CO SE C T OR UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Learning Technologist of the Year Awards 1997–2016 The Association for Learning Technology Learning Technologist of the Year Awards celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field. The Awards are open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the world. They celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field and promote intelligent use of Learning Technology on a national scale. The Awards were supported by CoSector – University of London and were presented at the 2016 ALT Annual conference in Warwick on the evening of 7 September 2016. This year, we also celebrate 10 years of the Award. Turn over for details of the winners not only of this year’s Award but also for an overview of the last 10 years.
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COSECTOR UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Learning Technologist of the Year Awards
1997–2016The Association for Learning Technology Learning Technologist of the Year Awards celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
The Awards are open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the world. They celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field and promote intelligent use of Learning Technology on a national scale.
The Awards were supported by CoSector – University of London and were presented at the 2016 ALT Annual conference in Warwick on the evening of 7 September 2016.
This year, we also celebrate 10 years of the Award. Turn over for details of the winners not only of this year’s Award but also for an overview of the last 10 years.
Individual AwardsWinnerDaniel Scott, Barnsley CollegeDaniel’s submission describes his journey as he extended his role as a Learning Technologist and the milestones he achieved. Daniel dedicated himself to training and developing a new Instructional Designer and Learning Technologist workforce, through the Digital Learning Design qualification suite.Daniel went above and beyond his role, and he designed, delivered, assessed and managed the Level 4 Certificate in Technology in Learning Delivery to staff. He is highly proactive, reflective and evaluative of his experiences and professionalism through his personal and professional blog, which enables him to inform his and the organisation’s development.
Runner-upChrissi Nerantzi, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityChrissi works as an academic developer in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has initiated many successful practitioner-driven collaborative open initiatives, which have become co-owned informal cross-institutional collaborations, modelling a democratic approach to openness.
Highly commended entriesDavid Watson, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fiona MacNeill, University of Brighton
Iain Griffin, University of Northampton
Team AwardsWinnerLearning Technology and Innovation team, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Students as Producers at LSE (SAP@LSE) is a large-scale, institution-wide learning and teaching initiative led by the Learning Technology and Innovation (LTI) team at the London School of Economics and Political Science. LTI are the School’s central team leading the enhancement of teaching and learning through technology, staffed by learning technologists, system specialists, research staff and technology experts.
SAP@LSE is a series of linked projects that transform the learning, teaching and assessment experience at the LSE through supporting, embedding and scaling the role of students as co-producers and co-constructers of content and knowledge. The projects were aiming to develop and enhance the wide variety of student capabilities to make and share content and knowledge and put the voice of the student at the forefront of assessment and teaching practice.
Runner-upHealth E-learning and Media (HELM) team, School of Health Sciences, University of NottinghamHELM is a team of academic research, e-learning development, delivery and customer service, which supports all aspects of digital learning as well as undertaking externally funded projects and research with a focus on health-related e-learning. They work with the School’s 3000 students, 300 staff and 9000 clinical mentors in collaborative design and implementation of e-learning.
Third placeThe Open Education Team, University of EdinburghThe Open Education Team at the University of Edinburgh support staff and students to engage with OER, and help the institution to mainstream digital education across the curriculum.
Highly commended entries The eLearning Team, University of Brighton
Educational Design and Engagement (EDE) part of Learning, Teaching and Web Services (LTW), University of Edinburgh (UoE)
Digital Education Team, University of Lincoln ILT Team, Heart of Worcestershire College
Community Choice AwardsThe individual and team awards were chosen by a panel of judges. Everybody had the opportunity to vote for the Community Choice Award from the judges shortlisted finalists. The Community Choice Award was given to Health E-learning and Media (HELM) team, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. They were also the runner-up for the team award.
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The previous 10 yearsThis is a special year as the awards are now in their 10th year! Each year since 2007 we have come together to recognise outstanding achievements in the learning technology field and the promotion of intelligent use of Learning Technology on a national scale. Selected by a panel of judges from across sectors and chaired by the President of the Association, the finalists compete to be awarded one of the prestigious Learning Technologist of the Year Awards.
