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dp bags three Worlddidac Awards

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Most recognised international prize in the education industry for German language experts digital publishing AG.

digital publishing, the leader in online language training services, has been honored with three "Worlddidac Awards". The Munich/Germany based company has been awarded a trio of the prestigious prizes for their range of language training software, winning a Worlddidac Award each for the corporate solution "CLT Intensive" online language school as well as for the private consumer products "English Interactive Language Tour" and "Business English Intensive Course". In making the award, the international jury em-phasised that the award specifically recognised the innovative technology and pedagogical value of the dp language training solutions.

The evaluation for the Worlddidac Award, which is the most recognised international prize in the education sector, took place in Bern, Switzerland. A preselected field of 52 products from 11 countries around the world representing all education sectors was invited to participate; eventually the international expert jury decided that 21 products lived up to the high standards in quality and innovation that qualify for the Worlddidac Award. Tanja Heinlein, director of communication at digital publishing says: "We are absolutely thrilled with winning three Worlddidac Awards in such a distinguished field of products and are very proud that our work in online language training has been recognised by the wider training community in this way."

digital publishing has also been honored with a gold award in the prestigious UK E-Learning Awards 2008 for "Most innovative new product or tool in e-learning". The submission was based on a case study highlighting the use of the digital publishing blended learning language training at leading automotive supplier MAHLE in Shanghai, China. In making the award, the jury composed of members of the UK eLearning Network ELN, under chair of Joe Quilter, emphasised that the award specifically recognised the innovative technology and pedagogical value of the dp lan-guage training solutions

About digital publishing
Founded in 1994, digital publishing is a pioneer in computer based language training. The Munich based company provides award winning corporate language train-ing services that help to improve the business communication skills of a global workforce. Over 500 corporate and institutional clients and 5 million students worldwide use CLT as the efficient and flexible approach to improving language skills for both career and personal growth. The digi-tal publishing corporate solution CLT has been awarded numerous prizes and is available in more than 80 countries worldwide. The company is one of the most successful and fastest growing providers of technology enhanced learning solutions in the industry with subsidiaries in Paris/France, Pavia/Italy and Madrid/Spain. Further information at www.clt-net.co.uk.