Updated on: Friday, December 04, 2009
Chennai: Sify Technologies Limited eLearning Services Division, a global qualitative leader in developing innovative learning solutions, won the coveted Brandon Hall Silver Award for Excellence in the best use of mobile learning category.
Sify's eLearning Services Division won the award for a course developed for salespeople who need to constantly refresh their knowledge of various products to effectively advise customers. The objective of the course is to improve the performance of sales people by empowering them with product knowledge. In fact their recall of key features after the course was almost instantaneous. "The quality of these winning entries is outstanding," said Brandon Hall, PhD, Chairman, awards programme. "These winners are breaking new ground and setting new standards for innovative learning."
The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards is presented annually by Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and development. Now in its fifteenth year, the awards programme showcases exceptional work in the use of learning technology.
Entries were submitted in the categories of best custom content, best innovation in learning technology, best learning game, best learning team, best results of a learning programme, best use of blended learning, best use of games for learning, best use of mobile learning, best use of video for learning, best use of virtual worlds for learning, best use of web 2.0 tools for learning, and best integration of learning and talent management. A total of 248 entries were originally submitted. The entries were evaluated by independent judges around the world.