Judging

Member agencies submit courses developed by volunteers into the competition and provided a first round of judging on ten criteria. The top courses in each category are then sent to an international panel of seven eLearning experts. The international panel of judges reviews each of the top courses on eight criteria and selects the top courses from each of the four categories, an enterprise winner and an individual or private group winner for each category.

Award Categories

To participate

Volunteers should join the eLearning Global Giveback Group on LinkedIn and highlight their eLearning skills, instructional design and eLearning development skills in your LinkedIn Profile. This info can be highlighted in the Summary and Skills sections of your LinkedIn Profile. Once you’ve joined the eLearning Global Giveback group, please post a message that describes your interest, and any time restrictions. For example, “Hi, I’m an instructional designer and XXX Authoring tool user, interested in developing a …. Simulation/mobile/field generated learning resource. I have time available to volunteer in October and November, 2011.” Please keep in mind that the discussions persist and dates will not be clear to future readers unless you include the year.

Courses developed in 2011 on a volunteer basis for LINGOs member agencies submitted by December 16, 2011 are eligible for the competition.

Feel free to contact organizers via email to . To ensure that e-mail regarding Global Giveback does not end up in your junk email or SPAM folder, please add  and  to your list of permitted senders.

The eLearning Guild offers a $200 discount off the registration fee for Learning Solutions 2011 Conference & Expo for each individual who completed a course for the 2011 Global Giveback Competition. This discount is in addition to other Guild member, organizational (non-profit, academic, government), and early registration discounts they may qualify for. This discount can not be combined with special rates offered for full conference registrations to exhibitors and speakers. This discount does not apply to pre-conference workshops or co-located events.

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