The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of individuals, institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, will present its 2011 Awards at the 17th Annual International Conference on Online Learning: Online Learning, Teaching, and Research in the New Media Ecology, in Orlando, Florida, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.

The recipients of the 2011 Sloan-C Awards are:

- Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education: University of Massachusetts Lowell
- A. Frank Mayadas Leadership Award: Joel L. Hartman, University of Central Florida
- Outstanding Achievement in Online Education by an Individual: Wayne D. Smutz, Pennsylvania State University World Campus
- Excellence in Online Teaching: Ellen B. Bremen, Highline Community College
- Excellence in Online Teaching: Michael R. Cheney, University of Illinois Springfield
- Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching: SUNY Empire State College
- Outstanding Online Program: Cyber Security Program, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
- Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Education: Ryerson University
- Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Education: Pennsylvania State University World Campus

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