{"id":272,"date":"2025-02-13T10:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:06:17","slug":"mj-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/?page_id=272","title":{"rendered":"MJ Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MJ Award Winners: Digital Transformation 2024<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Transformation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winner:<\/strong> Dumfries and Galloway Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@SWConnects is an effective digital delivery model for qualifications across all secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire Councils. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13103720\/MJ-Awards.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273\" style=\"width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13103720\/MJ-Awards.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13103720\/MJ-Awards-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13103720\/MJ-Awards-250x250.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We embedded existing technology to bring about real change in broadening the curriculum to meet future needs. &nbsp;Learning through @SWConnects addressed inequity of subject choice in rural areas where resources prevented offering a range of Advanced Highers in all schools. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysis showed that schools with a limited offer had proportionately higher numbers of children from poorer households. This collaboration has designed a sustainable digital solution, with results and pupil evaluation comparing well to class-based teaching.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extract from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mjawards.co.uk\/2024-winners\/\">https:\/\/www.mjawards.co.uk\/2024-winners\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13103811\/MJ-Awards-Digital-Transformation-Winner-2024.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13105447\/DigitalTransformation.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13105447\/DigitalTransformation.png 582w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/dgschoolsconnect\/uploads\/sites\/8889\/2025\/02\/13105447\/DigitalTransformation-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:756px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:10px;background-color:#0084a3\">Return to previous page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MJ Award Winners: Digital Transformation 2024 Digital Transformation Winner: Dumfries and Galloway Council @SWConnects is an effective digital delivery model for qualifications across all secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire Councils. We embedded existing technology to bring about real change in broadening the curriculum to meet future needs. &nbsp;Learning through @SWConnects addressed inequity of subject choice in rural areas where resources prevented offering<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/?page_id=272\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19366,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/dgschoolsconnect\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}