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Dates and Venue

13 Nov 2024 | London

13 Nov 2024 | London

Learning Technologies Awards 2023 - Shortlist

Celebrating outstanding learning technologies worldwide

This year’s Learning Technologies Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced and includes many new and well-known names from within the learning technologies industry and beyond. Finalists were selected by our independent panel of judges organised by the Learning Network, from over 450 entries received. 

All shortlisted companies will now be invited to present online to the judging panel for their category, with all presentations taking place over a two-week period from late September. The winners will then be announced at the glittering gala evening on 15 November at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London.

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To check if you've made the shortlist, simply click on the categories below. For a quick search by submission name, press Ctrl + F to open the find box, enabling you to search for key words and phrases on this page.

Best learning technologies project - commercial sector
Best learning technologies project - public & non-profit sector
Excellence in the design of learning content - commercial sector (UK)
Excellence in the design of learning content - commercial sector (International)
Excellence in the design of learning content - public & non-profit sector
Best use of mobile learning
Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies
Best technology-based onboarding programme
Most innovative new learning technologies product (UK)
Most innovative new learning technologies product (International)
Best learning game
Best use of simulations or virtual environments for learning
Best online distance learning programme
Best use of blended learning - commercial sector
Best use of blended learning - public & non-profit sector
Best learning platform implementation (UK)
Best learning platform implementation (International)
Best use of learning data analytics to impact learner and business performance
The best digital learning transformation programme
Learning designer of the year
Learning developer of the year

Learning technologies team of the year
Learning technologies organisation of the year

Best learning technologies project - commercial sector

  • Grow with Vodafone
  • Holland & Barrett - Your Wellness at Our Heart
  • FrieslandCampina/RMMBR ACE & AAFS
  • The Reckitt Marketing Excellence Academy
  • Learning Pool and EcoVadis
  • The Learning Library
  • SkillGym Leadership AI Digital Role Play
  • SS&C Blue Prism - Getting Started with Intelligent Automation
  • AstraZeneca Adaptive Learning Using Realizeit for Good Document Practices
  • Metlife Distribution Academy Platform
  • Kao Salon Division Attensi

Best learning technologies project - public & non-profit sector

  • Upskilling Rwanda's Tourism & Hospitality Industry
  • BSL with aNewSpring
  • Votre Coach Personnel
  • St Mungo's & Ufi VocTech Trust: Client Digital Learning - Research and Testing of Prototype Platform and Move-On Training
  • CRA Unlimited Learning - ODILO
  • Telford College Learning Technologies Project
  • Egypt Railway Academy
  • Improving pharmaceutical care in patients with chronic pain through educational technology, Pharmaceutical Society of Granada
  • HMRC MDP programme on LEAP
  • Septris 2.0: Simulated Education to Teach Healthcare Providers to Recognize & Treat Sepsis
  • GICHD - Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) Essentials e-Learning course

Excellence in the design of learning content - commercial sector (UK)

  • "Protecting our Patients, Clients and People" Campaign - Medivet, Megan Yawor
  • SJP Financial Crime Prevention - Anti Money Laundering
  • Body Talk's Impact & Influence Learning Journey for St James's Place Academy
  • Kaplan Apprentice Skills & Behaviours Development
  • Meta - Hacktober Project
  • PK:DIGITAL
  • Davies & Ikea - Adaptive Learning
  • Idea Developers: From ideas to investment
  • HL Accessibility 2023 eLearning
  • Flow Learning by MAPAL
  • Flow Learning and Loungers
  • FIRECREST Protocol Overview Training

Excellence in the design of learning content - commercial sector (International)

  • Cyber Crime Time
  • I'm Cicerone - Estrella Galicia
  • In Your Learner's Shoes by HBX Group
  • FrieslandCampina/RMMBR ACE & AAFS
  • Day One's Global Risk Management for Worldwide Flight Services (WFS)
  • Purpose, Passion and Mission in life
  • Saudi Aramco XR-FITS (extended reality for industrial training support)
  • Dell Technologies - Human Edge: Build a Learning Mindset, Designers:  Joy Rechanek & Scott Morgan
  • SiyonaTech AG/Julius Baer - Cross Unit Relationships (CURs)
  • SiyonaTech AG/Julius Baer - Market and Client Coverage Model (MCCM)
  • SiyonaTech AG/Julius Baer - Information Security 2022
  • SiyonaTech AG/Harman - Strategy Challenge
  • Biometrics Essentials

