Celebrating excellent research and practice in Learning Technology
The 2023 ALT Awards are now open for submissions until Monday 12 June 2023!
The ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards celebrate and reward excellent research and practice and outstanding achievement in Learning Technology. Established in 2007, the Awards have set a benchmark for outstanding achievement in Learning Technology on a national scale and attract competitive entries from the UK and internationally. All entries are reviewed by an independent judging panel chaired by the President of ALT.
This year’s Awards Ceremony will take place as part of the ALT Annual Conference, taking place on 5-7 September 2023 in Warwick. You can find out more about the Annual Conference here.
Award categories
With the awards now in their 16th year, the following award categories will be awarded:
- ALT Award for Individuals
- ALT Award for Institutions and Teams
- ALT Award for Leadership in Digital Education
- ALT Award for Digital Transformation in partnership with Jisc
- ALT Award for Case Studies of Ethical EdTech
Judging criteria
Entries are judged (from the completed entry form only) in answer to the following criteria:
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ALT Award for Individuals |
ALT Award for Institutions or Teams |
ALT Award for Leadership in Digital Education |
ALT Award for Digital Transformation in partnership with Jisc |
ALT Award for Case Studies of Ethical EdTech |
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Open to individuals from all education and training sectors. |
Open to institutions and teams from all education and training sectors. | Open to professionals from all education and training sectors. |
Open to individuals and teams from all education and training sectors. |
Open to entries for case studies of products, services, platforms and/or successful implementation of ethically driven policies and guidance. |
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This Award celebrates outstanding achievements of individuals in a research, technical, supportive, design, developer, administrative, academic or hybrid role.
Should demonstrate significant impact on practices within your organisation, community, or sphere of influence. |
This Award is for teams and institutions and recognises outstanding strategic enhancement of the design, development and delivery of online and blended education.
Should demonstrate positive impact on the learner experience and sustainable development of academic practice in the digital environment. |
This Award celebrates individuals in a leadership position within their institution or in their sector who influence strategy, policy and culture change.
Must, in part, demonstrate impact through sector and institution-wide instruments, such as: the NSS, FELT, staff surveys etc. Submissions could include examples of strategy and policy, institutional culture change, redesign of governance and ongoing contributions to national and international professional communities. |
This Award in partnership with Jisc recognises achievement in digital transformation. ‘Transformation’ being a progressive systemic change in practices, processes, services and partnerships which improves the working lives of staff, has a positive impact on the student experience (including teaching, learning and assessment) and can be demonstrated to be sustainable in the broadest sense. We welcome applications which can demonstrate how the work/initiative maps to the Jisc digital transformation framework. |
This Award celebrates outstanding case studies demonstrating the ethical use of Learning Technology. We are looking for case studies which demonstrate application of the FELT framework dimensions and address ethical considerations or challenges in relation to educational technology. |
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The judging criteria are informed by the CMALT principles:
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All entries should demonstrate alignment with the Framework for Ethical Learning Technology (FELT) and specifically FELT four core principles: Awareness, Professionalism, Care & Community and Values. |
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How to Enter
Entry forms can be found below. Please complete the correct entry form for the award category you wish to enter and submit your entry form by Monday 12 June 2023. You can find the full entry criteria below. You need to complete all sections of the entry form online. Entries will be judged on the basis of the information you provide and the evidence you refer to, and there are no interviews taking place this year. If you have any questions regarding your entry, please contact us on awards@alt.ac.uk
Entry Form for Individuals, Teams, Digital Transformation
Entry Form for Leadership in Digital Education
Entry Form for Case Studies in Ethical EdTech
Short-listing
The judging panel will review all entries and the highest scoring entries in each category are short-listed as a finalist. All entries will be notified whether they have been short-listed or not by 20 July 2023.
Finalists
Following the interviews all short-listed entries will be notified and Finalists invited to attend the Award Ceremony. Finalists will be asked to supply a short video (under 3 minutes with subtitles).
For more information on the Awards or if you have any questions, please contact awards@alt.ac.uk
Judging panel
The expert panel of judges is chaired by David White, President of ALT. The panel represents expertise from different sectors and countries, bringing together a wealth of experience in Learning Technology. We are delighted to announce the judging panel for 2023:
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ALT Award for Individuals |
ALT Award for Institutions or Teams |
ALT Award for Leadership in Digital Education |
ALT Award for Digital Transformation in Partnership with Jisc |
ALT Award for Case Studies in Ethical EdTech |
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Shonagh Douglas Wayne Gibbons Patrick Dunn Vicki Dale Amin Neghavati |
Dave White John Kerr Dave Ruckley Swansea University Darron Board Kiran Gawali |
Anne-Marie Scott Athabasca University Abigail Shaw University College London Matt Turner University of Birmingham Puiyin Wong University of the Arts London Dave White
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Paul Cave Paul Rea Helen Spittle Kate Lindsay Sarah Knight Simon Birkett |
Caragh King Educational Development Trust Javiera Atenas University of Suffolk Sarah Montano University of Birmingham Shonagh Douglas
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Award Ceremony
The Awards will be presented during the Gala Dinner at the ALT Annual Conference 2023. You can find out more about becoming an Awards Ceremony sponsor by contacting us at awards@alt.ac.uk. More Ceremony details will follow soon.
Winners of the Awards
You can find out more about the winners of the Awards from previous years here.
