ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award 2009
Oxford (UK), October 2009 - The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Learning Technologist of the Year Award is now in its third year of operation. It celebrates and rewards excellent practice and learning in the learning technology field and is this year sponsored by Pearson eCollege.
Individual award winners are:
James Clay from Gloucestershire College for his contribution to changing the College, which has become a leader and an exemplar in its use of learning technologies;
Dr Vivien Rolfe, Principal Lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology and Teacher Fellow at De Montfort University for her outstanding work on the creation and evaluation of multimedia learning resources in sciences and her success as eLearning Champion in the University's School of Allied Health Sciences.
Highly commended: David Payne from Middlesbrough College for his outstanding and innovative use of video to enhance motor-vehicle students' confidence and performance.
Dr Rolfe of De Montfort University's School of Allied Health Sciences said, "I'm absolutely delighted and amazed to win this award from the Association for Learning Technology. A few years ago, I wasn't able to animate so much as a stick-man walking, and now to be in a position where my scientific animations are gaining national recognition is truly fantastic. The Virtual Analytical Laboratory supports student transition to science at university, and this award will help promote this freely available resource to a wider audience."
Team award winners are:
The Xerte Project Team from the University of Nottingham for the creation of Xerte Online Toolkits, an open source suite of tools for eLearning developers and content authors.
Beyond Distance Research Alliance from the University of Leicester for its outstanding research-based contribution to the learning technology field.
Highly commended was the LSN MoLeNET Mentoring Team for its work in supporting Phases 1 and 2 of MoLeNET. The MoLeNET programme is led by LSN and funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the institutions involved. It is one of the largest implementations of mobile learning in the world.
Andy Beggan of the Xerte Project Team team commented, "We are extremely excited and proud to be recognised by ALT at this year's awards, not least because this represents recognition from our peers. The team at Nottingham continually seeks to reduce the technological barriers to academic adoption of eLearning through support and new technologies like Xerte Online Toolkits. Therefore, it is especially gratifying to see our efforts bring real benefits, not only in Nottingham, but across the UK and internationally."
