Australia scooped some of the top prizes at the international Learning Impact Awards (LIAs) - this is hosted annually by the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC). The worldwide competition for high impact use of technology to support and enhance learning saw all three Australian finalists (out of 23 entries) successful as follows:

The Online Learning Environment from the University of Wollongong was the winner of the top Platinum Award and also picked up a number of specialist category awards. The Online Learning Environment gives Graduate School of Medicine students a single environment from which they can access all resources and functionality relevant to their study.

The Schools Online Curriculum Services (SOCS) from the WA Department of Education and Training won the top Gold Award. SOCS is a 'one stop shop' for teachers, students, administrators and the wider community. It is being progressively made available by Western Australia's Department of Education and Training over a seven year period starting in 2005.

The Learning Federation learning objects and support services was voted the best Content System. The Le@rning Federation develops free online curriculum content for all Australian and New Zealand schools and delivers it to educational jurisdictions. The Learning Federation has developed and licensed a pool of over 6000 learning objects ranging from highly interactive content to file media files associated with education metadata. The full list of winners can be found at: IMS Global

The three Australian entrants were selected from ten nominees at the Regional Finals as part of !DEA 2007, an event sponsored by DEEWR, the University of Southern Queensland and IMS GLC.