Nominations for the 2019 Blackboard and VLE Awards are now closed. Thank you to all who nominated courses and contributed comments.
Nominations by students
Student feedback has highlighted many examples of course sites that inspire learning and offer great support, with the following modules making this year’s shortlist:
| ARCH6126 | Bioarchaeology of Human Remains | HIST3204 | The American Empire Part 2 | MEDI6077 | Allergic Airways Diseases |
| ARTD2085 | Games Development 1 | HIST3225 | The Great Exhibition of 1851: Part 1 | PHYS6005 | Cosmology and the Early Universe |
| COMP2215 | Computer Systems 2 | HLTH6158 | Palliative and End of Life Care (adult) | PORT3006 | Encounters with Bodies in Lusophone Cultural Narrative |
| ECON3008 | Macroeconomic Policy 3 | MANG3015 | Auditing | PSYC2019 | Research Methods and Data Analysis III |
| EDUC1059 | Digital Society: Education and Learning | MATH1060 | Multivariable Calculus | PSYC2021 | Language And Memory |
| EDUC6450 | Leading and Managing in Education | MATH2010 | Statistical Modelling I | SESA2023 | Propulsion |
| ENGL3083 | Inventing America | MATH3033 | Graph Theory | SESM2017 | Thermodynamics |
| FEEG1002 | Mechanics, Structures & Materials | MEDI2046 | Nervous and Locomotor 2 | SOES1009 | The Living Earth |
| FEEG1003 | ThermoFluids | MEDI3044 | Child Health | SOES2017 | Marine Benthic Ecology |
| HIST2097 | Napoleon and his Legend | MEDI3048 | BM Research Project | UOSM2037 | Women and Gender in the Arab and Muslim World |
The winning courses will be announced at the Awards Event on May 2nd, along with this year's new award for best VLE provision across a programme.
Nominations by staff
Staff are also encouraged to nominate modules they have worked on, allowing them to share good practice with others. Thank you to all staff who put forward their courses their year. This will also be reviewed by the judges and an award for this category will be presented on May 2nd.
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Awards
Now into its seventh year, our Excellence in VLE Awards gives students the opportunity to nominate exemplary Blackboard modules, or those using other VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) platforms, and highlight what it is that makes these courses stand out.
Award-winning courses have been chosen for their innovative features and for the high standard of support they offer students. The judging panel includes student representation, Associate Deans (Education) and online learning specialists. Our course rubric explains some of the key aspects considered.
Central to the VLE Awards is the chance to share good practice. Our Award winners are encouraged to contribute case studies of their practice. Short presentations summarising features praised by students, using examples from shortlisted courses, can be viewed for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Explore examples from 2017 at http://go.soton.ac.uk/vleawards.
This is further explored through a series of workshops for staff, which showcase faculty-specific examples of excellent materials, offer practical tips and discuss good design for online learning.