How Can We Help Higher Education Institutions

When one thinks about reliability, scalability and flexibility, they think about Desire2Learn. We support clients that represent some of the largest university and college systems in the US and abroad. We not only provide a complete suite of products but we offer a substantial pallet of services in support of these products. Regardless of number of users, experience in eLearning, or budget, we can support your educational paradigm and teaching and learning strategies.

Varying Levels of Expertise is always a concern at educational institutions. Regardless of your staff's experience with eLearning, The Desire2Learn eLearning Suite will meet your needs and evolve with your institution. Users can be provided specific sets of tools and functions within one organization so that your novice users do not become overwhelmed while at the same time the advanced users' ability to innovate is not sacrificed. Training and implementation time can be reduced by tailoring the system to use only the necessary features, resulting in improved system adoption. Features and complexity can be added as your organization's needs and users' skills increase.

Pedagogical Freedom is a desire and a challenge for all educational programs. The Desire2Learn Learning Environment provides a rich toolset that can be adapted to support any approach taken by your organization for teaching and learning online. A variety of advanced assessment and content tools are available to meet specific instructional needs to support individual learning paths and educational goals based on learning styles, interests and comprehension. The Learning Environment allows courses to be designed with tailored workflows by connecting together various tools. It also provides a more open environment to support the discovery and investigation aspects of student centered learning.

Collaboration is a valuable source of learning that significantly enhances the online learning experience. The Learning Environment facilitates interaction and collaboration through group management integrated into a range of advanced learning tools. Support is also provided for a variety of applications outside of the traditional instructor-led courses such as clubs, research collaborations, curriculum planning and development and social networking. Social learning and collaboration can be taken to the next level by integrating the Learning Environment with Desire2Learn ePortfolio. The flexible and scalable ePortfolio is designed for users and built for the full-scale needs of your organization. Users can build and extend their learning networks across peers, evaluators, colleagues, and subject matter experts. Desire2Learn ePortfolio captures both the formal and informal learning experiences.

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