Sponsor and Partner Members

This page lists our Sponsoring Members.

Blackboard

Contact Name: Andy Holohan
Contact Email: andy.holohan@blackboard.com

Blackboard is the world’s leading education technology company, bringing millions of people around the world closer to the knowledge they seek and the potential they can achieve. We build innovative education technologies and engaging interfaces focused on the learner; and we offer education consulting services, analytics and communication tools that support learning for all.

Website: www.blackboard.com

Twitter: @BlackboardEMEA

Jisc

Contact Name: Louisa Dale
Contact Email: l.dale@jisc.ac.uk

Jisc is an independent education charity, owned by the Association of Colleges (AoC), GuildHE and Universities UK (UUK). We provide the UK higher education, further education and skills sectors support on the use of digital technologies. We provide advice and guidance through Jisc Advance and own a subsidiary company, Jisc Collections and Janet Limited, which provide an academic telecommunications network infrastructure and digital content services for over 19 million users across the UK.
Our vision is to make the UK the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. We aim to achieve by enabling the education sector in the UK to perform at the forefront of international practice by exploiting fully the possibilities of modern digital empowerment, content and connectivity.

Myshowcase.me

Contact Name: Sarah Derby Need
Contact Email: Sarah.DerbyNeed@myknowledgemap.com

Created by education technology specialists, MyKnowledgeMap, Myshowcase.me is a powerful ePortfolio designed to support lifelong learning and improve learner engagement through course delivery and university-wide initiatives. With the learner at the centre of our ethos, Myshowcase.me empowers individuals to creatively showcase and share their work in a personalised way.  By working with learning frameworks within Myshowcase.me, learners can map evidence against learning outcomes, enabling both staff and learners to gain real-time visibility into progress - supporting self-directed learning as well as enhancing feedback and engagement.  After completing their course, learners can also take their Myshowcase.me ePortfolio away with them for free. 

The Positive Internet Company

Contact Name: Jake Jellinek
Contact Email: jj@positive-internet.com

Vevox

Contact Name: Peter Eyre
Contact Email: Peter.eyre@vevox.com

Vevox is the award winning live polling and Q&A app designed to increase student engagement and knowledge retention through interaction. A Student Response System (SRS) accessible on any smartphone, tablet or computer, Vevox is the simple to use engagement solution for the smartphone age. Vevox helps educators to gain instant student feedback, test knowledge, increase participation and above all give every student a voice. Used in 150+ countries by over 1500 businesses and educational institutions, winner of the 2018 Bett Award for higher education and the highest independently rated SRS system on the market (9.5 out 10 on Trustpilot.)