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CourseSmart Analytics Platform Recognized as Vital Tool for Ensuring Student Success SAN MATEO, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CourseSmart®, a leading Educational Services Platform and the world's largest provider of digital course materials, received the 2013 Platinum Learning Impact Award in the New Product Category for CourseSmart Analytics, as announced by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. CourseSmart Analytics addresses three of the largest challenges in higher...
New competition promises to help accelerate the open standards-based edtech ecosystem SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure, maker of the Canvas learning platform, announced at the IMS Global Conference today that it is partnering with Blackboard, Desire2Learn and IMS Global Learning Consortium to encourage development of new LTI® apps for education. As part of the "LTI App Bounty," Instructure is offering a $250 reward for each qualifying LTI app submitted by June...
Education technology innovators continue to disrupt legacy LMS platforms with their latest learning analytics-based solution DALLAS, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- LoudCloud Systems continues to dive deeper into learning analytics with the launch of the latest version of their behavioral learning platform on Friday, March 1. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130304/CG70749) According to CEO Manoj Kutty, "LoudCloud 3.5 offers significant innovation along our four...
A meeting of the nation’s leading education assessment and information management experts. Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 05, 2012 Choice Solutions is proudly hosting October’s Assessment Interoperability Framework (AIF) meeting in Boston Massachusetts. This monthly gathering of national education organizations is focused on creating a cohesive group of assessment data standards and the associated rules for how data will move between the related systems that support assessment...
STAMFORD, Conn., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, was named a Learning Impact 2012 Gold Award Winner from the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS) for its MindLinks service. Cengage Learning MindLinks received the designation in the new and R&D initiatives category at this year's IMS conference in Toronto, Canada on May 18th. The Learning Impact program recognizes outstanding...
MADISON, Wis., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the trusted market leader for lecture capture, enterprise and event webcasting, today announced integration conformance certification for the IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard through its partnership with IMS Global Learning Consortium. This new interoperability enables content from the Mediasite webcasting and lecture capture platform to be seamlessly integrated with all popular...
MADISON, Wis., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the trusted market leader for lecture capture, enterprise and event webcasting, today announced Tilburg School of Economics and Management received new honors for its lecture capture program centered on the Mediasite platform. The school, located in the Netherlands, is a finalist for the Learning Impact Leadership Award from IMS Global Learning Consortium (GLC), and has also received the 2012 Dutch...
STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Unicon to improve interoperability of Cengage Learning's digital content and solutions within the open source Sakai courseware management platform. The integration will enhance the implementation of the IMS LTI standard that is developed and maintained by the Sakai community. All source code developed...
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc. (Nadsaq: BBBB) today announced extended support for two key open education standards that make it easier for institutions to integrate the Blackboard Learn(TM) platform with other enterprise data systems and enable greater flexibility in the use of educational content and resources. The latest version of the leading online learning platform - Service Pack 6 for Blackboard Learn 9.1 - adds full support for IMS Learning Information...
Learning Objects and Baldwin-Wallace College Win Learning Impact Award for Collaboration Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 25, 2011 Learning Objects, Inc. in collaboration with Baldwin-Wallace College has won a 2011 IMS GLC Learning Impact Award. The IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) awarded Learning Objects' Campus Pack in conjunction with Baldwin-Wallace College based on their innovative use of this social media application at the college. The results of this collaborative effort...
