Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS), a collaborative programme between five Yorkshire Universities, has won the 'Innovation Award' in the Tertiary, FE & HE category at the 2009 Handheld Learning Awards.  The award was given for a ALPS’  work on a mobile assessment and e-portfolio system to support Health and Social Care students on work-based practice.

This year’s theme was ‘Creativity, Innovation, Inclusion & Transformation’ recognising that 2009 is the European year of creativity and innovation. Winners were announced at the evening awards party on Monday 5th October.

Now in its fifth year, the event has become the largest of its kind. It brings together thought leaders, innovators, practitioners, developers, policy and decision makers from the education, technology and entertainment sectors.

MyKnowledgeMap worked with T-Mobile and mobile software specialist ecommnet to create the mobile assessment and e-portfolio system for ALPS. The system supports the creation, distribution and storing of assessment tools on mobile devices. It allows tutors to create assessments based around core health and social care competencies and send them to the devices of students on work-based practice.

The ALPS project has also recently been nominated for the 'Best use of mobile learning' award at the e-Learning Awards 2009.