The following quotes give you a flavour of the impact the awards had on the winners:
Sheila MacNeil – Individual Winner 2013I was thrilled to win the individual Learning Technologist of the Year award in 2013. The award was very timely for me. It was a lovely bookend to my time with Jisc Cetis which had just ended. It was a huge validation of my work there and with the wider UK learning technology community and for Cetis and all my friends and colleagues there. The award was also a great introduction and calling card when I started my current position at GCU. It’s a fantastic thing to have on your CV and on any kind of bio. It has also allowed me to put something meaningful in the awards section in my LinkedIn profile! Since winning the award my relationship with ALT has gone from strength to strength. In 2014 I was elected a Trustee and this year I am delighted to be taking up the position of Vice-Chair of the Association. Being involved in the strategic direction of ALT, as well as the wider member community, is a continuing professional privilege and pleasure.
James Clay – Individual Winner 2009I was really honoured to win the award in 2009... I did think at the time, “That was nice.” What I didn’t realise was the impact the award would have on my work and my profile. During the first year I was invited to deliver keynotes at major national and international conferences including ones in Ireland and New Zealand. As a result of the award I was one of a few members of the college to be invited to have lunch with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. It also enabled me to build a larger network of contacts and fellow learning technologists with whom I could share, collaborate and work.As a result of winning the award I began to become more involved in the Association of Learning Technology, initially joining the FE Committee and eventually becoming a Trustee. I have joined, participated and formed SIGs, and have continued to attend and present at ALT events and conferences.
What I didn’t realise was the impact the award would have on my work and my profile
Vivien Rolfe – Individual Winner 2009I jointly received the individual award with James Clay in 2009. As a lecturer in physiology at the University of Nottingham, I became interested in technology through creating Flash animations for students. I then joined De Montfort University and became technology coordinator for the Faculty of Health and Life Science, helping staff to develop their own digital interests and skills. My award from ALT meant the world to me as it endorsed my work in supporting both the “student and staff experience”. ALT were a tremendous help when I set up the blog for the Association of National Teaching Fellow. I work with ALT where I can through webinars, the Open Education Special Interest Group and other activities to try and promote open education, and I currently feel with the student debt crisis and inequalities in higher education access and success, our open community has a vital role to play.
Individual Winners of the past 10 years2015Winner – Joel Mills, acting Head of TEL, University of Hull, then Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor, University of HullRunner-up – John Kerr, Learning Innovation Officer, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow Highly Commended – Luke Burns, Teaching Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds
2014Winner – James Pickering, Lecturer in Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Leeds @accessanatomyJoint runners up – Jade Kelsall, e-Learning Technologist, University of Manchester Library @jadekelsall and James Kieft, Group Learning and Development Manager, Activate Learning, then eLearning and Resources Manager, Reading College @james_kieftHighly commended – Tom Andrew, ILT Development Coordinator, Aylesbury College @tomandrewuk; David Hopkins, eLearning Consultant, Warwick Business School @hopkinsdavid and Matthew Homewood, Principal Lecturer in European Union Law and Learning and Teaching Coordinator, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University @mjhomewood
2013Winner – Sheila MacNeill, now Senior Lecturer in Digital Learning at Glasgow Caledonian University, then Jisc CetisRunner-up – Gloria Visintini, University of Bristol
My award from ALT meant the world to me as it endorsed my work
Learning Technologist of the Year Awards
The Association for Learning Technology Learning Technologist of the Year Awards celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
Now in their eighth year, the Awards are open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the UK. The Awards are supported by ULCC and were presented in Manchester at the 2015 ALT Annual Conference on the evening of 9 September 2015.
This year in addition to the formal Awards the community also voted for their favourite. See alt.ac.uk/LTAwards.
Learning Technologist of the Year Award
The Association for Learning Technology’s Learning Technologist of the Year Award celebrates and rewards excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
Now in its seventh year, this award is open to individuals and teams. The awards were presented in Warwick at the 2014 ALT Conference on the evening of 2 September 2014.
