Learning Technologist of the Year Awards
Here we list the individuals and teams who have received awards to recognise outstanding achievements in the Learning Technology field and the promotion of intelligent use of Learning Technology on a national scale. If you would like to find further information on the winners, visit the past awards page. Find out about this year's awards and how to enter.
Individual Winners
2017
Winner - Chrissi Nerantzi, Manchester Metropolitan University
Second place - Ashwin Mehta, Medical Research Council
Third place - Richard Beggs, Ulster University
Community Choice Award (as voted for by the community) - also Ashwin Mehta, Medical Research Council
2016
Winner - Daniel Scott, Barnsley College
Runner-up - Chrissi Nerantzi, Manchester Metropolitan University
Highly commended - David Watson, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Fiona MacNeill, University of Brighton; Iain Griffin, University of Northampton
2015
Winner - Joel Mills, acting Head of TEL, University of Hull, then Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor, University of Hull
Runner-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
2014
Winner - James Pickering, Lecturer in Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Leeds @accessanatomy
Joint 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_kieft
Highly 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
2013
Winner - Sheila MacNeill, Senior Lecturer in Digital Learning at Glasgow Caledonian University, thenJisc Cetis
Runner-up - Gloria Visintini, University of Bristol
2012
Winners - Steph Ladbrooke, Pedmore CofE Primary School and Philip Tubman, Learning Technology Group, Information Systems Services, Lancaster University
Highly commended - David Renton, Extended Lecturer in Computing at Reid Kerr College; James Pickering, University of Leeds and Andy Smith, Blackpool & The Fylde College
2011
Winners - 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, UK
Runner-up - Neil Morris, Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds
Highly commended - Michael Thrussell, Henshaws College, Harrogate, Yorkshire
2010
Winners - Cristina Costa, Research and Graduate College at the University of Salford and Kevin McLaughlin, St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Whetstone, Leicestershire
Runner-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
2009
Joint Winners - James Clay, Gloucestershire College and Dr Vivien Rolfe, De Montfort University’s School of Allied Health Sciences
Highly commended - David Payne, Middlesbrough College
2008
Winner - Josie Fraser
Highly commended - Stuart Hepplestone, Sheffield Hallam University
2007
Joint Winners - Philip Cosson, School of Health and Social Care at the University of Teesside and Hannah Whaley, The Learning Centre at the University of Dundee
Runner-up - PebblePad Development Team from Pebble Learning Ltd, Wolverhampton
Team Winners
2017
Joint winners - Monash College - Central eLearning Team, Australia and Technology Enhanced Learning Team, University of Sheffield
Second place - Ashwin Mehta, Medical Research Council
Third place - Richard Beggs, Ulster University
2016
Winner - Learning Technology and Innovation team, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Second place - Learning Technology Team, University of Northampton
Highly commended - Tavistock & Portman TEL Unit
2015
Winner - Digital Learning Team, University of Leeds
Runner-up - Academic Support, Technology and Innovation (ASTI), University of Plymouth
Highly commended - Ebola in Context: Understanding Transmission, Response and Control MOOC Team, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Highly commended - Technology Enhanced Learning for Medicine and Dentistry (TELMeD), Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth University
Community Choice Award (as voted for by the community) jointly awarded to - 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
2014
Winner - The LearnTech Team, University of Northampton
Runners-up - The DigiLit Leicester Project Team, Leicester City Council and De Montfort University; and The eTargets project team, ARK Bentworth Primary Academy
Highly commended - Red Balloon of the Air
2013
Winner - The Film Buffs, Hull College
Runners-up - Talk Aloud, Michael Faraday School and Keele Active Virtual Environment (KAVE) Team, Keele University
Highly commended - Promoting Academic Resources in Sustainability (PARiS) Team, University of Nottingham amd Tek5 Team, New College Nottingham
Special Award for Learners - Lizzie May and Ryan Morton, Students at Sheffield Hallam University and Tek5 Team, Students at New College Nottingham
2012
Winner - Lambeth City Learning Centre
Runners-up - Team SCARLET, University of Manchester and Skills @ Library, University of Leeds
2011
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 and The Open Nottingham Team from the University of Nottingham, UK
2010
Winner - 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
2009
Joint Winners - The Xerte Project Team, University of Nottingham and The Beyond Distance Research Alliance, University of Leicester
Highly commended - The LSN MoLeNET Mentoring Team
2008
Winner - The Learning Technology Group at Lancaster University
Highly commended - The Learning Technology Team at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; The Technology Directorate at Ufi learndirect