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Virginia's Ferrum College Moves to New Learning Platform

  • By Dian Schaffhauser
  • 07/29/14

Ferrum College has adopted D2L's integrated learning platform, Brightspace, to replace its legacy learning management system. The Virginia institution will also be using the company's e-portfolio application, D2L ePortfolio, to provide students a mechanism for preserving their work, learning reflections and other aspects of their college years.

"Brightspace was the most advanced yet easy-to-use solution we reviewed. Its rich capabilities in online learning, community sharing and analytics are a perfect fit for the unique needs of our institution," said Gail Summer, vice president of academic affairs. "The company's technology will empower our students to take advantage of a more flexible but open and connected learning environment."

D2L's learning environment provides course management, collaborative tools and functionality for personalizing a student's learning path, including access to a digital repository of education standards that can tie to specific digital learning content.

About the Author

Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.

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