Twenty six of the UK’s top producers and users of e-learning have been named on the shortlist for this year’s inaugural e-learning Awards organised by e.learning age and the eLearning Network…

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The awards will be presented at a glamorous gala dinner at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, on Thursday 13^th October  - the first of it’s kind within the e-learning community.

The shortlist is:

·         3T Productions

·         Bayer Industry Services GmbH & Co

·         BDP Media

·         Brightwave Ltd

·         Cambridge Online Learning

·         Computeach

·         Creative Learning Media

·         Doctors.net.uk

·         Ebc

·         Electric Paper

·         Epic

·         Giunti Interactive Labs S.r.l.

·         Lighthouse

·         LINE Communications

·         Orkney   College

·         Prudential

·         Rare Studios

·         Red Tray

·         Saffron Interactive

·         Surrey County Council

·         Tata Interactive Systems

·         The Dental Channel Ltd

·         The Training Foundation

·         Trainer1

·         Ufi/Learndirect

·         Walkgrove Ltd

These organisations have been short listed for one – or more – of the awards, in the following categories:

• Best e-learning production on low budget
• Best example of supporting learners through online coaching or tutoring
• The award for the best use of a learning content management system
• The award for the most innovative use of e-learning
• The award for the care taken to achieve inclusivity in an e-learning programme for users of all aptitudes and abilities
• The award for the project or strategy that has done most to secure enthusiastic and widespread adoption of e-learning within an organisation
• The award for the most conspicuous return on investment from an e-learning project
• The e.Learning Age award for the e-learning team of the year
• The e.Learning Age award for the young e-learning professional of the year
• The e.Learning Age industry award for outstanding achievement
  

Vaughan Waller, chairman of the eLearning Network (ELN), the UK’s leading professional association for users and developers of e-learning, whose members helped to judge the entries and arrive at the shortlist, explained: “The primary objective of the e-learning Awards is to recognise excellence in the e-learning industry – publicly acknowledging the programmes, projects and strategies which have enjoyed the greatest success this year.

“Crucially, the e-Learning Awards will recognise contributions through the eyes of learners themselves - the users - as well as the suppliers. In this way, we intend to present an awards ceremony that both recognizes unique, outstanding work and reflects the impartiality of the ELN and the Awards’, Peter Williams, editor of e.learning Age magazine.”

“We are delighted,” Waller added, “that AbilityNet has agreed to be our nominated charity for the Gala evening on October 13^th.  AbilityNet is the UK's leading charity bringing the benefits of computer technology to adults and children with disabilities and we hope that the evening will raise money for this worthy organisation.”

For further details of the e-learning Awards visit the ELA website at www.elearningage.co.uk/awards, or contact the ELN on 01992 634244.

AbilityNet  www.abilitynet.org.uk

About e.learning age:

e.learning age is the only magazine focused on learning, development and technology issues. It is aimed at senior management, learning, HR, training and information professionals within learning organisations. It examines how these organisations, faced with an array of competitive and business pressures can develop and sustain the intellectual capital, which will deliver competitive advantage and increased shareholder value. Published since 10 times a year, e.learning age focuses specifically on the business and logistic issues posed by e-learning solutions and products. For more information about e.learning age magazine and events, call 01189 602820 or visit www.elearningage.co.uk

About the eLearning Network:

Formed – as The Association for Computer Based Training (TACT) in 1987 – the eLearning Network (ELN), which adopted this title in 2000, is the UK ’s foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of e-learning. It is a non-profit making body that exists to promote information and best practice among all those who are involved in the e-learning world, as well as act as a networking medium for its members. For more information about the ELN and ELN events, call 01992 634244 or visit www.elearningnetwork.org