LEARNING TECHNOLOGISTOF THE YEAR AWARD 2013
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The Association for Learning Technology’s Learning Technologist of the Year Award celebrates and rewards excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
Special Award for LearnersLizzie May and Ryan Morton, Physiotherapy students at Sheffield Hallam UniversityTek5 team, students at New College Nottingham
Individual AwardWinnerSheila MacNeill, Jisc CETIS
Runner upGloria Visintini, University of Bristol
Team AwardWinnerThe Film Buffs, Hull College
Runners UpTalk Aloud – Michael Faraday School, Next Generation Learning TeamKeele Active Virtual Environment (KAVE) Team, Keele University
Highly CommendedPromoting Academic Resources in Sustainability (PARiS) Team, The University of NottinghamTek5 team, New College Nottingham
2012Winners – Steph Ladbrooke, Pedmore CofE Primary School and Philip Tubman, Learning Technology Group, Information Systems Services, Lancaster UniversityHighly Commended – David Renton, Extended Lecturer in Computing at Reid Kerr College; James Pickering, University of Leeds and Andy Smith, Blackpool & The Fylde College
2011Winners – Oliver Quinlan, Senior Research Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, then Robin Hood Primary School, South Birmingham, UK and John Rutherford, Marlborough School Science College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UKRunner-up – Neil Morris, Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds, UKHighly commended – Michael Thrussell, Henshaws College, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK
2010Winners – Cristina Costa, Research and Graduate College at the University of Salford, and Kevin McLaughlin, St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Whetstone, LeicestershireRunner-up – Mike Wald, School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton Highly Commended – Terese Bird, Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester
2009Joint Winners – James Clay, Gloucestershire College and Dr Vivien Rolfe, De Montfort University’s School of Allied Health SciencesHighly Commended – David Payne, Middlesbrough College
2008Winner – Josie FraserHighly Commended – Stuart Hepplestone, Sheffield Hallam University
2007Joint Winners – Philip Cosson, School of Health and Social Care at the University of Teesside and Hannah Whaley, The Learning Centre at the University of DundeeRunner-up – PebblePad Development Team from Pebble Learning Ltd, Wolverhampton
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The Trustees of ALT gratefully acknowledge the generous sponsorship of the 2011 Learning Technologist of the Year Award by Adobe. For more information about Adobe, go to www.adobe.com.
The judging panel for 2011 ■ Carol Higgison – President of ALT.
■ Dave White, representing 2010’s team winner – the TALL team from the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford.
■ Kevin McLaughlin, one of the 2010 individual winners – St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Whetstone, Leicestershire.
■ Jane Hart – Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies.
■ Peter Twining – Director of Vital, and Senior Lecturer in Education at the Open University.
■ Christine Lewis – UK&EU Justice ICT Advisor, Ministry of Justice.
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Individual award
Winners
Oliver Quinlan from Robin Hood Primary School, South Birmingham, UK, but now Lecturer in Education at Plymouth University.
John Rutherford from Marlborough School Science College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
Runner up
Neil Morris from the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds, UK.
Highly commended
Michael Thrussell from Henshaws College, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK.
Team award
Winner
In-Folio Implementation Team based on JISC Techdis, The Rix Centre, The National College for Young People with Epilepsy, Portland College and National Star College, UK.
Joint second prize
Learning Teaching and Technology Centre (LTTC) Team from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland
The Open Nottingham Team from the University of Nottingham, UK.
The Association for Learning Technology’s Learning Technologist of the Year Award celebrates and rewards excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the
learning technology field.
The Award was presented at the ALT conference in Leeds in September 2011.
A note about the 2012 Learning Technologist of the Year Award
Details of the 2012 Award will be published in early 2012. Organisations interested in sponsoring the 2012 Award should contact Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive of ALT – [email protected].
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The Association for Learning Technology’s Learning Technologist of the Year Award celebrates and rewards excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
This year’s entries again represent a wide range of practitioners from across educational sectors. Their examples of overcoming the challenges posed by economic, social and technological change demonstrate an inspiring commitment to learners, to colleagues and to their own professional development that this award honours.
The Award was presented at the ALT conference in Manchester in September 2012.
LEARNING TECHNOLOGISTOF THE YEAR AWARD 2012
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ALT’s Learning Technologist of the Year Award celebrates and rewards excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
In 2010, the Award included an additional stream open to those employed in Department for Education funded schools in England. This stream was supported by Vital, a professional development programme that aims to revitalise the teaching of IT and the use of ICT across the broader curriculum.
The Award was presented at the ALT conference in Nottingham in September 2010 by Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Newcastle.
