As you know, in December each year we do a round up of achievements over the last six months. Here’s a summary of the LTW achievements and initiatives from winter 2024, condensed into ten ‘lively’ bullet points by ELM AI:
- Edtech Ecosystem Expansion: Launched a new short courses platform, successfully integrating it into our existing edtech ecosystem, attracting over 2500 learners across 200 courses, with a whopping 1 million page views!
- Web Migration Marvels: Smoothly transitioned 161 websites to a new platform, involving the migration of 80,000 pages, 90,000 images, and training 800 colleagues, despite the hair-raising complexities of the ISG website debacle.
- AI Adventures: Rolled out the SADIE project to explore ethical AI integration in educational technologies, sparking lively discussions and critical thinking across the board.
- Digital Skills Dynamo: Delivered 305 sessions in our Digital Skills Programme, elevating 2593 learners to digital prowess and cyber savvy status.
- Green Web Warriors: Launched a comprehensive initiative to promote sustainability in our digital estate, culminating in a report hefty enough to rival a master’s dissertation and recruiting three eco-conscious interns.
- Caption Craze: Wholeheartedly embraced our captioning service, making automatic captions the new normal for Media Hopper Create videos, ensuring accessibility isn’t just an afterthought.
- Migration Maestros: Completed a gargantuan migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10, a logistical feat involving years of planning and a cocktail of technical and copyright debt.
- Festival Frenzy and Windows Win: Navigated the summer festival season with flair while deploying Windows 11 across all teaching rooms—a double triumph in operational excellence and timing.
- Induction Innovation: Refined our induction and onboarding processes for staff based on fresh feedback, fostering a quicker sense of belonging and smoother integration into our LTW family.
- Community and Recognition Revelries: Celebrated the extraordinary efforts of LTW staff with numerous awards and recognitions, including Reward Vouchers and Staff Recognition Awards, proving every day is rewarding work in LTW!
LTW’s tapestry of teamwork weaved these achievements into an impressive display of collaboration and innovation, proving that when it comes to pushing the boundaries of educational technology and services, we definitely know how to put on quite the show!