Excellence in the design of learning content - public & non-profit sector

  • RSPB Safeguarding Level 1 eLearning
  • Neurodiversity in the Workplace
  • CALP Online: Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff course
  • The Dettol Hygiene Quest: A hybrid learning programme to build long-lasting hygiene habits for children
  • Understanding Skin Cancer
  • Engaging students with Consent & Harassment training - at scale
  • E-Academy Thuiswinkel.org
  • Improving pharmaceutical care for patients with chronic pain through educational technology, Pharmaceutical Society of Granada
  • NHS with Online Education Services (OES)

Best use of mobile learning

  • Marston's Digital L&D Team - Campus & Marston's Skills
  • FrieslandCampina/RMMBR ACE & AAFS
  • Assemble You & Ufi Voctech Trust - Podcast-Style Audio Learning for Power Skills
  • FutureGO
  • Busuu for Business: Empowering PUMA's Global Workforce through Mobile Language Learning
  • Alcon Experience Academy by Intuition
  • British Council and eCom Learning Solutions

Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies

  • “Together, we learn”: Championing Equity and Empowering Career Growth with Coeo and LMS365
  • Virgin Money and Hive Learning: Leading in a Life More Virgin
  • Climate Action Day at Schaeffler
  • TWOW! App (Joint entry by RTS Group and Toyota Financial Services)
  • Busuu for Business: Transforming Language Learning with Innovative Social Collaboration

Best technology-based onboarding programme

  • Deloitte x Solvd Together | Experienced Hire Induction
  • Virti - Improving Amazon's Onboarding For New Hire Managers By 92%
  • An excellent welcome to Bakkavor
  • HSBC UK x Media Zoo Personalised Digital Onboarding Programme 
  • Herbalife HN Grow by Intuition
  • The Academy at Operate Get Set for Change simulation
  • Learning & Enablement Team at Orbus Software

Most innovative new learning technologies product (UK)

  • Prickly AI
  • Shiken AI
  • zick learn - learning is just one text away: text based microlearning for corporations
  • Ms Rose© Adaptive Media Maths Tutorial
  • AI Conversations by Learning Pool and MindTools
  • Open eLMS AI
  • Canute for Computer Science: Programming and sysadmin for blind people, by Bristol Braille and Ufi VocTech Trust
  • Synthesia
  • AIDA | AI enabled coaching | Saffron Interactive
  • Stornaway.io

Most innovative new learning technologies product (International)

  • edyoucated
  • Your Learning Landscape Research
  • OrCam Learn
  • Stellar Labs - The AI-powered upskilling platform for learning transfer
  • SkillGym AI Digital Role Play platform
  • ID-Assist - Innovative AI solution for Instructional Design
  • The Regis Company - SimGate™ Platform
  • isEazy Author accessible e-learning content creation
  • Neuroscience, Immersive game & Data for Accelerated Learning
  • Howdou

Best learning game

  • Alchemist Learning and Development- Veeam Launchpad
  • Shiken AI - National Health Service Burnout and Knowledge Rentention
  • Invesco QQQ’s web-based learning game to help college students develop healthy financial habits
  • Possible World - online simulation
  • FutureGO
  • CityZen | Make Real Ltd & Institution of Civil Engineers
  • Virtual Reality & Neuroscience: The New Learning Revolution
  • SiyonaTech AG/Novartis - The Launch
  • SiyonaTech AG/Swiss Re - Ownership Mindset Game (OMG)
  • SiyonaTech AG/SIX - SIX Game

Best use of simulations or virtual environments for learning

  • In Their Shoes - VIVIDA Working Together With HSBC
  • Agile and Resilient: The B.R.A.I.N. model at Work / Self Balance
  • Alchemist Learning and Development- Veeam Launchpad
  • VOLT VR
  • Edinburgh College & Cadpeople: Dementia VR Experience
  • The Long Game - Structured development for Issue Managers
  • Interactive Land Rover Electrics
  • VR experience to prepare trainee Health Care Assistants for the emotional demands of their role, Inizio Engage XD
  • LabXchange
  • Interactive Learning and Teaching of MiC (Modular integrated Construction) Project Management in 3D Virtual Reality Environment
  • ARITC Battlefield Casualty Drill
  • Igniting the next generation of marketers using real-time simulation technology to radically accelerate upskilling (Reckitt & Deloitte)
  • SiyonaTech AG/Swiss Re - Ownership Mindset Game (OMG)
  • Improving pharmaceutical care for patients with chronic pain through educational technology, Pharmaceutical Society fo Granada
  • Virtual Reality for Reducing Complacency for Signal Engineers
  • Global Trader Cloud