Individual award TeamWinners Winner
Cristina Costa from the Research and Graduate College at the University of Salford
Kevin McLaughlin from St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Whetstone, Leicestershire
The TALL team from the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford
Runner up Runner up
Mike Wald from the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton
The Digital Learning Team at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
Highly commended Highly commended
Terese Bird from the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester
The Bloomsbury Learning Environment Technical Team from Birkbeck, the Institute of Education, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Royal Veterinary College, and the School of Oriental and African Studies.
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2009 WinnersAbout the AwardALT’s Learning Technologist of the Year Award is now in its third year of operation.
The Award is open to individual members of ALT, and to individuals and teams based in ALT member organisations. There is a team and an individual award.
The aim of the Award is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
The Award was presented at the ALT conference in Manchester on 9 September 2009 by Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor designate of the Open University.
The winning and short-listed entrants
Four team entries and three individual entries were short-listed and invited to make presentations to the judging panel. The awards are as follows.
Individual award
Joint Winners
James Clay from Gloucestershire College
Dr Vivien Rolfe from De Montfort University’s School of Allied Health Sciences
Highly Commended
David Payne from Middlesbrough College
Team award
Joint Winners
The Xerte Project Team from the University of Nottingham. Team members are Andy Beggan, Fay Cross,
Nuno Jorge, John Horton, Patrick Lockley, and Julian Tenney.
The Beyond Distance Research Alliance from the University of Leicester. Team members are Dr Alejandro Armellini, Dr Palitha Edirisingha, Jaideep Mukherjee, Dr Ming Nie, Dr Sahm Nikoi, Professor Gilly Salmon, and Matthew Wheeler.
Highly Commended
The LSN MoLeNET Mentoring Team. Team members are James Clay, Elaine Coates, Di Dawson, Ron Mitchell, Mick Mullane, Lilian Soon, David Sugden, and John Whalley.
The other short-listed entrant (for the team award) was the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East.
Team Winners of the past 10 years
2015Winner – Digital Learning Team, University of LeedsRunner-up – Academic Support, Technology and Innovation (ASTI), University of PlymouthHighly commended – Ebola in Context: Understanding Transmission, Response and Control MOOC Team, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineHighly Commended – Technology Enhanced Learning for Medicine and Dentistry (TELMeD), Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth UniversityCommunity Choice Award Jointly awarded to (as voted for by the community): Academic Support, Technology and Innovation, University of Plymouth and Technology Enhanced Learning for Medicine and Dentistry (TELMeD), Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth University
2014Winner – The LearnTech Team, University of NorthamptonRunners up – The DigiLit Leicester Project Team, Leicester City Council and De Montfort University, and The eTargets project team, ARK Bentworth Primary AcademyHighly commended – Red Balloon of the Air
2013Winner – The Film Buffs, Hull CollegeRunners up – Talk Aloud, Michael Faraday School and Keele Active Virtual Environment (KAVE) Team, Keele UniversityHighly Commended – Promoting Academic Resources in Sustainability (PARiS) Team, University of Nottingham and Tek5 Team, New College NottinghamSpecial Award for Learners – Lizzie May and Ryan Morton, Students at Sheffield Hallam University and Tek5 Team, Students at New College Nottingham
2012Winner – Lambeth City Learning CentreRunners up – Team SCARLET, University of Manchester and Skills @ Library, University of Leeds
2011Winner – In-Folio Implementation Team based on JISC Techdis, The Rix Centre, The National College for Young People with Epilepsy, Portland College and National Star College, UK
2008 LEARNING TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
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Angela Sanders, NIACE �
Bob Banks, Tribal Group, and member of the ALT Research Committee �
Hannah Whaley, Dundee University, and joint winner of the 2007 Award �
Margaret Bennett, QIA �
Stephen Heppell, CEO of Heppel.Net Ltd, and Professor of New Media Environments at Bournemouth �University (Chair)
Steve Ryan, London School of Economics, and incoming Chair of ALT �
THE JUDGING PANEL FOR THE 2008 AWARD
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The Technology Directorate at Ufi learndirect was commended in the team award for successfully in-sourcing the production of and transition to a new learning platform that supports over two million learners.
Team members are Bazil Caygill, Bella Abrams, Cathy Tarbox, Dick Moore, Katie Attwood, Paul Harris, Phil Harper, Richard Dickinson, Richard Joseph, Simon Mather, and Simon Taylor.
