{"id":8078,"date":"2022-09-05T12:19:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T12:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=8078"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T15:04:59","slug":"learntech-uon-15th-birthday-1-9-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2022\/09\/05\/learntech-uon-15th-birthday-1-9-22\/","title":{"rendered":"LearnTech @ UON&#8217;s 15th Birthday (1st September 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Learning Technology Team was officially created on 1<sup>st<\/sup> September 2007 (15 years ago) although some of the key parts were actually started when Rob Howe became the first UON Learning Technology Adviser on 1<sup>st<\/sup> August 1997 (25 years ago).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years we have worked with some amazing staff and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve gone from strength to strength over the years and have a lovely collection of awards to our name over this time including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackboard Catalyst Award for Leading Change Winner, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belinda Green &#8211; Computing, Women in IT Excellence Awards, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changemaker Team of the Year, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2017\/09\/07\/a-silver-learntech-team-within-a-gold-university-learntech-team-is-runner-up-in-the-alt-2017-team-of-the-year-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALT &#8211; second place Team of the Year, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northampton.ac.uk\/news\/iain-griffin-shortlisted-alt-learntech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iain Griffin<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/about-alt\/awards\/past-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALT Learning Technologist of the Year<\/a> (Highly commended), 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALT &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/about-alt\/ltawards\/past-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">winner of the team award<\/a>, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to everyone who has made this all possible. 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