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• California State University, Chico, Leads Evolution to Enterprise-Class Online Learning; E-learning pioneer selects WebCT Vista academic enterprise system

  - 2005-07-20

  LYNNFIELD, Mass. -- California State University, Chico, an e-learning pioneer with one of the Cal State system's highest graduation rates, has selected the WebCT VistaTM academic enterprise system to support online learning far into the future. Although most institutions in the 23-member Cal State system offer e-learning, CSU, Chico...

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• WebCT Announces Portfolio Design Partner Initiative; Customer Panel Will Help Define Scope and Features of WebCT Software to Create and Manage ePortfolios

  - 2005-07-18

  SAN FRANCISCO -- WebCT, provider of higher education's most flexible and widely used e-learning solutions, today announced the Portfolio Design Partner PDP initiative featuring a group of customers who will help define the scope and functionality of new ePortfolio software called the WebCT Learner Portfolio. WebCT will release the WebCT...

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• Villanova Faculty to Acquire New Course-Building Options with WebCT Vista; Content Management Functionality Will Enable Integration of Learning Objects from Multiple Courses

  - 2005-03-07

  LYNNFIELD, Mass. -- Villanova University, a perennial number one school in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, has selected the WebCT VistaTM academic enterprise system to provide faculty with powerful new course development capabilities on a scalable infrastructure to accommodate burgeoning e-learning growth. Villanova's 900 full- and part-time...

  Tags: E-learning, integration, SOFTWARE, Villanova University, WebCT

• Sharing e-learning services: former rivals improve education while stretching dollars.(Applications)

  - 2003-08-01

  Technology makes strange bedfellows. Archrivals on the football field and steely competitors for Ohio's best students, we at The University of Akron UA and Kent State University KSU are joining forces to share an e-learning infrastructure. Currently, we are in the process of "Web-enhancing" classroom courses...

  Tags: E-learning, education, Kent State University, SOFTWARE, WebCT

• Technology review: A primer on course management systems

  - 2003-04-01

  IntroductionMany companies today provide software packages, known as a course management system CMS, to help facilitate the online learning process. Most of the packages provide a helpful and user-friendly course development tool with which faculty can move traditional, campus-based course material to the Internet. It is difficult, however, to know...

  Tags: E-learning, SOFTWARE, specification, Technology Review, WebCT

• Getting help from course management software to teach a large-enrollment introductory geology class

  - 2003-03-01

  ABSTRACT Course management software allows instructors to introduce an Internet-based component to their classroom teaching even without any prior knowledge of HTML language. I used one of the most widely available software, WebCT, for two introductory geology classes of approximately 250 students each at Iowa State University in fall 2001....

  Tags: Chat, geology, Iowa State University, PRODUCTIVITY, software, tool, WebCT

• Indianapolis-Based CyberLearning Labs' Teaching Software Catches On.

  - 2002-07-05

  By Bill W. Hornaday, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 5--New software can test the brightest of minds. Not even rocket scientists or brain surgeons are immune. So when CyberLearning Labs of Indianapolis introduced its Angel course management system...

  Tags: Angel, Indiana University, Indianapolis, software, training, WebCT

• New Subscriber Study by The Chronicle of Higher Education Finds WebCT Is Clear Leader In Online Learning Programs

  - 2000-10-11

  Business Editors/Education Writers EDUCAUSE 2000 NASHVILLE, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 11, 2000 Survey Also Detects Shift In Market Dynamics That Should Benefit WebCT, And Corroborates Studies by Q2 Brand Intelligence and McGraw-Hill Ryerson According to a new study of subscribers to The Chronicle of Higher Education,...

  Tags: Chronicle, Clear, E-learning, education, leader, SOFTWARE, WebCT

• ADVISORY/WebCT CEO Carol Vallone to Testify Before U.S. House of Representatives On Benefits of Internet-based Education and Distance Learning

  - 2000-05-09

  News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY... --BUSINESS WIRE MEDIA ALERT WHO: Carol Vallone, CEO and President, WebCT, the leading provider of Web-based course tools, community, content, and commerce to the higher education marketplace WHAT: Ms. Vallone will appear before members of the Subcommittee on Basic...

  Tags: BENEFITS, E-learning, INTERNET, SOFTWARE, U.S. House of Representatives, WebCT

• Purdue Selects WebCT Vista(TM) To Expand Student Learning Opportunities System-Wide

  - 1970-01-01

  Purdue University, one of the nation's top-ranked universities, has signed a contract to make WebCT Vista its e-learning environment.The institution will use Vista, the first and only academic enterprise system AES, to enhance its reputation for academic excellence and advance its strategic education goals. With Vista, Purdue will supplement traditional...

  Tags: E-learning, Purdue University, SOFTWARE, WebCT