NIACE wins learning technology award Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 18:02

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The Digital Learning Team at NIACE was presented with the runner-up Learning Technologist of the Year Award by Sugata Mitra - Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Newcastle - at the Association of Learning Technology's (ALT) ceremony in Nottingham, on Wednesday evening, 8 September 2010.

Judges' comments included:

"The NIACE Digital Learning Team's approach to ensuring that methods, hardware and software adopted are based on sound pedagogy is exemplary. Advocacy work for the treatment of offender learners has substantially influenced thinking and current successful implementations. The team's approach to diversity and inclusiveness has been a key factor in its success."

The judges were particularly impressed by NIACE's ability to:

This award is a tribute to the skill and dedication of team members...There is no doubt that through their work many more adult learners have been able to benefit from digital technology in their learning.

Alastair Clark, Head of NIACE's Digital Learning Team

• strike a balance between working directly with those responsible for delivery, research and development and producing widely used eGuidelines and other publications;
• considerably influence practice throughout its sector and maintain a full programme of activity with comparatively modest resources; and
• develop partnership models for working with others not funded by government for the benefit of learners.

Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive of the Association for Learning Technology, said:

"We are delighted at the diverse range of people and teams whose work in the learning technology field we've celebrate this year. The NIACE Digital Learning Team is a good example of this. The work the team does is diverse and the people in the team are themselves in a diverse range of roles. We congratulate them for their success in the 2010 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year."

Alastair Clark, Head of NIACE's Digital Learning Team, said:

"This award is a tribute to the skill and dedication of team members past and present. There is no doubt that through their work many more adult learners have been able to benefit from digital technology in their learning. It is great that ALT recognised this, but we can only pause briefly to accept the recognition, because our job is not yet done. There is still so much more to do."

 

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