International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences Announced the Winners for 2005

On May 1st, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the eighth annual Webby Awards. http://www.webbyawards.com/ . I encourage you to look at these sites and see how instructional design methods, format and layout were used in development.

Many of these winners used interaction methods to convey a message, information and promote education for their audiences. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated to the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and evolving forms of interactive media for effective transference of information and learning. The Webby Awards is the leading international honors for web sites. Nominees are judged on their content, structure and navigation, visual design, functionality, interactivity, and overall experience.

This Years Educational Winners are:

Education Webby Award Winner: Knowing Poe http://knowingpoe.thinkingport.org/

PeopleÂ’s Voice Winner: Monterey Bay Aquarium http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

Other Educational Nominees are:

· BBC Worldwide Interactive Learning http://www.open2.net/

· 24 Hour Museum http://www.show.me.uk/

· Traditions of the Sun: Chaco Culture National Historical Park http://www.traditionsofthesun.org/

And Last Year's Winner for Education include:

· Webby Award Winner BBC-Human Body http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody

· People's Voice Winner NationalGeographic.com Education www.nationalgeographic.com/education

Other Education Nominees were:

· BBC - Human Body http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody

· Halifax Explosion http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion

· NationalGeographic.com Education http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education

· Newseum - The Interactive Museum of News http://www.newseum.org

· Shakespeare: Subject to Change http://www.ciconline.org/bdp1/

Other - Honorable Mention Winners were:

Two of the world's leading public broadcasting networks won multiple awards.

· PBS.org won for Best Television and its P.O.V. Borders won for Best Broadband. http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/index_flash.html

· BBC-affiliated web sites received three awards: BBC Human Body (Best Education)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody

· BBC News (Best News) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

· BBC Sport (Best Sports) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport

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