Awards / Commendations
Since I started this blog, I have worked hard to post about technology and learning, educational technology, distance learning, MOOCs, learning design, leadership, the future of education, etc., and have received a few commendations and awards from my peers. Here are just some of them:
2026
- Judge: Learning Technology Awards / #LT26Awards (Category: Best online distance learning programme)
2024
- Conference Chair: Digital Education and AI in the 21st Century – NK Fusion
- ALT Judge: Learning Technologist of The Year / #ALTC24 (Category: Award for Leadership in Digital Education)
- Judge: Learning Technology Awards / #LT24Awards (Category: Best use of simulations or virtual environments for learning)
2023
- LPI Membership Advisory Board Member
- Panel member: Assessment in a Digital Age – Considerations for Higher Education (link expired)
- Judge: Learning Technologies Awards / #LT23Awards (Category: Best online distance learning programme)
2022
- ALT: ALT Trustee
- ALT Judge: Learning Technologist of The Year / #ALTC22 (Category: Award for Leadership in Digital Education)
- ALT Conference committee: ALTC 2022
- Judge: Learning Technologies Awards / #LT22Awards (Category: Best use of blended learning – Public & Non-profit sector / Category Chair)
2021
- ALT Judge: Learning Technologies Awards / #LT21Awards (Category: Best Online Distance Learning Programme / Category Chair)
2020
2019
- ALT: Editor, ALT blog
- ALT Judge: Learning Technologies Awards / #LT19Awards (Categories: Online Distance Learning. Learning Designer of the Year)
- 10 E-learning Trends that will Dominate in 2020 – LearnWorlds
- State of EdTech 2020-2021, ‘Leading Voices’ – EdTech Digest
2018
- The 2018 Corporate eLearning Movers And Shakers List – eLearning Industry
- Top 10 digital learning blogs – Instinct
2017
- The 2017 Corporate eLearning Movers And Shakers List – eLearning Industry
- Learn Online from Top 100 E Learning Websites & Blogs – FeedSpot Blog
2016
- Judge: Learning Technologies Awards / #LT16Awards (Category: Team of the Year)
- The 2016 Dean’s List: EdTech’s Must-read higher Ed LT Blogs – EdTech Magazine
2015
- JISC 50 most influential Higher Education professionals using social media -Jisc
- The 2015 Dean’s List: EdTech’s Must-Read Higher Ed IT Blogs – EdTech Magazine
- 20 eLearning Blogs You Simply Have to Bookmark – eLearning Brothers (link expired)
- Top 10 eLearning Bloggers For 2015 – TalentLMS (link expired)
- eLearning: Top 20 Must-Read BLOGS – Network Solutions (link expired)
2014
- ALT: Learning Technologist of the Year, Highly Commended
- The Top 50 Most Socially-Shared eLearning Blogs (link expired)
- Top 100 UK Educational Blogs (voted by EdTech community) (link expired)
- The 2014 Dean’s List: 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs – EdTech Magazine
- The 12 Best eLearning Blogs You Need to be Reading – Cogentys (link expired)
- Facilitator & Open Badges Lead: Bring Your Own Device for Learning / BYOD4L
- Facilitator: Flexible, Distance, Online Learning / FDOL
2013
- ALT: Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT)
- Judge: Learning Technologies Awards / #LT13Awards (Categories: Best use of mobile learning, Online distance learning)
- Teach 100 – Teach (link expired)
- The 2013 Dean’s List: 50 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs – EdTech Magazine
- 35 Expert Educators on Mobile Learning – David Hopkins
- The Best Online Learning Blogs – Study2U (link expired)
- 100 Top Experts in eLearning and EdTech – Best Online Universities (link expired)
- The Mobile Learning Revolution: Top 100 Resources – Best Online Universities (link expired)
- 99 Top Tools for Teaching Online – Online Colleges (link expired)
- Top 10 UK Education Blogs – OnlineColleges (link expired)
- Top 99 Twitter accounts: Leading the MOOC discussion – Online Colleges (link expired)
- Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles – eLearning Technology
- Top 10 Must-read eLearning Blogs – eLearning Industry
2012
- Edublog Nomination: Best Blog on Educational Technology 2012 – EduBlog Awards, 2021
- Top 25 Education Technology Sites in 2012 – OnlineColleges (link expired)
- Top 10 UK Educational Blogs – TheTutorWebsite (link expired)
- The 20 Best Blogs About Mobile Learning – KZO Innovations (link expired)
- Top 25 Must Read Blogs About eLearning – KZO Innovations (link expired)
- Top 20 most influential Tweeters in Learning Technology – NowComms (link expired)
- The Twitter Top 100: Education Technology Must-Follows – OpenSesame Learning (link expired)
2011
- Edublog Nomination: Best Ed Tech / Resource Sharing Blog 2011 – EduBlog Awards, 2011
- Top 10 Education & Teaching Blogs – Cision Learning (link expired)
- Top 10 UK Education and Teaching Blogs on Twitter – Cision Learning (link expired)
2010
- Top 20 most influential Tweeters in eLearning, Training and HR – Webucation Blog (link expired)
- Top 10 UK Education and Teaching Blogs – Cision Learning (link expired)
2009
- Edublog Nomination: Best Resource Sharing Edublog 2009 – EduBlog Awards, 2009
- 100 Featured Learning Professionals Online – Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (link expired)
- Top 47 eLearning & Workplace Learning Blogs – Upside Learning (link expired)
- Top 100 Educators to follow on Twitter – Upside Learning (link expired)
2008
Open Badges
- Backpack: ALT / Association for Learning Technology
- Backpack: The Learning and Performance Institute
- Backpack: ‘We Are Open’ Collective
- Backpack: Technology Enhanced Learning Badges (University of Leicester, 2013)
- Backpack: BYOD4L (2014)
Note: Some links may have changed since the award was given; apologies – I try to keep the links up to date, but it’s not always possible.
