Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution

Recognizes the best broad-based, multi-disciplinary teaching application or solution for curricula and content that is specifically targeted toward students in college (graduate and undergraduate) and trade/professional school learning environments.

Products nominated here are eligible for the Best Education Administrative Solution, Best Instruction 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
Constellation - Bridgepoint Constellation presents textbook material in a new and innovative way: as an interactive web page. These highly engaging custom crafted materials are delivered digitally and may be displayed on Constellation's browser-based reader or on a number of devices, such as the iPhone, Kindle, and iPad. Constellation was designed to be an engaging experience for students. They can highlight and make notes directly to the material without add-ons; they can read online or chose to download the content as audio books, print-quality PDFs, text files or in ePUB format. There is also a printing feature so students can print specific sections and pages, notes and highlights directly from Constellation. Constellation offers students a choice of how to access their course materials and so accommodates different learning styles and varying student needs. This approach opens the content to more than just text and includes links, videos and interactive activities. All materials are crafted with the students in mind and are aligned with university learning objectives, providing a more-tailored and comprehensive education experience. Go To Bridgepoint's Web Site Go To Product Site
Job & Career Accelerator - LearningExpress, LLC Job & Career Accelerator, from LearningExpress, LLC, is a fully integrated online career platform that is designed to help individuals make informed career decisions and search for jobs. Users can create professional resumes and cover letters, explore their career options, master crucial interviewing and networking skills, and manage the entire job search and application process in one easy-to-use web platform. It is currently in use in college career centers, libraries, and workforce development centers (including one-stop career centers) nationwide. Job & Career Accelerator was designed by instructional design and career experts, using current available data from the U.S. DOL O*Net and Simply Hired, a leading online job aggregator search engine company. It provides complete career guidance for users at every experience and education level, using the most powerful career assessment and search tools available. It also includes access to a wealth of valuable resources, including online computer skills training and eBooks covering a variety of career subjects. From students looking for crucial internship openings to seasoned workers eager to find their next great opportunity and veterans looking to transition into civilian careers, Job & Career Accelerator has everything they need to make their goals a reality. It is designed to fit into any busy schedule, and takes the guesswork and frustration out of the job search process. "I love it! Job and Career Accelerator has really helped me learn how to build effective resumes and cover letters. It taught me how, rather than just ending up with a finished copy." -Katelyn Resner, student, Brigham Young University-Idaho. Go To LearningExpress, LLC's Web Site Go To Product Site
MyLiteratureLab - Pearson In an effort to engage students in the study of literature, and to help literature professors solve their teaching challenges, Pearson Education developed MyLiteratureLab. No online application for literature offers the breadth and depth of resources that are found in MyLiteratureLab. From full-length films to interactive, guided readings of key works, to a Composing space replete with a Writer’s Toolkit of resources, MyLiteratureLab enriches the students’ experience. They become critical analyzers of literature and improve their literary research and writing. The 60 Longman Lectures remain a favorite feature. Poignant excerpts from well-known works are narrated by Pearson textbook authors. Students are given background information about the selections’ authors and their work, along with a multimedia reading, adding depth to their literary experience. For professors wanting even more, or different, selections from those found in Pearson’s anthologies, the eAnthology gives them and their students access to an additional 200 works that are organized by genre and arranged alphabetically. The ebook feature enables a professor to attach notes to a reading to help students analyze a work. For students who struggle with reading Shakespeare, their experience is broadened by watching Hamlet and Othello, two of the four feature-length films in MyLiteratureLab. Since students often think about getting started with their course assignments late at night, Pearson’s Tutor Service is a plus! While they are enrolled in their accounts, they will be able to make six submissions to Pearson’s Tutor Services writing review service. Highly qualified online tutors will carefully review the submissions (i.e., essay, document or report) and provide students with personalized and detailed feedback with advice on how to improve their writing. The return usually is within 24 hours. A feature new to MyLiteratureLab is WriteClick, a powerful application that encourages students to think critically about their writing and then review, edit and revise effectively — anywhere they write. WriteClick downloads to students’ hard drives and instantly analyzes their writing, no matter where they are doing it — in Microsoft Word, in an e-mail, on Facebook or in a blog. It reviews writing for potential grammar, spelling and style errors and offers meaningful suggestions for improvement. WriteClick is the most powerful and versatile “checker” of its kind. Many literature professors aren’t used to incorporating technology into their course unless they teach online, so the beauty of MyLiteratureLab is that a professor can start with just one feature, such as the Longman Lectures, to enrich the students’ learning experience. Go To Pearson's Web Site Go To Product Site
SAS OnDemand for Academics - SAS Institute Inc. Available at no cost, SAS OnDemand for Academics provides an online delivery model for teaching and learning data management and analytics. By connecting to a SAS-hosted server over the Web, users access the analytical power of SAS software through a user-friendly, point-and-click interface. Students learn valuable skills in advanced data analysis to solve classroom and real-world problems. Go To SAS Institute Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site
SoftChalk 6 - SoftChalk LLC SoftChalk software provides the ultimate solution for easily creating interactive online content for e-learning. Educators can transform static documents into lessons that will engage learners and reinforce learning with embedded media, interactive learning activities, comprehension questions and formatting features. SoftChalk makes it possible to construct lessons with built-in accessibility features, and support for metadata to aid search and discovery of SoftChalk content in learning object repositories. SoftChalk content is portable and can be delivered in almost any learning management system or content management system, or on a web-server or CD-ROM. SoftChalk lessons, courses and learning activities can also be shared in CONNECT, SoftChalk's online community and learning object repository. The content shared on CONNECT can be kept private, or made public via Creative Commons licensing, and can be linked or embedded in any website. Be sure to check out the SoftChalk website and the SoftChalk CONNECT repository for more information. Go To SoftChalk LLC's Web Site Go To Product Site
Wimba Collaboration Suite - Wimba, Inc. The Wimba Collaboration Suiteâ„¢ includes 3 distinct online solutions that combine interactive features such as voice, video, podcasting, instant messaging, application sharing, whiteboarding, etc. and offers students, faculty and administrators an engaging, comprehensive collaboration environment for dynamic instruction, efficient meetings and effective delivery of academic/administrative services. Go To Wimba, Inc.'s Web Site Go To Product Site

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