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ANGEL Learning, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	July, 2000
Headquarters	Indianapolis, IN, United States
Key people	CEO and President: Christopher D. Clapp, VP and CTO: David Mills, VP and Chief Products Officer: Ray Henderson
Industry	Educational software, eLearning
Products	ANGEL Learning Management Suite ANGEL ePortfolio
Revenue	Not disclosed
Operating income	Not disclosed
Net income	Not disclosed
Employees	Not disclosed
Website	http://www.angellearning.com

ANGEL Learning, Inc. was a privately held educational software company specializing in eLearning. Its main products are the ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS), ANGEL ePortfolio, and services offerings. In May 2009 it was acquired by Blackboard Inc.

Contents 1 Background 2 Products 2.1 ANGEL Learning Management Suite 2.2 ANGEL ePortfolio 2.3 Services 3 R&D projects 3.1 Open Source Contributions 3.2 Second Life 4 Partnerships 5 Awards 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Background

ANGEL Learning and the ANGEL LMS evolved from research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The initial research system deployed in 1996 became Indiana University's OnCourse. 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 has since changed its name to ANGEL Learning. On May 6, 2009, competitor Blackboard Inc announced that it is purchasing ANGEL Learning with the merger's completing planned for the end of May, 2009.

[edit] Products

[edit] ANGEL Learning Management Suite

The ANGEL LMS is 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 latest version, 7.4, was released in April 2009.

[edit] ANGEL ePortfolio

ANGEL ePortfolio is 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 latest version, 2.1, was released in June 2008.

[edit] Services

ANGEL Learning also offers services such as training, implementation, integration, and application hosting.

[edit] R&D projects

[edit] Open Source Contributions

ANGEL Learning recently 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. See e-Literate's comments on ANGEL's TiddlyWiki contribution.

[edit] Second Life

ANGEL Learning created and maintains ANGEL Learning Isle in Second Life. The island is open to educators for educational experimentation in the use of virtual collaboration technologies for online learning. Early findings from the project are documented in 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. The San Jose School of Library and Information Science is now working with ANGEL Learning on a project to integrate Second Life with the ANGEL LMS.

[edit] Partnerships

ANGEL Learning has a number of partners who either offer content in the ANGEL format or integrations to the ANGEL LMS. Some of these partners include Elluminate, Emantras, Pearson Education, SMARTHINKING, Tegrity, Turnitin, Wiley, and Wimba.

[edit] Awards

The ANGEL LMS has received several industry awards, and ANGEL Learning has also been recognized by various organizations. Recent awards include:

• 2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Classroom Management Solution for preK-12^[1]
• 2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution^[2]
• 2008 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution^[3]
• 2007 IMS GLC First Place Learn-Sat Award^[4]
• 2007 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution^[5]
• 2006 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution^[6]
• Parature Legend Makers Award^[7]

[edit] See also

• E-Learning
• Virtual learning environment
• Learning management system

[edit] References

• Blackboard, Inc, Blackboard to Acquire ANGEL Learning, Inc., May 6, 2009.
• Cheney, Darrin, ANGEL Learning: Enhancing Quality Instruction at Medical School, Campus Technology, January 12, 2006.
• Elearning India, ANGEL review.
• Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework, T.H.E. Journal, August, 2008.
• Farmer, Jim, "Common Cartridge: e-Learning Made Easy", e-Literate, October 8, 2008.
• Feldstein, Michael, ANGEL's Open Source Move, e-Literate, October 11, 2007.
• Feldstein, Michael, "Bad News for Blackboard, Good News for ANGEL", e-Literate, April 25, 2009.
• Feldstein, Michael, "Bad News for Blackboard, Good News for Moodle", e-Literate, March 23, 2008.
• Feldstein, Michael, "CSU Picks Moodle and ANGEL", e-Literate, November 19, 2008.
• Fischman, Josh, "E-Learning and Its Challenges Increase at Community Colleges", The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 14, 2009
• Graham, Shawn, "Angel versus Moodle", Electric Archaeology: Digital Media for Learning and Research, October 1, 2008.
• Gwaltney, Candace, "ANGEL Learning Goes on Tour", Building a Better Indiana: The Business Blog of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, May 20, 2008.
• Gwaltney, Candace, "Fun - and Hard Work - Lift Company", BizVoice/Indiana Chamber, May/June, 2008.
• Harris, Mark, "Technology Review: ANGEL (TM) Courseware by ANGEL Learning", The Community College Enterprise, Spring, 2005.
• Indiana Economic Developoment Corporation, Indiana Names 50 'Companies to Watch', August 18, 2008
• The Indy Partnership, "IT Company to Add 150 Jobs In Indianapolis", August 24, 2007.
• Suess, Tony, "ANGEL LMS - Prepare to be impressed!", Tony's Brain, February 14, 2008.
• Waters, John K., "In the Driver's Seat", T.H.E. Journal, June, 2008.
• Waters, John K., "Unleashing the Power of Web 2.0", Campus Technology, June 1, 2008.

[edit] External links

• Official website