ANGEL Learning

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.

ANGEL Learning, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Educational software, eLearning
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 and Chief Visionary: Tony Leonard
Products	ANGEL Learning Management Suite ANGEL ePortfolio
Revenue	Not disclosed
Operating income	Not disclosed
Net income	Not disclosed
Number of employees	Not disclosed
Website	http://www.angellearning.com

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 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 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 completion planned for the end of May, 2009.[1]

Products

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. It is for all students of the United States

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.

Services

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

R&D projects

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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 BigGyan, Elluminate, Emantras, Pearson Education, SMARTHINKING, Tegrity, Turnitin, Wiley, and Wimba.[5]

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[6]
• 2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution[7]
• 2008 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution[8]
• 2007 IMS GLC First Place Learn-Sat Award[9]
• 2007 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution[10]
• 2006 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution[11]
• Parature Legend Makers Award[12]

See also

• E-Learning
• Learning management system

References

1. (Press Release) Blackboard, Inc, Blackboard to Acquire ANGEL Learning, Inc. Archived 2009-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, May 6, 2009.
2. http://www.mfeldstein.com/angels-open-source-move/
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2008-07-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. • (Press Release) http://www.elluminate.com/press/angel_2008.jsp
   • (Press Release) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-09-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
   • (Press Release) http://www.pearsoned.com/pr_2004/063004.htm
   • (Press Release) "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2008-07-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
   • (Press Release) http://www.tegrity.com/press_release.php?id=53%5B%5D
   • (Press Release) "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
   • http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-305305.html Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
   • http://www.wimba.com/products/integration_angel.php
6. "2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Classroom Management Solution for preK-12". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27.
7. "2009 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31.
8. "2008 CODiE Finalist - Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2008-08-02.
9. "IMS GLC Learning Technology Satisfaction and Trends". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11.
10. "2007 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2007-08-17.
11. "2006 CODiE Award - Best Postsecondary Course Content Management Solution". Archived from the original on 2007-08-23.
12. "Parature Legend Makers Award". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21.