Jennie De Gagne was awarded an "Honourable Mention"for her project "Innovative Teaching: Using Multimodal Strategies to Engage Students in the Online Learning Environment." The award has a global reputation and has selected winners from diverse disciplines in that each entry must meet the five criteria of student engagement and community building, communication, learning materials and strategies, learning outcomes and assessment, and learner support.

She will be recognized at the Open Apereo Conference in May 2016.