Web Courseworks Receives International eLearning Award for Tool for Training Elite Coaches

Madison, WI, September 29, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The “CoachTrue” online education toolkit, created by Web Courseworks for the World Anti-Doping Agency, has been named a runner-up in the 2010 International E-learning Awards in the Business/Professional category. The award was announced on September 17 at the International Conference on Interactive Computer-Aided Learning in Hasselt, Belgium. Web Courseworks was one of three U.S.-based company to receive recognition in any category.

CoachTrue is an online tool designed to educate elite coaches about the legal and medical consequences of banned performance-enhancing substances. It uses a combination of tutorials, realistic first-person branching scenario simulations and game-based learning. For example, one conversation simulation gives coaches a virtual environment in which to practice talking to their athletes about the dangers of doping. WADA also uses Web Courseworks’ CourseStage learning management system to track learners’ progress through CoachTrue.

“Web Courseworks is committed to delivering innovative online educational solutions, and the opportunity to combine WADA’s CoachTrue curriculum with our game and simulation software was a perfect collaboration,” said Jon Aleckson, CEO of Web Courseworks. “We are proud to have been a part of this very important global educational mission. We are honored that our work has received not only the approval of our client and their audience base, but also this important industry recognition.”

The CoachTrue program was launched in June 2010. Web Courseworks has also worked with WADA to expand their online education initiative with the Play True Challenge, an immersive simulation game aimed at young athletes. The Play True Challenge was launched to great enthusiasm at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August 2010.

WADA is the international independent organization responsible for promoting, coordinating and monitoring the fight against doping in all its forms. The Agency’s headquarters are based in Montreal, Canada (www.wada-ama.org).

About Web Courseworks:

With offices in Washington, D.C. and Madison, WI, Web Courseworks Ltd. has been transforming static lessons into engaging eLearning activities for over ten years. Web Courseworks is a full-service provider of solutions for electronic education, offering a learning management platform, a collaborative web-based ePublishing system, custom development of high-end games and simulations, and rapid development of tutorial-style asynchronous eCourses. The hosted learning management solution, CourseStage™ is targeted toward the specific need of non-profits and associations.

Visit www.webcourseworks.com or www.coursestage.com for more information.

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