OnPoint Digital, Inc. Wins Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award
OnPoint Digital, a leading e-learning and mobile solutions provider, announced today they have won the Brandon Hall Bronze Award for Excellence in the Best Innovation in Learning Technology category. The award was given to OnPoint cofounders Robert Gadd and Katherine Guest during a ceremony and reception held on Thursday, September 25, 2008 in San Jose, California, as part Brandon Hall’s 2008 Innovations in Learning Conference.
OnPoint’s winning entry, “Assessments Go Cellular,” showcased OnPoint’s CellCast Solution™, designed to deliver learning “nuggets” (small pieces of learning content that can be more quickly consumed by a user) and associated tests or surveys to mobile workers. As the use of mobile devices in the workplace continues to explode, organizations are looking for ways to easily and quickly create and deliver content, both learning oriented and business communications-based, to those mobile devices. OnPoint’s innovative solution provides organizations more efficient, effective and consistent two-way communications with their mobile workforce via basic cellphones or smartphones.
"We are thrilled to be recognized by Brandon Hall and their esteemed panel of judges for our CellCast Solution," said Katherine Guest, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for OnPoint Digital. "This is an exciting validation of our efforts to provide innovative solutions to our customers and partners in the mobile arena.”
The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards are presented annually by Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and development. Now in its fourteenth year, the Awards program showcases exceptional work in the use of learning technology.
“We are so impressed with the quality of this year’s winning entries,” said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., chairman of the Awards program. “These winners set the standard for what innovative learning looks like today.
A total of 246 entries were originally submitted and entries were evaluated by independent judges around the world. OnPoint’s award was only one of two given for a mobile learning technology.
About OnPoint Digital, Inc.
OnPoint Digital, Inc. is an eLearning and mobile solutions provider dedicated to the development of powerful yet affordably priced online learning and performance management tools for middle market and enterprise customers, typically from 500 to 100,000 employees. OnPoint offers a full-featured LMS/LCMS software suite, enabling the creation and management of rich-media courseware, online assessments, appraisals, skills tracking and detailed reporting, plus numerous optional modules such as integrated analytics, e-commerce, portal/intranet and advanced mobile learning offerings.
OnPoint’s innovative CellCast Solution allows companies to easily create, deliver and track mobile content, communications and assessments directly to users’ cellphones and smartphones, minimizing the device-specific constraints and deployment costs associated with other mobile solutions. CellCasts are ideal for mobile learning, product updates, data collection and field communications. For more information, visit www.mlearning.com or www.onpointdigital.com.
About Brandon Hall Research
Brandon Hall, Ph.D. is the CEO of Brandon Hall Research and author of the ground-breaking “Web-Based Training Cookbook.” Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research (www.brandon-hall.com) has been providing independent research reports and expert advice on using technology in learning. Brandon Hall Research conducts the Awards program each year to recognize the best in innovative learning. To honor the Award winners Brandon Hall Research hosts the Awards ceremony and reception in conjunction with its Innovations in Learning Conference.