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For the past two years we have thoroughly enjoyed working with our local institutions in Scotland South and West on a variety of case studies as part of our “Best of the West” promotion. By putting a spotlight on examples of innovative and creative uses of technology in tertiary education in the west of Scotland, we aimed to inspire and encourage institutions to engage in a spirit of knowledge exchange and collaboration.
Well, inspire you we did! We now have an astounding collection of nearly 60 case studies including a good number of podcasts and videos, all freely available on our website to browse or download at your leisure.
Our iTech Awards Ceremony was the grand finale of our Future Focus annual conference in June and was a resounding success! With at least one case study from each of our supported institutions, short listing and marking the case studies was not an easy task for our steering group. The short list of nominees narrowed the field down to 4 finalists in Technology & Business Systems, Access & Inclusion and Learner Services. There were 6 finalists for the Learning and Teaching short list, due to the high number of case studies that fell into this category. One Winner and Two Highly Commended trophies were awarded in this category.
We may have lacked sunshine in the West of Scotland over the summer but dust off your sunglasses and pop them on now to avoid being dazzled by the beaming smiles of our trophy winners in the following few pages!
You can browse the entire collection of case studies, dip in and out of them and see what caught the judges’ attention! Will you be aiming for an iTech Award next June? A link to our Case Studies and the Conference Archive with photos is available at www.rsc-‐sw-‐scotland.ac.uk
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Shortlisted Finalists: Technology and Business Systems Award
• Barony College – Ian Linwood for Server Virtualisation
• Cardonald College -‐ Martin Forte & Allan Forsyth for Migrating to Virtual Servers
• Cumbernauld College -‐ Jason Quinn & Ian McCallum for Equalities Data Tool
• South Lanarkshire College -‐ Linda Young for The Use of Electronic Attendance Systems
Winner: Technology & Business Systems Cumbernauld College – Ian McCallum, Gerry McAdams and Jason Quinn for Equalities Data Tool
Highly Commended: Technology & Business Systems
Barony College – Ian Linwood for Server Virtualisation
Shortlisted Finalists: Learning and Teaching Award
• Cumbernauld College -‐ Alan Moffat for Immersive Use of Mahara for Creative Industry Courses
• Kilmarnock College -‐ Kenny Girvan for Eco Learning using e-‐Learning
• South Lanarkshire College -‐ Dawn Paterson & the Construction Dept for The Use of tablet PC's for e-‐assessment
• RSAMD -‐ Mary Troup for Music Matters: Using Social Media for Community Music Placements
• University of the West of Scotland -‐ Daniel Livingstone for Using Web 2.0 Tools to Develop and Support a Multi-‐campus class
• University of the West of Scotland -‐ Dr Neil McPherson & Alan Simpson for Embedded eAssessment
Winner: Learning & Teaching Cumbernauld College -‐ Alan Moffat for Immersive Use of Mahara for Creative Industry Courses
Learning and Teaching Awards: Highly Commended
Highly Commended: Learning & Teaching RSAMD -‐ Mary Troup for Music Matters: Using Social Media for Community Music Placements
Highly Commended: Learning & Teaching UWS -‐ Daniel Livingstone for Using Web 2.0 Tools to Develop and Support a Multi-‐campus class
Shortlisted Finalists: Access & Inclusion Award • Coatbridge College -‐ Errol Luders & Julie Grant for Free Resources to Support
Inclusion
• Glasgow Metropolitan College, now City of Glasgow College -‐ Jen Fuller for Creating Accessible Learning Materials with CALM
• South Lanarkshire College – Lorraine Cochrane for Implementation of
MyStudyBar for All Staff & Students
• University of the West of Scotland -‐ Caroline Lindsay for Using the JISC TechDis Toolbar to Make Your Website More Accessible
Winner: Accessibility & Inclusion Glasgow Metropolitan
College, now City of Glasgow
College -‐ Graeme Brewster,
Jen Fuller & John McGuire for
Creating Accessible Learning
Materials with CALM
Highly Commended: Accessibility & Inclusion Coatbridge College –
Errol Luders & Julie Grant for
Free Resources to Support
Inclusion
Shortlisted Finalists: Learner Services Award • Clydebank College -‐ John Kerr, Benefits of Having a Learning Technologist • City of Glasgow College -‐ Jen Fuller & Nicola Buddo, An Information Literacy
and Plagiarism Pilot Project • GCNS, now City of Glasgow College -‐ Fulton Dunn & George Howie for
Workshop Wednesdays and e-‐CPD • Glasgow School of Art -‐ Duncan Chappell for InfosmART: Research Skills for
Art & Design Students Winner: Learner Services
GCNS, now City of Glasgow College -‐ Fulton Dunn & George Howie for Workshop Wednesdays and e-‐CPD
Highly Commended: Learner Services Glasgow School of Art – Duncan Chappell for InfosmART: Research Skills for Art & Design Students