Allen Interactions and Union Bank of California Win 2005 Excellence In E-Learning Award.ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. -- Allen Interactions and Union Bank of California Union Bank of California is one of the 30 largest commercial banks in the United States. It has 327 branches, the majority of which are in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. , N.A announced today that they have received an Excellence in Learning Award from brandon-hall.com. This award recognizes outstanding creativity in the design and development of e-learning applications. The award was given for the Frontline Loss Prevention course created by Allen Interactions and Union Bank of California. This E-Learning course trains retail banking staff to identify and prevent fraudulent activity by placing them in simulations of real world tasks they perform each day, such as check negotiability, authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , entitlement, privacy of information and office controls. The course allows learners to practice the techniques and procedures they must perform in the context of their job. This approach gives the retail banking staff a clear sense of the relevancy of the training and it makes the transfer of the training to on-the-job performance easier. In fact, Union Bank has noted a decline in losses since the program's inception. "We are excited and honored to receive this prestigious award," said Bob Hack, Ph.D., Union Bank's Training Director. "This has been a challenging and fulfilling project, and the development team delivered with impressive creativity and originality. We are pleased to share this award with our talented partners at Allen Interactions. The Excellence in Learning Awards are presented by brandon-hall.com, one of the e-learning industry's leading research and consulting firms. Now in its eleventh year, the awards program showcases exceptional work by providing feedback and benchmarking to entrants in an overall effort to help advance the e-learning industry. "The winning entries this year show that innovation in our field is continuing at full speed," said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of brandon-hall.com and chairman of the Excellence in Learning Awards program. "The winners are excellent both in terms of creativity and range of application. (They) are the new cutting edge." Allen Interactions and Union Bank of California were recognized during an awards ceremony and dinner held in Long Beach, Calif., as part of the 2005 Training Fall Conference & Expo. A full list of winning entries is available online at http://www.brandon-hall.com. This year, entries were submitted in three categories: Outstanding Learning Programs and Initiatives, Custom Content, and Innovative Technology. Judges evaluated entries in instructional design Instructional design is the practice of arranging media (communication technology) and content to help learners and teachers transfer knowledge most effectively. The process consists broadly of determining the current state of learner understanding, defining the end goal of , online learning and the implementation of e-learning. About Allen Interactions With more than a decade of experience, Allen Interactions has an unrivaled track record in delivering dynamic enterprise custom e-learning solutions that serve employees, partners and customers at many of the world's leading companies. Allen Interactions has designed and developed the highest impact custom e-learning and blended learning Blended Learning is the combination of multiple approaches to learning. Blended learning can be accomplished through the use of 'blended' virtual and physical resources. A typical example of this would be a combination of technology-based materials and face-to-face sessions used available for leading organizations like Apple Computer, Motorola, Ecolab, Nextel and Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. . Blending best practices with technology, content and service, Allen Interactions assists these companies that need to execute business change, drive and improve performance, accelerate speed to profit and improve people effectiveness. For more information: http://www.alleni.com. About Union Bank of California Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , UnionBanCal Corporation UnionBanCal Corporation (NYSE: UB) is a bank holding company in San Francisco, California. It is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Sections
See: New York Stock Exchange ) is a bank holding company with assets of $51.2 billion at June 30, 2005. Its primary subsidiary, Union Bank of California, N.A., had 318 banking offices in California, Oregon and Washington, and 21 international facilities, at June 30, 2005. The company's Web site is located at www.uboc.com. About brandon-hall.com The Excellence in Learning Awards program is chaired by one of the leading authorities on e-learning, Brandon Hall, Ph.D. Dr. Hall is the CEO of brandon-hall.com and author of the groundbreaking Web-Based Training Cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN . Since 1992, brandon-hall.com has been providing independent, expert advice in the form of published reports and consultations on the tools and best practices of e-learning. Dr. Hall participates regularly as a featured speaker at the Training Fall Conference & Expo. He earned his doctorate in educational psychology and has served on the faculty of San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program. His work has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Forbes, Inc,. |
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