2021 Award-Winners Announced!

     Thank you ‘learning leaders’ for taking time to share your excellent projects, talent and achievements.

BEST TALENTED TEAM

Compliance

Platinum Winner
– GRC Solutions

Customer Experience

Gold Winner
– Open LMS

Learning & Development

Platinum Winners
– Ab2 Institute of Accounting & Toa Academy
– Specsavers ANZ
– Victoria University Polytechnic

Learning Design

Diamond Winner
– OpenLearning
Gold Winners
– Colgate-Palmolive & Upside Learning Solutions
– eCreators by Open LMS
– Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Upside Learning Solutions
– ISS & Upside Learning Solutions
– The New South Wales Ministry of Health and Wavelength

People & Culture

Gold Winner
Open LMS

Talent Partnership

This award focuses on a talent partnership (internal and/or external) that was formed to plan/execute a project that had significant impact on workforce and business performance, empowered employees and increased employee skill sets.

Virtual Learning & Development

Diamond Winner
– Androgogic

Virtual Reality (VR) Development & Design

Platinum Winner
– Sport Integrity Australia and MAXART
Diamond Winner
– KiwiRail and Compono
Gold Winner
– Next World Enterprises

BEST L&D PROJECT

Certification Training

Platinum Winners
– Dell Technologies
– Finsure Finance & Insurance
Diamond Winner
– Social Media College
Gold Winners
– Gitlab
– Katrina Macdermid & Redhero Group

Compliance Training

Platinum Winners
– The Arnott’s Group & Safetrac
– Independent Hardware Group & Safetrac
– NSW Police & Androgogic
– South West Credit & GRC Solutions
– Goodman Fielder, Idaho & Norton Rose Fulbright
Diamond Winners
– Origin & The ID Crowd
– TPG Telecom
Gold Winners
– Ab² Institute of Accounting & Toa Academy
– ISS (Data Protection) & Upside Learning Solutions
– Melbourne Racing Club & Tribal Habits
– World Bank Group & Upside Learning Solutions

Content Curation

Diamond Winners
– The McGrath Foundation & Androgogic
– Idaho & Norton Rose Fulbright
Gold Winner
– Metcash
Silver Winners
– Gitlab
– eCreators by Open LMS

Customer Experience

Platinum Winner
– Bendigo Bank & The Learning Hook
Diamond Winner
– RMIT & Spring Point
Gold Winner
– EmPRO & G-Cube

Extensive - Virtual Training Workshop

Diamond Winner
– Metcash

Health & Safety

Platinum Winners
– Metcash/Independent Hardware Group & Safetrac
– Royal Life Saving Society Australia & Learning Plan
Diamond Winners
– Aon, Bolton Clarke & FactorC
– Transport for NSW & The Learning Hook
Gold Winners
– GCG Health, Safety & Hygiene
– LearningPlanet
– ISS & Upside Learning Solutions
– World Bank Group & Upside Learning Solutions

Induction/Onboarding

Platinum Winner
– MYOB
Diamond Winners
– Maddocks & Obvious Choice
– Bendigo Bank & The Learning Hook
Gold Winners

– Ab² Institute of Accounting
– Cipla and G-Cube
– NSW Rural Fire Services & Open LMS
– REA Group
– Silver Chain Group
– Wesley Mission & The ID Crowd
– Parkinson’s Victoria & The Learning Hook
– Zee Entertainment Enterprises & Upside Learning Solutions

Leadership Capability

Platinum Winner
– Australian Army (Land Warfare Centre) & VMP eLearning
Diamond Winners
– Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) & Kineo
– REA Group
– Ab² Institute of Accounting & Toa Academy
Gold Winners
– Amicus Workspaces & Armstrong Flooring
– Homelessness NSW

Learning & Development

This award focuses on a learning and development project that was implemented to increase performance, ensuring employees possessed the right level of skills and knowledge in an area of the business that aligned to the enterprise strategy.

