Are you or do you know someone (or a team) who is outstanding in using technology to support learning? If so why not enter (or encourage them to enter) for the 2013 Learning Technologist of the Year Award?
About the award
The Award's overall purpose is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field. The award is open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the UK.
This year, we are also looking to award one Special Award to an individual or a group of learners who have made an outstanding contribution to using technology to support learning.
The award will be judged by a panel chaired by Martin Oliver, President of ALT. The panel is:
- Joe Wilson - Head of New Ventures, Scottish Qualifications Authority;
- Steph Ladbrooke - one of last year's individual winners from Pedmore CofE Primary School;
- Phil Tubman – one of last year’s individual winners from Lancaster University;
- Mike Dearing - Senior Solutions Consultant at ULCC.
Awards will be presented in Nottingham at the 2013 ALT Conference on the evening of 11 September 2013.
First, second and third prizes will be available in each of two categories: individual, and team, as follows: 1st prize £1000; 2nd prize £500; 3rd prize £250. The Special Award for Learners will include free attendance at ALT’s annual conference and £500. Only one Special Award will be awarded.
The closing date for entries is Monday 27 May 2013. Face-to-face, telephone or virtual interviews of short-listed entrants will take place on Friday 14 June 2013 (in London if face-to-face). Applicants will be informed, if invited for interview, by email, on 5 June 2013.
Entries will be judged (from the completed entry form, and, if short-listed, at interview) on the basis of evidence summarised in the following 4 areas:
A. A clear description of the actions taken to develop and support the achievement.
B. Clear, credible, statement of individual or team approach to the technological, and/or methodological, and/or managerial, and/or teaching and learning choices made by the applicant (individual or team), during the period covered by the application.
C. Major and beneficial impact on practices within the applicant's or team's organisation, community, or sphere of influence.
D. Outstanding overall contribution in managing, researching, supporting or enabling learning with the use of learning technology.
Entrants will have 200 words in which to summarise why they should win the award, and a maximum of 400 words per area in which to provide evidence against the 4 areas listed above.
Entries for the Special Award for Learners will be judged (from the completed entry-form only) on the basis of how they have contributed to the 4 areas outlined above. You will have 500 words to summarise why the learner(s) should win the award.
For details of the 2012 winners go to http://www.alt.ac.uk/news/media_releases/alt-2012-learning-technologist-year-award where you will find summaries of the winning and highly commended entries.
How to enter
We have provided a template to help you write your entry which you can download from the ALT website at http://www.alt.ac.uk/get-involved/awards.
Complete all sections of the template, taking careful account of the stated word limits and any other requirements.
Once you have completed the template you will need to copy and paste each section of your entry into the fields provided on the online form at http://goo.gl/tF2zQ. Please keep a record of your entry in case of technical difficulties.
The closing date for entries is Monday, 27 May 2013. All entries will be acknowledged via email within 2 working days.
Answers to some frequently asked questions about the award can be found at http://www.alt.ac.uk/LT2013-FAQs
In case of difficulty, email ltaward@alt.ac.uk and we will do our best to help.
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