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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 organised by e.learning age and the eLearning Network. The awards will be presented at a glamorous gala dinner at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, on Thursday 13th 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
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 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.

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