[30] MTSU's Gilbert Shares National Award for Online-Teaching Expertise

FOR RELEASE: Aug. 8, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919

MTSU’S Gilbert shares national award for online-teaching expertise

MURFREESBORO—Dr. Jackie Gilbert, professor of management at MTSU, is sharing an award with fellow members of an international online-learning organization for their work in contributing high-quality web-based, interactive teaching and learning materials.

The Business Editorial Board, one of several collaborative bodies of MERLOT—Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching—received the MERLOT House Cup at the 2011 MERLOT/Sloan-C Emerging Technologies Conference in July in San Jose, Calif.

Gilbert serves on the MERLOT Business Editorial Board with university colleagues from around the world.

MERLOT is a user-centered collection of peer-reviewed higher-education, online-learning material catalogued by members, who also offer faculty-development support services. The MERLOT House Cup recognizes both the quality and quantity of learning materials that have passed through the review process.

“Working with MERLOT enhances my teaching because I’m continually exposed to learning objects that I include in my lesson plans,” said Gilbert, who serves as associate editor of the MERLOT International Business Division and is a permanent member of the business board.

The Business Editorial Board is one of 23 editorial boards in the MERLOT consortium. Other boards represent the sciences, communication, the arts, health, safety and languages. MERLOT’s activities also are supported by individual members, institutional partners and corporate partners.

Gilbert serves on the Business Editorial Board alongside Tennessee colleague Patty Feller from Nashville State Community College.

The Business Editorial Board also won the MERLOT House Cup in 2008, Gilbert noted.

For more information on the online international community of faculty and institutions, visit www.merlot.org.


PHOTO: Dr. Jackie Gilbert

Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. In September 2011, MTSU will celebrate its 100th year anniversary with special events and activities throughout the year — kicked off by a Blue-Tie Centennial Gala on Friday, Sept. 9.

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