Learning Campaign

Diamond Winner
– University of Wollongong and OpenLearning

Learning Transfer

This award focuses on a learning-transfer project that has been designed so that transfer is reinforced and sustained at focused phase/s of the project, advancing employee performance at work.

People & Performance

Gold Winner
– Compono

Performance Support

Gold Winner
– NSW Department of Communities and Justice & imc

Product Knowledge

Platinum Winner
– Dell Technologies
Diamond Winners
– Baxter and G-Cube
– Petstock
Gold Winners
– Nissan & Open LMS
– mIoT & Tribal Habits
– Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Upside Learning Solutions

Sales Training

Platinum Winner
– Rea Group
Diamond Winners
– PepsiCo & MPS Interactive Systems
– General Motors Australia & New Zealand & MSX International
Gold Winners
– Endress+Hauser & Constellar Consulting
– Compono
– Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Accelerate) & Upside Learning Solutions
– Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Adadptive Workplace) & Upside Learning Solutions

Social Learning

Platinum Winner
– The Special Olympics Committee & G-Cube

Technical Skills Training

Platinum Winners
– Dell Technologies
– Finsure Finance & Insurance
Diamond Winners
– Orica & PulseLearning
– Ab² Institute of Accounting & Toa Academy
Gold Winners
– GCG Health, Safety & Hygiene
– Institute of Management Accountants & G-Cube
– George Western Foods (DON) & Xapify
– Compono
– Homelessness NSW & The ID Crowd
– Gitlab

BEST TALENT STRATEGY

Career Development

Platinum Winners
– Ab² Institute of Accounting & Toa Academy
– Sam’s Club
Diamond Winner
– Homelessness NSW

Diversity/Inclusion

Diamond Winner
– Reliance Jio Infocomm

Employee Experience

Gold Winners
– The Commission for Children and Young People &  imc
–  Zee Entertainment Enterprises & Upside Learning Solutions

Flexible Working

Diamond Winner
– Rea Group
Gold Winner
– Open LMS

Learning Culture

Platinum Winner
– Sam’s Club

Organisational Development

Diamond Winner
– Homelessness NSW

Wellbeing

Diamond Winner
– Aon, Bolton Clarke & FactorC

BEST LEARNING MODEL

Blended

Platinum Winner
– Social Media College
Diamond Winners
– The McGrath Foundation & Androgogic
– Cancer Institute NSW
Gold Winners
– Katrina Macdermid & Redhero Group
– Silver Chain Group
– Art of Work & Tribal Habits

Custom/Bespoke

Platinum Winners
– Arnott’s & Safetrac
– Coles & Deakin Co
– Metcash/Independent Hardware Group & Safetrac
Diamond Winners
– Goodman Fielder, Idaho & Norton Rose Fulbright
– Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Spacegoat Interactive & PulseLearning
Gold Winners
– Forest Fire Management – Victoria & MasterE Learning Solutions
– Department of Defence & Open LMS
– Fonterra & Sysdoc
– New Zealand Government Procurement & Sysdoc
– Training That Works & Tribal Habits

Future

Platinum Winner
– Green Climate Fund & imc
Diamond Winner
– Linc Education Services & Navitas
Gold Winner
– Ab² Institute of Accounting & Toa Academy

Online

Platinum Winner
– VU Online
Diamond Winner
– Dental Health Services Victoria & The Learning Hook
Gold Winners
– Royal Life Saving Society Australia & Learning Plan
– The New South Wales Ministry of Health & Wavelength
– YesVR

Rapidly-Shifted-Online

Platinum Winner
– Royal Life Saving Society Australia & Learning Plan
Diamond Winner
– Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Upside Learning Solutions
Gold Winner
– Christel House & Mobile Guardian

BEST ELEARNING INITIATIVE

F2F Classroom to Virtual Classroom

Platinum Winners
– IAG
– Lion
Diamond Winner
– Bupa & Spring Point
Gold Winner
– Colgate-Palmolive & Upside Learning Solutions

