The ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards 2017 will be presented at the ALT Annual Conference in Liverpool, on 6 September 2017.
Voting is now open for the Community Choice Award. Find out who the finalists are and cast your vote.
Established in 2007, the ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the Learning Technology field, and aim to promote intelligent use of Learning Technology on a national scale. The Awards are open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the world. The 2017 Awards are sponsored by Bloom – CoSector.
The Awards were judged by a panel chaired by Fiona Harvey, President of ALT and Education Development Manager for the University of Southampton. The panel consisted of the following:
- Darren Moon, Senior Learning Technologist, London School of Economics and Political Science, representing the Team Winner 2016
- Daniel Scott, Digital Learning Specialist and Individual Winner 2016
- Lorna Campbell, Trustee of ALT and OER Liaison – Open Scotland, LTW, University of Edinburgh
- Lynne Downey, Dean, Online Education, University College of Estate Management
- Josie Fraser, OER17 Co-Chair and Trustee of Wikimedia UK.
Vote for Community Choice award
The judges’ choices for individual and team awards will be announced at the awards ceremony at the Annual Conference on 6 September. However, we are also giving everyone the opportunity to vote from the judges’ shortlisted finalists to select this year’s Community Choice award.
How to vote
There are two ways to vote: via email and via Twitter. Voting will be limited to one vote per account. Your account details (email addresses and Twitter screen names) will not be used for direct marketing or passed by ALT to third parties. All voting closes at noon (BST) 6 September 2017.
Vote via email
Send a message to LTAwards-vote@alt.ac.uk with the tag of the person or team in the subject line. For example, to vote for Richard Beggs, email to LTAwards-vote@alt.ac.uk with the subject line ‘#LTA1′.
Vote via Twitter
Tweet a message with the hashtag #altc and the tag of the person or team you wish to vote for. For example, to vote for Ashwin Mehta, your tweet should include ‘#altc #LTA2’. You are allowed to include other text/links with your tweet. Retweets will not be counted. Only publicly visible tweets will be counted. If a Twitter account tweets more than one vote, the last vote will only be counted.
Voting is now open for the Community Choice Award. Find out who the finalists are and cast your vote.