Brandon Hall Rewards the Best in Learning Technology
San Jose, CA (USA), May 2010 - Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research has been providing independent research reports and expert advice on using technology in learning. The Learning Technology Awards program showcases product innovations in the marketplace for creating and managing learning, talent, and performance. CHECK.point eLearning provides you with details on some of the winners.
"These outstanding tools and systems propel the learning profession forward", says Brandon Hall, Ph.D., chairman of the Awards program. "These innovative products let customers make learning faster, better, and easier." The entries were evaluated in eight major categories by independent judges around the world.
View all winners of the 2009 awards
The most awards for any singe product were won by Upside Learning, which received one Gold and two Silver awards for UpsideLMS, its flagship learning management system. Upside Learning picked up Gold in Best Advance in "Learning Management Technology for Blended or Informal Learning", Silver in "Best Advance in Social Learning Technology", and another Silver in "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses".
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Caspian Leaning struck Gold in two categories for its pioneering Thinking Worlds rapid 3D authoring tool. The company received the awards in the category "Best Advance in 3-D or Immersive Learning Technology" and in the category "Best Advance in Technology for Game or Simulation Authoring".
Earlier this month, Caspian Learning announced the release of Thinking Worlds 3.3, the latest version of the 3D authoring tool, which boasts several new features.
Find an overview of Thinking Worlds 3.3
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Xyleme LCMS received one Gold award for EMC Documentum in the "Best Advance in Learning Content Management Technology" category. It was lauded as a truly innovative new product and an industry-first that eliminates the need for a stand-alone LCMS by providing learning-content management as a native application on top of EMC Documentum, the world's leading enterprise content-management platform.
NetDimensions also won Gold for the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) Portal Toolkit, in the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for External Training" category.
The EKP Portal Toolkit enables users to integrate the EKP learning management system into websites or portal sites. It allows organizations to present EKP's functionality in an environment that is more familiar to or easier to access by their target audience, such as customized websites, assembly-line kiosks, and other devices that can deliver information at the point of need.
Find more details on the EKP Toolkit
CERTPOINT Systems was awarded Silver in the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Global Training" category. The company received the award in recognition of its work providing outstanding technology for learning programs internationally.
"Our enterprise learning platform CERTPOINTVLS is used in over forty countries and languages by major enterprises such as L'Oréal, Toyota, Honda, John Crane, and Black & Decker. They trust it to provide a single platform for delivering eLearning with minimum administrative overhead and maximum impact", comments CEO Ara Ohanian.
LECTURNITY, an innovative screen-recording tool of IMC AG, won a Bronze award in the "Rapid Authoring" category. Thanks to object-based recording, LECTURNITY not only records your screen, but also effectively "understands" what is being recorded. The contents are then automatically structured and indexed to make them searchable by the learner. If learners are only interested in a specific part of a presentation, they simply enter the relevant search term into the search box, and LECTURNITY will find the appropriate sequence. The software is now priced at 149 Euros and is easily available in the international online shop.
Another Bronze award was received by Richardson's SalesCallPlanner™ in the "Best Advance in Performance Support Technology" category. Richardson's SalesCallPlanner™ is an online performance-sustainment tool that allows sales professionals to strategically envision, map out, and organize their sales approach. With a simple click, sales professionals gain immediate access to coaching and selling-skill development through video, audio, eLearning, and reinforcement resources.
AccessPlanit's won a Bronze Award in the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for External Training" category with Accessplan LMS. The xLMS (external facing) module allows clients to implement a range of tools designed to increase sales, attendance, or distribution of customer, franchisee, sales agent, or 'for-profit' training initiatives.
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Cobent won a Bronze award for its flagship platform 'Learning Compliance Suite' (LCS) in the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Compliance Training" category. LCS has evolved into a comprehensive learning and compliance-training management system servicing the needs of numerous global blue-chip companies.
The distributer Omniplex has announced that corporate eLearning products they supply in Europe performed extremely well at this year's Brandon Hall Awards.
Articulate - for whose products Omniplex is the UK's sole certified training provider - won Gold for its eLearning authoring tool 'Studio 09 Pro' in the "Best Advance in Technology for Rapid Authoring category", while its Screenr product won a Bronze award in the "Best Advance in Social Learning Technology" category.
In addition, Blatant Media Corporation - whose products are represented exclusively in Europe by Omniplex - also won a Gold and a Bronze award. It won the Gold award in the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses" category and the Bronze Award in the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for External Training" category for its Absorb LMS.
"As a leading provider of eLearning solutions with bases in the UK and North America, Omniplex is delighted to be distributing Blatant Media Corporation's Award-winning LMS throughout Europe as well as acting as Articulate's sole certified training provider in the UK", comments Matthew Lloyd, Managing Director of Omniplex.