On a Budget

Platinum Winner
– Petspiration Group
Diamond Winners
– Lion
– General Motors Australia & New Zealand & MSX International
Gold Winner
– Challenge Community Services & Tribal Habits

Widespread Adopter

Platinum Winner
– Victoria University Polytechnic
Diamond Winners
– Petspiration Group
– Origin & The ID Crowd
Gold Winner
– The Department of Education and Training Victoria & imc
– The New South Wales Ministry of Health & Wavelength

New Adopter

Gold Winners
– Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW) & Savv-e
– Big Brown House & Tribal Habits
– MCI Solutions & Learning Plan
– Nova Group & Mothership Ventures
– The Y (YMCA) & Androgogic

On-Demand

Diamond Winner
– Australian Maritime Safety Authority & Androgogic
Gold Winner
– YesVR

BEST ELEARNING DESIGN

Accessibility

Gold Winner
– MCI Solutions & Learning Plan

Agile

Platinum Winners
– Auckland Online & Online Education Services (OES)
– Monash Online & Online Education Services (OES)
– VU Online

App

Platinum Winner
– NSW Police Force & Mobile Learning & Androgogic
Diamond Winner
– L’Oréal Travel Retail & Growth Engineering

Free Resource

Gold Winners
– Australian Institute of Sport & White Leaf Solutions
– Cancer Institute NSW
– Open LMS
– Local Government NSW (LGNSW) & Savv-e
– The Y (YMCA) & Androgogic
– Transport for NSW & The Learning Hook

Game

Platinum Winner
– MAXART
Gold Winners
– Elgrace
– Endress+Hauser & Constellar Consulting
– GitLab
– imc
– Mental Health Movement & Open LMS
– Wienerschnitzel & Upside Learning Solutions
– Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited & Upside Learning Solutions

Interactive Scenario

Platinum Winner
– BHP Olympic Dam & Cell-Media
Diamond
– Royal Life Saving Society Australia & Learning Plan
– TPG Telecom
– Transport for NSW & Openlearn
– Victoria University Polytechnic
Gold Winners
– City of Calgary & Xpan Interactive
– Elgrace
– Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Upside Learning Solutions
– InvoCare & Elgrace
– KayJayEm Services & Red Hero Group
– World Bank Group (Personal Data Privacy) & Upside Learning Solutions
– World Bank Group (Returning Safely to the Office) & Upside Learning Solutions

Micro/Bitesize

Platinum Winner
– VU Online
Diamond Winners
– GoHort, NZ Apples & Pears Inc & eCampus NZ
– Lion
Gold Winners
– LearningPlanet
– PepsiCo & MPS Interactive Systems
– World Bank Group & Upside Learning Solutions
– YesVR
Silver Winners
– GitLab
– Open LMS

Shift-it-Online

Diamond Winners
– Dentsply Sirona
– UNSW Global & OpenLearning
Gold Winners
– Cerebral Palsy Alliance & Elgrace
– Colgate-Palmolive & Upside Learning Solutions
– InvoCare & Elgrace
– McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer
– MCI Solutions & Learning Plan
– Metcelerate & Open LMS
– Parkinson’s Victoria & The Learning Hook
– PepsiCo Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) & MPS Interactive Systems
-Royal Life Saving Society Australia & Learning Plan
– TMR (QLD) & Compono
Silver Winner
– Phriendly Phishing

Simulation

This award focuses on electronic media that are smartly designed for learning-experience simulations in which mechanical devices, video, consoles, computers, mobile devices and/or simulation-based phone apps are used.

