The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best education Websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including education, schools and university websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for education websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2013.
Education
Websites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content,
technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in
the Education category is judged against other education entries and then
against an overall standard of excellence.
All
education entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their
specific criteria scores compared against the average scores for their
industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s
professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.
Each
year, the Web Marketing Association names the Best of Industry for the various education
categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.
Recent winners of the Best Education Web Site include:
§ 2012 - St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital for Cure4Kids for Kids
§ 2011 - Florida Institute of Technology
for Florida Tech Decision Dashboard
§ 2010 – Risdall Marketing Group for Mounds
View Public Schools
§ 2009 – American University for
American University Web Site
§ 2008 - TribalDDB for START A CHAIN
REACTION
§ 2007 - Creative Channel Services, LLC
for Virgin Mobile - Train on Your Terms
§ 2006 - National Geographic for
Discover Antarctica
§ 2005 - Disney Online for Hot Shot
Business
§ 2004 - General Motors for GMability
Education
§ 2003 - Disney Online for Hot Shot
Business
§ 2002 - Freddie Mac for Your Route to
Homeownership
Recent
winners of the Best Schools Web Site include:
§
2012
- Bluetube Interactive for UGA Performing Arts
Center
§
2011
– WhippleHill Communications for Glenelg Country School
§
2010
– Designkitchen for Wheaton College 150th Anniversary Web Site
§
2009
– WhippleHill Communications for Latin School of Chicago
§
2008
– WhippleHill Communications for Vail Mountain School
§
2007
– Tellus for Bethany School
§
2006
– WhippleHill Communications for St. George’s School
§
2005
– Tellus for West Clermont School District
§
2004
– eSiteful Corporation for Plano Independent School District
Recent
winners of the Best University Web Site include:
§
2012
- University Marketing and Communications for 30 Days of
EnTERPreneurship
§
2011
– Denison University & Fahlgren Mortine for TheDEN
§
2010
– Corey McPherson Nash for University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business
§
2009
– BrowserMedia for University of Maryland Women’s Basketball
§
2008
- Market United for Murdoch University Switching
§
2007
– The Art Institute of Pittsburgh for The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
§
2006
- Xavier University for The Road to Xavier
§
2005
- Geary Interactive for Sand Diego State University Timeline
2004 - School of Visual Arts for School of Visual Arts web site
2003 - 160over90 for Chestnut Hill College Admissions site
2002 - University of Houston for University of Houston – Division of University Advancement
2004 - School of Visual Arts for School of Visual Arts web site
2003 - 160over90 for Chestnut Hill College Admissions site
2002 - University of Houston for University of Houston – Division of University Advancement
Winners
of a WebAward in the education categories will also receive:
·
Handsome
statue or certificate of achievement
·
Increased
visibility for their company
·
Marketing
opportunity to promote the company website to the media
·
Links
to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
·
A
highlight for your resume.
·
Admiration
of peers, friends and co-workers
