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

2022

Winner - Wayne Gibbons

Highly Commended - Dave Ruckley

2021

Winner - Phil Anthony
Runner up - Elizabeth McGlone
Highly commended - Monica Chavez

2020

Winner - Richard Harris
Runner Up - Richard Beggs
Third Place - Mark Wilkie
Highly Commended - Prof. Frank Koch, Leona Wing Yee So

2019

Winner - Lizzie Seymour, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

2018

Winner - Paul Driver, Anglia Ruskin University

Joint Second place - Ros Walker, then University of Huddersfield. Peter Shuckie, Blackburn Colleg

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

2021

Winner - Programme Design and Learning Technology (PDLT), University of York
Runner up - Digital Education Team, University of Lincoln
Third place - The Digital Education Team, UCEM

2020

Winner - Supporting Student Learning Online Project Team, Heriot-Watt University

Runner Up: Reimagine, Remake, Replay Project Team, Soton Brain Hub Team, University of Stirling Digital Learning Team

Highly Commended: Global Learning at Home – Hong Kong Baptist University, The CCGame Project Team – Hong Kong Baptist University, King’s Online – King’s College London

2019

Winner - University of Edinburgh Lecture Recording Team

Second place - Online CPD Team, STEM Learning

Highly commended - Online Learning Team, Edinburgh Business School

Highly commended - AIE-AR Team

Highly commended - OU Learning Design

Highly commended - SERC TEL Pedagogy Mentoring Team

Community Choice Award (as voted for by the community) - also Online Learning Team, Edinburgh Business School

2018

Winner - Dublin City University (DCU) Learning Portfolio Team

Second place - Student Video support Assistants, University of Lincoln

Highly commended - Technology Enhanced Learning Team, University of Derby

Community Choice Award (as voted for by the community) - also Dublin City University (DCU) Learning Portfolio Team

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)

Runner-up - Learning Technology Team, University of Northampton

Third place - The Open Education Team, University of Edinburgh

Highly commended - 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

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

Highly commended - OU Learning Design