Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management System

Recognizes the best system designed for postsecondary educators to manage curriculum-based content, student access and use, diagnostic and remediation programs, data management and reporting tools. Includes course and content-based learning management systems used by students.

Products nominated here are eligible for the Best Education Administrative Solution and Best Postsecondary Education Solution supercategories.

Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 for Higher Education - Blackboard Inc. Blackboard's next generation teaching and learning platform powers student achievement through a continuous cycle of engagement and assessment. Release 9.1 has been designed to engage educators and students, in and out of the classroom, through an open and innovative platform. When it comes to the student experience, integrated student engagement tools make it easy to expand learning opportunities through active participation across courses and organizations - providing students a familiar experience in our web 2.0 drag and drop interface. As for instructors, embedded workflow capabilities foster greater productivity and efficiency for instructional and organizational leaders - freeing up more time to focus on student achievement and retention. Addressing a Higher Education leadership need of measuring learning outcomes, Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 provides an easy way to identify alignments between course objectives and program or institutional outcomes all through one integrated platform - ensuring institutions collect the data and measure what they need. Finally, the openness and extensibility of our platform allows institutions to be as agile and innovative as they desire - while still maintaining centralized structure and control. Go To Blackboard Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site
Edvance360.com - Edvance360 Edvance360 is a hosted learning management system (LMS) that institutions utilize to provide residential, hybrid, and online courses. At Edvance360, we believe that learning happens in the context of a relationship. We therefore provide a rich and social learning experience for students, including unique secure social networks, collaborative communities and Web 2.0 tools. Designed by faculty, the user-interface is streamlined and easy to use, taking into account the work-flows of faculty, cutting down on the number of clicks it takes to accomplish tasks and the learning curve to adopt such a platform. Learning Outcomes Management enables administrators to collect and measure institutional outcomes and objectives in a simple interface, making necessary accountability easy to access – at no additional cost. Open integration and adherence to SCORM and IMS Common Cartridge standards allow institutions to import and export published curriculum, integrate with Student Information Systems, and share data with third-party vendors. Additional robust tools include sequenced learning/lessons, wikis, notification agents, ePortfolios, live video conferencing/VoIP, and cloud-based streaming. Stated simply, Edvance360 is simple, relational, and powerful. Go To Edvance360's Web Site Go To Product Site
Jenzabar e-Racer - Jenzabar, Inc. Jenzabar e-Racer is a learning management system developed to help faculty, students, and administrators stay up to speed with the demands of a dynamic educational environment. With e-Racer, students can connect with faculty 24/7, and engage and collaborate with one another throughout the learning process. Go To Jenzabar, Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site
joule learning management platform - Moodlerooms, Inc. What is joule? joule is Moodlerooms' enterprise e-Learning platform that builds on an open source Moodle LMS core to combine next-generation functionality and dedicated service into an affordable and adaptable turnkey solution. joule's agile development method gives educators the flexibility to add tested and approved open-source features, third-party plug-ins, as well as Moodlerooms developments to shape the most innovative e-learning platform that will continuously adapt and evolve over time. Company Background Moodlerooms, Inc. was founded in 2005 by three Baltimore-based former educators. They wanted to make effective e-Learning solutions more accessible and affordable for all educators and learners. To deliver the most affordable and sustainable e-Learning solution possible, Moodlerooms was founded on the basis of harnessing the open-source teaching and learning software, Moodle, at the core of its solutions. What is Moodle? Similar to other open-source software projects like the Linux OS, Moodle is freely downloadable and has built a community of tens of millions of users (currently over 40 million). While open-source Moodle offered near limitless flexibility, it required particular set of technical know-how and the purchase of expensive hardware to implement. That's where the Moodle partner network comes in. The partner network is a series of companies that deliver Software-as-a-Service solutions for Moodle. What sets Moodlerooms and joule apart? Moodlerooms is part of the Moodle partner network, providing e-Learning solutions institutions, schools, corporations and non-profit organizations While Moodlerooms offers a variety of Moodle services, what makes Moodlerooms special is joule--an e-Learning platform that builds on a Moodle core to combine next-generation functionality and dedicated service into an affordable and adaptable turnkey solution. Moodlerooms launched joule in November 2009 to meet unique enterprise Moodle needs by delivering enhanced features, needs-based consultative services and community-driven innovations. Go To Moodlerooms, Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site

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