Best online distance learning programme

  • European Association for the Study of Diabetes
  • CALP Online: Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff course
  • Learning as part of Siemens Gamesa Turnaround
  • Holland & Barrett - Healthy Expert: Solgar
  • Illingworth Research Nurse Academy Training Programme
  • IBERS Distance Learning Team, Aberystwyth University

Best use of blended learning - commercial sector

  • Learnlight with its client TOWA
  • Body Talk's Impact & Influence Learning Journey for St James's Place Academy
  • AlixPartners SVP Development Program / Sam Moat
  • The Brand Accelerator – Blended Learning to Support PMI’s Smoke-Free Transformation
  • Euromoney Learning: EBRD Climate & Environment Learning Pathways
  • Illuminate
  • Management Fundamentals Program at a large consultancy - represented by Jan Slump & Bo Dury
  • Capgemini’s Blended Approach to a Future Leaders Program
  • Accenture, Cognician and MentorqliQ - TechStars
  • Illingworth Research Nurse Academy Training Programme
  • Metlife Distribution Academy Platform
  • SoftwareOne Academy
  • Blended Retail Induction Programme

Best use of blended learning - public & non-profit sector

  • Train the Trainer programme for internal experts
  • AutonoMe and Ufi VocTech Trust
  • The Jurassic Coast Field Trip
  • ACST Blended Learning - FrontLine Communication
  • Guide Dogs Learning
  • QA & DSIT - Cyber Explorers
  • Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine

Best learning platform implementation (UK)

  • Holland & Barrett - The Hive
  • Vistra Skills Portal
  • Implementation of Aptem for Ensis Solutions
  • Disguise Learn LMS Implementation
  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Kallidus
  • Vodafone in partnership with THRIVE
  • WKS+ by Intuition
  • Dulux and Thinqi

Best learning platform implementation (International)

  • Central Educational Repository (CERT)
  • Best Learning Platform implementation - Archipel Academy
  • SKILLHUB by OVHcloud, move from a training platform to a skills development platform
  • LearningHub implementation Deutsche Bank
  • Stellantis' implementation of Speexx
  • AstraZeneca and Realizeit Adaptive Learning Platform
  • Percipio implementation at Apollo Tyres
  • Implemention of Degreed at bp
  • Tata AIA and Tenneo
  • Riyali Ambassador Loyalty Program

Best use of learning data analytics to impact learner and business performance

  • Data Literacy for enabling data culture at Swiss Re | Area9 Lyceum
  • Machining Data Analytics
  • How Nebraska Medicine used data analytics to digitalize essential healthcare practices, increase adoption rates and save money, Watershed
  • AstraZeneca Talent & Development CoE: Measurement & Impact
  • Metlife Distribution Academy Platform
  • Ann Summers in partnership with THRIVE
  • Global Compliance Data Analytics by Intuition

The best digital learning transformation programme

  • Digital Transformation of The Stellantis UK Service and Maintenance Technician Program powered by Calex UK
  • The Vodafone Learning Organisation
  • Transforming PMI to a ‘Smoke-Free Future’ with the Brand Accelerator Learning Programme
  • Holland & Barrett – Manufacturing and Distribution Training
  • Volvo Car Financial Services UK and Elephants Don't Forget
  • FrieslandCampina/RMMBR ACE & AAFS
  • empowering our people - Transforming our Digital Learning Programme
  • Retail Transformation (Bolder in Retail) Learning Programme
  • AstraZeneca Adaptive Learning Using Realizeit to Transform Good Document Practices
  • goeasy + Axonify: Best Digital Learning Transformation Programme
  • Enabling sustainable transformation through learning, NatWest
  • Wayfair Global Supply Chain Training

Learning designer of the year

  • Alexei Hnatiw, Solvd Together
  • Lisa McGeady, Learning Pool
  • Thomas Kanderakis, TUI
  • Dan Osborne, Natwest 

Learning developer of the year

  • Megan A. Yawor, Medivet
  • Rosie McQueen, Mint Interactive 
  • Joanna Ly, Learning Pool
  • Amelia Rowe, Jaluch Ltd

Learning technologies team of the year

  • Stellantis UK - The Performance Academy powered by Calex UK
  • Holland & Barrett – The Hive Digital Learning Team
  • Vistra Global Talent Team
  • Royal Air Force (RAF) - Central Training School (CTS) - Design and Delivery Team (Des & Del)
  • British Gas / Revolve - Customer Experience Transformation Programme
  • Vonage Sales Enablement Team in partnership with THRIVE

Learning technologies organisation of the year

  • High Speed Training
  • Learnerbly and Ufi VocTech Trust
  • Cognassist
  • THRIVE
  • Intuition

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