Research Skills online collaboration wins International award
Long Beach, California, USA: Epigeum and Durham University have won a ‘Gold’ Learning Impact Award for their collaborative work on developing and implementing Research Skills online.
The Award was presented to Epigeum and Durham at an awards ceremony on the 19th May in Long Beach, California, by the IMS Global Learning Consortium (www.imsglobal.org). Durham was represented by Dr Lowry McComb, Director of Postgraduate Training, whilst David Babington-Smith, David Lefevre and James Connor represented Epigeum.
Left to right: David Babington-Smith, Dr Lowry McComb, Rob Abel (CEO, IMS GLobal Learning Consortium), David Lefevre, James Connor
Epigeum and Durham University’s combined submission was for their joint work on developing and implementing 15 Research Skills online courses for postgraduate students, using the IMS common cartridge. This common technical platform for online courses has enabled Research Skills online to become the widest adoption of the common cartridge across Europe. The courses themselves have now been licensed by 50 institutions in the UK and Ireland. A further 14 universities also participated in the initial course development including Aberdeen, Cambridge, Birmingham, Cardiff, City, Cranfield, Imperial, King's College London, Limerick, Liverpool, Reading, Warwick, UCD and UCL.
Epigeum and Durham faced stiff competition from a multitude of other bids from around the world. Their initial submission to the judges can be viewed on: http://www.epigeum.co.uk/presentations/IMS/.
The IMS Learning Impact Awards are designed to recognise the most impactful use of technology worldwide in support of learning. This unique programme evaluates established, new, and research efforts in context at an implementing learning institution.
Enquiries should be directed to:
David Babington-Smith
Managing Director
Epigeum Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)207 594 7365
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