Lt, which received an honourable mention, was among the 34 finalists in the long-standing 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global) Learning Impact Awards.
The awards are administered by 1EdTech, an international organisation seeking to identify effective "edtech" (education technology) solutions by evaluating their impact.
Lt previously won the Online Learning Innovation Award in the 2022 EdTech Breakthrough Awards, and it was a finalist or winner in three categories at the 2022 EdTech Awards from EdTech Digest.
ADInstruments head of education Amy Bucher said it was great to see the product recognised on the global stage.
The latest recognition not only highlighted how Lt could be used in blended learning environments, but also its use at the University of Auckland.
Professional teaching fellows Anuj Bhargava and Angela Tsai had used Lt to teach medical science and microanatomy as it had an extensive content library, intuitive authoring features, inbuilt grading and analytics and live data sampling via a range of integrated hardware.
It eliminated the need for paper lab manuals, and physiology labs that were previously three hours long were now two hours of active engagement.
It was "really unique" being able to share in the success with customers, Mrs Bucher said. And ADI was very lucky to have such an engaging customer base in that they were educators, she said.
Lt was now used in the pharmacy and optometry departments at the University of Auckland, and Dr Bhargava’s teaching had been recognised with a national award. Globally, Lt was used by more than 100,000 students in more than 250 institutions, she said.
Prior to Covid, edtech globally was much more of an unknown sector, but Covid had amplified it and pushed the issue of making edtech much more accessible. It was much more commonplace in universities, Mrs Bucher said.
Lt was first released in 2015 and, at that time, was "pretty unique". Since then, there had been more technology and more products that were similar but ADI’s niche area was in life sciences and life sciences education.
"I feel we are the top product in that area. There is still momentum and still educators taking us on and pushing the boundaries of their courses with Lt," she said.
There was a huge uptake during Covid and the majority of customers had stayed with Lt "and we’re still continuing to see growth and leads and interest since Covid has become the new normal".
In the education environment, it was expected that if students were going to have online resources and use online and web-based products for learning, then there had to be a change and shift in industry as well. There was an appetite for state-of-the-art technology that was more accessible, she said.
ADI had typically been in the physiology, nursing and medical education space. Recently, it developed, with a business partner, content for the biology and chemistry markets.
As well as a customer base in Australia and New Zealand, it also had customers in Europe, North America and South America.
Each region had its own unique challenges and it was always fun to meet the market’s needs, she said.
ADI had also come out with Spanish, Portuguese, French and German versions of Lt.
