Raptivity wins eLearning Guild Platinum Award:Recognized for Highest User Satisfaction in Simulation Tools:Also wins Gold Award as a Games Tool

The eLearning Guild announced today the winners of the new eLearning Guild Members Choice Awards for Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS). Raptivity, the world’s first rapid interactivity builder for e-learning, won the Platinum Award under Simulation Tools category. Raptivity also won the Gold Award under Games Tools category.

The awards are announced in conjunction with the publication of the Guild's premier Guild Research 360-degree Report on Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS) which focuses on the demand for, and demands of, simulations, scenarios, and serious games for learning.

"We wanted these awards to have a lot of credibility, and not just represent the opinions of a handful of people," said Steve Wexler, the Guild's director of research and emerging technologies. "More than 4,600 eLearning Guild members have told use which tools they use and have told us what they think of these tools and the awards were based on the opinions of these e-Learning professionals - professionals that are passionate about e-Learning."

“Harbinger Group is delighted to be the recipient of these prestigious awards,” said Vikas Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director of Harbinger Group. “With over 23800 members worldwide, the eLearning Guild’s endorsement of user satisfaction with Raptivity is valuable to us. We trust this recognition will encourage eLearning practitioners to adopt Raptivity for designing simulations, games and other interactive learning content.”

According to the Guild, the Guild Members Choice Awards represent market share and satisfaction across all industries, company sizes, number of learners impacted, and job level of respondents.

About The eLearning Guild

The eLearning Guild is a global Community of Practice for e-Learning professionals and provides learning opportunities, networking services, resources, and publications for over 23,800 members. The Guild represents a diverse group of designers, developers, managers, directors, and executives focused on training and learning services. The eLearning Guild is a subsidiary of Focuszone Media, Inc, based in Santa Rosa, California. Please call +1.707.566.8990 or visit http://www.eLearningGuild.com for more information.


About Raptivity

Raptivity, the world’s first rapid interactivity builder, helps users create true learning outcomes with meaningful interactivity. With Raptivity, users can create interactivity rapidly and add it conveniently to their eLearning content. With interactive content, learning experiences become memorable and drop-out levels go down.

Raptivity provides a pre-built library of rapidly-customizable interaction models. These interaction models are based on the best practices in instructional design. Users can customize them to create any number of variations. The content published by Raptivity is a single flash file so it fits right into hundreds of eLearning tools and can be used anywhere. With its patent-pending technology and open architecture, Raptivity is at the forefront of rapid interactivity technology.

About Harbinger Knowledge Products

Harbinger Knowledge Products, the creator of Raptivity, specializes in developing highly interactive eLearning content and tools. Recently, TrainingOutsourcing.com recognized Harbinger in global top 20 specialized learning process providers. Harbinger was also short-listed for eLearning Awards 2006 by e.learning age, UK, in the ‘The most innovative new product in e-learning’ category.

For more information on Raptivity, visit www.raptivity.com.

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