The ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards celebrate and reward excellent research and practice and outstanding achievement in Learning Technology. This year’s Awards Ceremony will take place on 6 September, as part of the ALT Annual Conference 2022, held in Manchester. Entries will open in early June.
With the awards now in their 15th year, we are excited to share with you that this year we have created new categories to better reflect our Learning Technology community:
ALT Award for Individuals
This Award celebrates outstanding achievements of individuals in a research, technical, supportive, design, developer, administrative, academic or hybrid role.
ALT Award for Institutions and Teams
This Award is for teams and institutions and recognises outstanding strategic enhancement of teaching, learning, and assessment with digital technology.
ALT Award for Leadership in Digital Education
This Award celebrates individuals in a leadership position within their institution or in their sector who influence strategy, policy and culture change.
ALT Award for Digital Transformation in partnership with Jisc
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
ALT Award for Case Studies of Ethical EdTech
This Award celebrates outstanding case studies demonstrating the ethical use of Learning Technology. We will be looking for case studies of using for example lecture capture, online assessment and blended learning and more broadly using digital technology for learning, teaching and assessment that address or have implications for ethical considerations.
How to enter
The awards are free to enter and are open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the world. If you'd like to see what it takes to win, have a look at the entries from last year's finalists. Entries will open at the beginning of June, and interviews for shortlisted entries will take place at the end of July. Below is more information on each new Award category and the criteria:
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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 |
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Open to individuals from all education and training sectors. |
Open to education providers from all education and training sectors. |
Open to individuals 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 or platforms. |
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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 teaching, learning and assessment with digital technology.
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. Looking for examples of strategy and policy, institutional culture change, development of CPD schemes, redesign of governance etc. |
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. |
This Award celebrates outstanding case studies demonstrating the ethical use of Learning Technology.
We are looking for case studies of using for example lecture capture, online assessment and blended learning and more broadly using digital technology for learning, teaching and assessment that address or have implications for ethical considerations. |
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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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Keep an eye on the ALT weekly news digest and Twitter account for announcements on when the Awards are open in early June. For more information on the Awards or if you have any questions, please contact enquiries@alt.ac.uk