professor of the Year and win $1,000. Voting commences on April 15, 2013, and concludes on April 28, 2013 at 11:59pm CDT.

The Best Colleges Online 2013 Online College Professor of the Year will be announced on May 6, 2013. The winner will be contacted and the announcement will be published at BestCollegesOnline.com.

Complete details of the contest are available here.

Employees of Best Colleges Online are not eligible to participate. Best Colleges Online respects your privacy: No personal information will be shared with third parties.

About Best Colleges Online

Best Colleges Online is an online resource for students seeking higher education in a virtual environment. Best Colleges Online provides prospective students with school profiles, a comprehensive listing of degree and career enhancement education, and advice on online study. Best Colleges Online only includes schools and universities that are fully accredited by agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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