Judges’ comments
“The panel was very impressed with the team’s:
outstanding technical and �managerial achievement in
creating, in house, the new system, and in seamlessly migrating all of Ufi/learndirect’s courses across onto the new system;
passion and commitment to �meeting the needs of learners;
successful building of dialogue �between the IT development team and the rest of the organisation – particularly those concerned with learners and learning;
systematic use of formal project �management methodologies.
The panel was also particularly �impressed with the new system’s tutoring-interface, along with the underlying technology of the new system.”
The Trustees of ALT gratefully acknowledge the Tribal Group’s generous sponsorship of the 2008 Learning Technologist of the Year Award. For more information about the Tribal Group go to www.tribalgroup.co.uk.
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The other short-listed entrant was Barry Nicholls, from Liverpool John Moores University, for creating and maintaining a timesaving and quality enhancing software application to support laboratory experiments in analytical chemistry.
Judges’ comments
“Barry’s work in this area is a long-term commitment, and his tenacity and professionalism in developing and improving the labs software, has made a real and beneficial difference to students and staff at Liverpool John Moores University.”
Ufi Technology Directorate team members
TEAM AwArd, conTinuEd
The Award is open to individual members of ALT, and to individuals and teams based in ALT member organisations. There is a team and an individual award.
The aim of the Award is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
The Award was presented at the ALT conference in Leeds on 10 September 2008 by David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for OLPC (One Laptop per Child).
Three team entries and three individual entries were short-listed and invited to make presentations to the judging panel. The awards are as follows:
indiViduAL AwArd
WInneR Josie Fraser
commendedStuart Hepplestone from Sheffield Hallam University
TEAM AwArd
WInneRThe Learning Technology Group at Lancaster University
commended The Learning Technology Team at London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineThe Technology Directorate at Ufi learndirect
THE WINNING AND COMMENDED ENTRANTS
Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Learning Technologist of the Year Award is now in its second year of operation.
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2007 Learning Technologist
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(ALT) organised the inaugural Learning Technologist of the Year Award.
The Award was open to individual members of ALT, and to individuals and teams based in ALT member organisations worldwide.
The aim of the Award is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.
The Award was presented at the ALT conference at Nottingham University on 5 September 2007 by Dr Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google.
The judging panel for the 2007 Award was chaired by Gilly Salmon, Professor of e‑Learning & Learning Technologies at the University
of Leicester. Panel members were: Dr Bob Banks, Senior Consultant with Tribal Group plc; Cathy Ellis, Vice Chair (and now Chair) of ALT, and a Director at Becta; Lawrie Phipps, JISC Programme Manager for Users and Innovation; and George Roberts, Educational Developer (e‑Learning) at the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development.
On the next page are full details of this year’s winning and shortlisted entrants
The standard of entries was generally high. The judging panel shortlisted 6 entries: 3 from individuals; and 3 from teams.
The panel interviewed the short‑listed entrants and decided to make the award as follows.
Joint winners: Philip Cosson, of the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Teesside; Hannah Whaley, from the Learning Centre at the University of Dundee.
Runner up: the PebblePad Development Team from Pebble Learning Ltd, in Wolverhampton.
The other short‑listed entrants were:
the English Online Team at The Sheffield College; the Learning Team at Nottingham University; Cristina Isabel Mendes da Costa, University of Salford.
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Joint second prize – Learning Teaching and Technology Centre (LTTC) Team from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland and The Open Nottingham Team from the University of Nottingham, UK
2010Winner – The TALL team from the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford Runner-up – The Digital Learning Team at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) Highly Commended – The Bloomsbury Learning Environment Technical Team from Birkbeck, the Institute of Education, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Royal Veterinary College, and the School of Oriental and African Studies
2009Joint Winners – The Xerte Project Team, University of Nottingham and The Beyond Distance Research Alliance, University of LeicesterHighly Commended – The LSN MoLeNET Mentoring Team
2008Winner – The Learning Technology Group at Lancaster UniversityHighly Commended – The Learning Technology Team at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Technology Directorate at Ufi learndirect
If you or your team have been inspired by the winners from previous years, we encourage you to consider entering for the Awards. Further information about the Awards and how to enter is available at www.alt.ac.uk/LTAwards.
