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Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Educational software, eLearning |
| Founded | July 2000 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | CEO and President: Christopher D. Clapp, VP and CTO: David Mills, VP and Chief Products Officer: Ray Henderson and Chief Visionary: Tony Leonard |
| Products | ANGEL Learning Management Suite ANGEL ePortfolio |
| Revenue | Not disclosed |
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Number of employees | Not disclosed |
| Website | http://www.angellearning.com |
ANGEL Learning, Inc. was a privately held educational software company specializing in eLearning. Its main products were the ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS), ANGEL ePortfolio, and services offerings. In May 2009, it was acquired by Blackboard Inc.
Background
ANGEL Learning and the ANGEL LMS evolved from research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).1 The initial research system deployed in 1996 became Indiana University's OnCourse founded by Ali Jafari and David Mills. The ANGEL LMS was created using the early system concepts and was released by the newly formed CyberLearning Labs, Inc. in July 2000. The company later changed its name to ANGEL Learning. On May 6, 2009, competitor Blackboard Inc announced that it was purchasing ANGEL Learning with the merger's completion planned for the end of May, 2009.2
Products
ANGEL Learning Management Suite
The ANGEL LMS was used by K-12 schools and districts, community colleges, universities and proprietary schools to create Virtual Learning Environments for online learning and to offer hybrid or blended (web-enhanced) classes. Corporations also use the system for online corporate training. The final version, 7.4, was released in April 2009. It was for all students of the United States
ANGEL ePortfolio
ANGEL ePortfolio was used by students to create an electronic portfolio of their digital work. Schools use ANGEL ePortfolio to collect and report on data for accreditation purposes. The final version, 2.1, was released in June 2008.
Services
ANGEL Learning also offers services such as training, implementation, integration, and application hosting.
R&D projects
Open Source Contributions
ANGEL Learning contributed source code to the development of the IMS/GLS Common Cartridge Digital Content and to educational wiki development through a source code contribution to TiddlyWiki.3
Second Life
ANGEL Learning created and maintained ANGEL Learning Isle in Second Life. The island was open to educators for educational experimentation in the use of virtual collaboration technologies for online learning.4 The San Jose School of Library and Information Science was working with ANGEL Learning on a project to integrate Second Life with the ANGEL LMS.5
Partnerships
ANGEL Learning had a number of partners who either offer content in the ANGEL format or integrations to the ANGEL LMS. Some of these partners included BigGyan, Elluminate, Emantras, Pearson Education, SMARTHINKING, Tegrity, Turnitin, Wiley, and Wimba.6
Awards
The ANGEL LMS received several industry awards, and ANGEL Learning was also recognized by various organizations. Awards include:
- 2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Classroom Management Solution for preK-127
- 2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution8
- 2008 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution9
- 2007 IMS GLC First Place Learn-Sat Award10
- 2007 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution11
- 2006 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution12
- Parature Legend Makers Award13
References
References
- "CN Stories - CourseNetworking". www.thecn.com. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- "Blackboard to Acquire ANGEL Learning, Inc" (Press release). Blackboard, Inc. May 6, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-05-10.
- "ANGEL's Open Source Move". 11 October 2007.
- "The Power of Virtual Worlds in Education: A Second Life Primer and Resource for Exploring the Potential of Virtual Worlds to Impact Teaching and Learning" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- "SJSU SLIS | Happenings: 11 July 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
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- "Elluminate and ANGEL Announce Seamless Integration Initiative" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2008-10-06.
- "E-learning, Courseware, Custom Content, Learning Management, E-Learning, Blended Learning and other aspects of E-Learning Technologies - Emantras" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- "Pearson Education Signs Agreement With CyberLearning Labs" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2004-12-05.
- "SMARTHINKING and ANGEL Learning Announce Single Sign-On Integration" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- "Tegrity Announces Further Integration with ANGEL LMS" (Press release).
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Turnitin® and ANGEL® Turnitin's Integration for ANGEL Users" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- "About ANGEL Learning". Archived from the original on 2007-08-27.
- "ANGEL Integration". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.
- "2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Classroom Management Solution for preK-12". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27.
- "2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31.
- "2008 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2008-08-02.
- "IMS GLC Learning Technology Satisfaction and Trends". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11.
- "2007 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2007-08-17.
- "2006 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23.
- "Parature Legend Makers Award". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21.