Shortlist announced for the inaugural e-Learning Awards
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, which will be presented at a gala dinner at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, on Thursday 13th October.
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, which will be presented at a gala dinner at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, on Thursday 13th October.
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' co-sponsors, e.Learning Age magazine."
"We are delighted," added Waller, "that AbilityNet has agreed to be our nominated charity for the Gala evening on October 13th. 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. For details of AbilityNet, visit www.abilitynet.org.uk 
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