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Vuepoint Wins Silver for Custom Content in Brandon Hall and Online Learning Magazine's Excellence in E-Learning Awards Program
Vuepoint One of Eight Awarded the Silver from a Pool of 64
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2001 - Vuepoint, an e-Learning software and services company that matches speed to knowledge with speed to market, today announces from the OnLine Learning 2001 conference and exposition that leading e-learning analyst group brandon-hall.com and Online Learning magazine have awarded Vuepoint's Home Networking Course developed for 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) with a silver award for Custom Content.
"By enabling the client to easily create content and courses on their products, services or processes, we are turning learning into a competitive weapon," said Ara Ohanian, CEO of Vuepoint. "We're proud to be recognized for providing a custom courseware solution that delivers real business results." Now in its fifth year, the Excellence in e-Learning Awards program (formerly the "Brandon Hall of Fame Awards") showcases exceptional work in the eLearning industry by providing feedback and benchmarking to entrants in an overall effort to help advance the industry. This year, a total of 64 entries were submitted in the Custom Content category and were evaluated by over 90 judges with expertise in instructional design and online or multimedia training. The Custom Content entries were assigned to specific sub-categories based on topic, online vs. CD-ROM, and budget. There were six gold award winners and eight silver award winners.
"We're excited about the depth of the award winners this year," says Brandon Hall, Ph.D., lead researcher for brandon-hall.com and chairman of the Excellence in e-Learning Awards Program. "These companies are making huge strides in advancing e-Learning, and we're really starting to see some high-quality content being created with the tools that are out there."
About brandon-hall.com
The awards program is chaired by the leading authority on e-Learning, Brandon Hall, Ph.D. Dr. Hall is the CEO of brandon-hall.com and author of the groundbreaking Web-Based Training Cookbook. Since 1992, brandon-hall.com has been providing independent expert advice in the form of published reports and phone consultations on the tools of e-Learning: LMS, LCMS, authoring tools, content providers, and any other tool that helps organizations develop successful e-Learning solutions. Dr. Hall participates regularly as a featured speaker in conferences such as ASTD and Online Learning. He earned his doctorate in educational psychology and has served on the faculty of San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program.
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About VNU Business Media and VNU, N.V.
OnLine Learning 2001 is produced by VNU Business Media and VNU Expositions and is presented by Online Learning Magazine, Training magazine, Presentations magazine, Creative Training Techniques newsletter, and OnLine Learning News and OnLine Learning Reviews e-newsletters.
VNU Business Media Inc. is the world's authority in business publishing, trade shows, conferences and information-based Internet sites. It includes VNU Business Publications USA (formerly Bill Communications and BPI Communications), publisher of many influential business magazines, including Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, The Hollywood Reporter, Progressive Grocer, Beverage World, Convenience Store News, National Jeweler, Sales & Marketing Management, Successful Meetings, Incentive, Architecture, Hospitality Design and approximately 60 other successful titles.
VNU Business Media is a subsidiary of VNU, one of the world's leading media and information companies. Its core activities are marketing and media information, business information, and directories. VNU is active in more than 100 countries around the world. The company employs more than 35,000 people and has annual revenues of approximately $4 billion.
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