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By: NMK Created on: February 7th, 2006
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The prestigious E-learning Awards 2006 have been launched with the support of founding sponsors City & Guilds, 815,000 of whose candidates have now taken work-based qualifications online...

The prestigious E-learning Awards 2006 have been launched with the support of founding sponsors City & Guilds, 815,000 of whose candidates have now taken work-based qualifications online...

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The date of the ceremony has been decided and the titles of the awards finalized for the e-learning awards 2006. e.learning age are pleased to announce the continued support of City & Guilds as founding sponsors.

The 2005 awards scheme was a great success; e-learning excellence was celebrated with great passion recognising that the e-learning industry looks set to grow and flourish through 2006 and in the years to come.

“City & Guilds is very pleased to be the founding sponsor and welcomes the celebration of the 2006 e-Learning Awards," explained Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, Director of Group e-Strategy, Learning & Information Technology.

“Over 815,000 of our candidates have now taken their work-based qualifications online since we launched GOLA (Global online assessment) in September 2002, and they are the people whose own testimony supports the fact that e-Learning can enrich and transform their learning experiences. Lively debates today focus on creativity, design, rigour, value added and fit-for-purpose web-based services, not if “e” works!

“Whether through innovative learning content, novel workplace simulations or learning through smart games, the 2006 Awards for innovation and excellence in e-learning will put momentum into an already exciting and inter-disciplinary industry that naturally twins learning and business.”

The gala awards dinner will take place on 9th November 2006 at the five-star Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London. This year the eleven award categories are:

• Most innovative new product in e-learning
• Most innovative application of learning technology
• Excellence in the production of learning content
• The best e-learning production on a low budget
• The best e-learning project securing widespread adoption
• The best example of supporting learners online
• Achieving inclusivity for learners of all aptitudes and abilities
• The most tangible project ROI
• The e.learning age young professional of the year
• The e.learning age team of the year
• The e.learning age industry award for outstanding achievement

For further details of The e-learning Awards and to enter visit the e.learning age website at www.elearningage.co.uk/awards, or contact the ELN on 01992 634244. For sponsorship information please call 01189 602820.

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. www.elearningnetwork.org

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 2001, 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 City & Guilds:
City and Guilds is a household name - in fact, according to recent consumer surveys, one in five households has a City & Guilds qualification. Established in 1878 to encourage education and training in, and for, the workplace, City & Guilds has built close links with employers, government and training organisations to identify the skills needed to support the UK economy and offer access to all for personal progression. www.cityandguilds.comwww.smartscreen.co.uk

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