Video

Platinum Winner
–  Video Arts
Diamond Winners
– The Bowen Group
– Transport for NSW & Openlearn

BEST VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING

360-Degree Video

Platinum Winner
– Sport Integrity Australia & MAXART

VR Hard Skills

Platinum Winner
– Energy Queensland and MAXART
Diamond Winner
– KiwiRail & Compono

VR Industry Specific

Diamond Winner
– KiwiRail & Compono

AR Industry Specific

Gold Winner
– Australian Meat Processor Corporation & Optivly

Integrated (VR & Online)

Platinum Winner
– Fendi and eLearning Brothers

Integrated (AR & Face-to-Face)

Platinum Winner
– National Electrical and Communication Association – Education & Careers & MAXART

VR Soft Skills

Platinum Winners
– Sport Integrity Australia (Ethical Decision Making in Sport) & MAXART
– Sport Integrity Australia (Doping Control Program) & MAXART

BEST LEARNING TECHNOLOGY

Use of Technology in Learning

Platinum Winners
– Energy Queensland & MAXART
– National Electrical and Communication Association – Education & Careers & MAXART
– Sport Integrity Australia & MAXART
– Westpac & MAXART
Gold Winners
– Junior Achievement USA
– Neovation Learning Solutions
– Mind You & VidVersity
– UNSW & OpenLearning
Silver Winners
– Carlile Swimming & Xapify
– Next World Enterprises

Learning Management System (LMS)

Platinum Winners
– Australian Maritime Safety Authority & Androgogic
– NSW Police Force & Androgogic
– Northern Health & Androgogic
– St John of God Health Care & Androgogic
– Uniting AgeWell & Androgogic
Diamond Winner
– TPG Telecom & Kineo
Gold Winners
– Can I Live & MATRIX by Cypher Learning
– Specsavers ANZ
– Tata Motors & G-Cube
-UNSW & OpenLearning
Silver Winners
– Open LMS
– Sai Life Sciences Limited

Learning Records Store (LRS)

Diamond Winner
– Financial Planning Association of Australia & Androgogic

BEST PANDEMIC TRAINING

Compliance Training

Gold
– Audit Express
– Department of Health Victoria & imc
Silver
– Phriendly Phishing

eLearning Design

Platinum Winners
– Specsavers ANZ
– The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
– The World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Human Rights 360 & Reality Learning
Diamond Winners
– GoHort, NZ Apples & Pears Inc & eCampus NZ
– Junior Achievement USA
– Medcast & Androgogic
Gold Winners
– Australian Meat Processor Corporation & Optivly
– McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer
– Victoria University Polytechnic
– World Bank Group & Upside Learning Solutions

Hard Skills Training

Gold Winner
– Victoria University & Victoria University Polytechnic

Induction/Onboarding

Gold Winner
– Silver Chain Group

Health & Safety Training

Platinum Winner
– eviQ Education & Cancer Institute NSW
Diamond Winner
– Australian Catholic University & OpenLearning
Gold Winners
– Burke Shire Council & Next World Enterprises
– Momentum Consulting & Kineo

Shift-it-Online

Platinum Winner
– Eastern Health & Androgogic
Diamond Winners
– Domestic Violence Victoria, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria & Reality Learning
– Metcash
– UNSW Global and OpenLearning
Gold Winners
– Bank Australia
– Christel House & Mobile Guardian
– Fonterra & Sysdoc
– Maxima & Kineo
– McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer
– MCI Solutions & Learning Plan
– VicRoads & Compono

Learning & Development Project

Platinum Winner
– Coles & MAXART
Diamond Winners
– Medcast & Androgogic
– L’Oréal Travel Retail & Growth Engineering
– Specsavers ANZ
– Victoria University Polytechnic
Gold Winner
– Christel House & Mobile Guardian

Resilience & Wellbeing

Platinum Winner
– Lifeline Australia
Diamond Winner
– Australian Football League (AFL) & Androgogic
Gold Winners
– Bank Australia
– Metcash

Soft Skills Training

Gold Winners
– Challenge DV, GO1 & The ID Crowd
– High Resolves & OpenLearning
– Kate Woodley Business Consultancy & Reality Learning

Technical Skills Training

Diamond Winner
– Victoria University & Victoria University Polytechnic