{"id":9186,"date":"2026-07-29T09:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:36:31","slug":"nile-ultra-course-award-winners-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2026\/07\/29\/nile-ultra-course-award-winners-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NILE Ultra Course Award Winners 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/uca-winners-badge-2026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9187\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Learning Technology Team would like to say a very big thank you and many congratulations to the members of academic staff who have received a NILE Ultra Course Award this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recipients of a 2026 Ultra Course Award are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hazel McAllister for EDUM134: Approaches to Language Learning &#8211; Theory and Method<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kardi Somerfield for MKTM057: Digital Diversity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ultra Course Awards recognise staff who have created excellent Ultra courses for their students, and each course submitted for an award is reviewed by a panel of experts to ensure that it meets the award criteria, which are that the course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Follows the NILE Design Standards for Ultra Courses (<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-design\/nile-design-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/libguides.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/staff\/nile-design\/nile-design-standards<\/a>);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is clearly laid out and well-organised at the top level via the use of content containers (learning modules or folders), and that content items within top-level content containers are clearly named and easily identifiable for students, using sub-folders where necessary to organise content within the top-level content containers;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contains a range of content and activities for students to take part in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information about all Ultra Course Award winners can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/tag\/ultra-course-award-winners\/\">Ultra Course Award Winners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Learning Technology Team would like to say a very big thank you and many congratulations to the members of academic staff who have received a NILE Ultra Course Award this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recipients of a 2026 Ultra Course Award are:<\/p>\n<p> Hazel McAllister for EDUM134: Approaches to Language Learning &#8211; Theory and Method [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,290],"tags":[398,377],"class_list":["post-9186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learntech-news","category-uon-ultra-project","tag-ultra-course-award-winners","tag-ultra-course-awards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NILE Ultra Course Award Winners 2026 - Learning Technology Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2026\/07\/29\/nile-ultra-course-award-winners-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NILE Ultra Course Award Winners 2026 - Learning Technology Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Learning Technology Team would like to say a very big thank you and many congratulations to the members of academic staff who have received a NILE Ultra Course Award this year. 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