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13 NEW BRANDS ENTER THE WINNERS CIRCLE BY JERRY ROCHE
Celebrating their 14th year, the Best of Elearning! awards recognizes 73 brands across 23 categories for excellence, thanks to industry professionals who took time to vote earlier this year, on an open-ended online questionnaire. These awards honor best-in-class solutions across the learning and technology marketplace. “Thanks to the thousands of users who participate in the Best of Elearning!, the industry’s exclusive users’ choice awards,” notes Catherine Upton, Elearning! Media Group’s publisher. “The Best of Elearning! awards have become a trusted resource for learning professionals who specify solutions. We congratulate each honoree for continuing to innovate and serve this robust industry.” THE WINNER’S CIRCLE The 73 award-winners earn an Award of Excellence or category Winner. To be a category Winner, the brand had to receive 10% more votes than the next brand. When votes are very close, the brands earn Awards of Excellence only. Among the 23 category winners, there were three companies with multiple category winners: >> dominKnow (LCMS, Development Tool, Simulation Tool, Mobile Authoring) >> Vado (Leadership Development, Soft Skills Training, Compliance Training, Sales Training) 24
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>> ej4 (Other Learning Platform, I.T. Train-
ing, Social Learning/Collaboration) In addition, 11 companies were category Winners: >> D2L (LMS Cloud) >> SumTotal Systems (LMS Enterprise) >> Workday (TMS) >> ElearnIt (Best Open-Source Platform) >> BizLibrary (Content Aggregator Portal) >> Articulate (Video Capture/Publishing) >> Cisco WebEx (Web Seminar) >> Adobe Inc. (Virtual Classroom) >> Strivr (Best Emerging Solution) >> TransPerfect (Translation & Localization) >> Savvy Training & Consulting (Outsourced Learning Services) As a testament to the dynamic e-learning marketplace, no fewer than 13 companies are new to the “Best of Elearning!” list this year. Two category Winners are first-time honorees: >> Strivr >> Savvy Training & Consulting An additional 11 first-timers captured Awards of Excellence: >> Instructure Bridge Learning >> Brainier Elan LMS >> DuoLingo >> Expii for Math Tutoring >> eLearning Chatter >> Zoom Meetings >> 6Connex Virtual Events Platform >> Modest Tree Modest3D Explorer >> Amazon Sumerian for VR development >> AccuTranslations >> Forward Eye Consulting >> Savvy Training & Consulting ©Copyright. No reproduction without permission.
The Best of Elearning! awards program was first implemented to formalize the recommendation and purchase process for the e-learning community. Research indicated 85 percent of readers had recommended an e-learning solution to a peer over the most recent 12-month period, and 61 percent claimed that award recognition “impacts their decision” to consider a product or service. The Best of E-learning! program formalizes this referral process. ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS Elearning! Media Group community members, subscribers and online community were invited to nominate their solution provider via an online ballot during June 1 to October 8, 2018. The ballot was open-ended with 27 categories stipulated. At close, the ballots were reviewed and validated. Editors verified product types and categories before counting. The top vote earners in each category were identified as finalists. Those with a 10 percent lead over all other products in a category earned category winner status. Close vote counts and runners-up earned Awards of Excellence. To learn more, visit www.2elearning. com/ awards/best-of-elearning-awards. AND THE WINNERS ARE… Elearning! Magazine takes great pride in announcing the Best of Elearning! 2018 winners: