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Hi, I hope this is of interest to the list and that you will be interested in applying for the 2009 awards and maybe attending the 2009 conference. Warm regards Catherine The Association for Learning Technology announced the winners of the annual Learning Technologist of the Year Awards at its prestigious annual conference. www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008. The awards were presented by David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for One Laptop per Child, at an event attended by Ian Pearson, Minister of State for Science and Innovation (10 September 2008). This is the second year that the Association for Learning Technology (http://www.alt.ac.uk) has run the awards, which celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field - the broad range of communication, information and related technologies that can be used to support learning, teaching, and assessment. The award is this year sponsored by learning and ICT solutions specialist, Tribal Group (www.tribalgroup.co.uk). The 2 winning and 3 commended entries shared prizes totalling £3,800. To download the PDF brochure with more information about the 2008 awards and the winners, visit http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/learning_technologist_of_the_year_award_2008.pdf . To register for an entry form for the 2009 awards, visit http://www.alt.ac.uk/ from January 2009. The theme for ALT-C 2009 will be 'In dreams begins responsibility'. The conference takes place from 8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK. http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/ Apologies for cross-posting