Ucompass.com, Inc. Joins IMS Global Learning Consortium as New Contributing Member
e-Learning Platform and Solutions Provider Commits to Support of Common Cartridge Standard in the Virtual Schools Market
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Lake Mary, FL. - 10 October 2006 The IMS Global Learning Consortium announced today that Ucompass.com, Inc. of Tallahassee, Florida, the provider of the Educator e-learning platform, has joined IMS as a Contributing Member. Ucompass.com, Inc. provides the learning platform and support services for the Florida Virtual School. In joining IMS, Ucompass.com, Inc. has committed to leveraging IMS's new digital content standard, Common Cartridge, backed by many of the leading educational publishers, in its products and services.
"The IMS community is pleased to see Ucompass.com, Inc. step forward as a leader in bringing digital content standards to the K-12 and schools sectors in the U.S.," comments Rob Abel, Chief Executive Officer of IMS. "The Educator platform encompasses a variety of innovative features, such as support for mobile communication and rich media devices, that new IMS workgroups are addressing."
"We are extremely pleased to see such a vital engagement in the standards that underlie the new educational experience that is naturally and necessarily digital for today's student", says Edward Mansouri, Chief Executive Officer of Ucompass.com, Inc.. "Our company thrives on providing innovative, leading edge solutions, and we see a strong synergy with the exciting work going on in IMS."
Ucompass.com, Inc. has been providing learning software and solutions since 1998. Their customers include the American Public University System, the Michigan Community College Virtual Learning Collaborative, the Wisconsin Foundation of Independent Colleges, the Arkansas Foundation of Independent Colleges, and the New Jersey Virtual High School.
Other organizations that have indicated support for the Common Cartridge standard include ANGEL Learning, Apple, Blackboard Inc, the California State University System, Canon Learning, Desire2Learn, Digital Spirit, eCollege, Elsevier Inc, Georgetown University, GTCO Calcomp/InterWrite, Harcourt Education, HarvestRoad, Horizon Wimba, Houghton Mifflin Company, IBM, Indiana University, Lason Inc., Learn eXact LCMS by Giunti Interactive Labs, LearningMate, Microsoft, McGraw-Hill Education, Moodle, the Open University, Oracle, Pearson Education, Pennsylvania State University, the Sakai Project, Sun Microsystems, Thomson Learning, Tribal Technology, University of British Columbia, University of Michigan, and Unicon.
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