HAMDEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Oct 23, 2001--Quinnipiac University has selected Lectora Publisher by Trivantis as the campus standard authoring software for the school`s expanded learning-centered initiatives.
According to Bill Clyde, Dean of Academic Technology, Quinnipiac selected Lectora because ''the software was easy and intuitive, yet rich and flexible. Lectora has a near-zero learning curve.'' Dean Clyde and others reviewed a variety of authoring tools before selecting Lectora Publisher for the University`s e-learning plans.
Quinnipiac`s long-term vision is to become a learning-centered educational institution that provides powerful learning experiences in a multitude of opportunities from technology-assisted classroom to online courses. The University foresees a revolution in our understanding of the cognitive development of learning that will move education from an instructor-centered model to a learning-centered or student-centered model over the next few years. Technology is critical to the new model.
One of Quinnipiac`s most important challenges was identifying the technology that could empower the faculty to explore new learning centered principles with technology that they could not with traditional tools. In Lectora, the University found technology that truly gives professors and instructors the ability to develop and deliver professional, engaging multimedia e-learning content quickly and easily.
Don Buckley, Associate Professor of Biology and Director of Instructional Technology for the School of Health Sciences, is also part of the team bringing change to Quinnipiac. Prof. Buckley agrees that ease of use was an important reason the University selected Lectora. He emphasizes the special capability that Lectora provides ''to `chunk` content, interspersing reflective assessments within delivered content to help students to learn with understanding. With Lectora, faculty don`t need to be technologists or depend on technologists.''
Even though Quinnipiac is in the early stages of introducing new technology into the University`s curricula, the early signs of change are encouraging. According to Prof. Buckley, ''Most of the University`s early adaptors have an entrepreneurial spirit about learning new ways to create and deliver content, but our most promising observation is that later adopters who have balked at the use of traditional web authoring tools have become very eager about using Lectora. They are excited that Lectora is a web authoring environment designed for educators, one that offers an authoring metaphor that they are familiar with, and that allows them to seamlessly import content (rtf files and rich media) that they have already created, rather than requiring them to reconstruct the content for web delivery. Our innovators are enthusiastic about Lectora`s support for javascript and for the prospect of creating `smart` learning environments that track student experiences. Lectora is an open door to technology teaching innovation, for innovators and later adopters alike. Our faculty have already begun introducing innovative learning systems into their courses with Lectora.''
Trivantis` President Tim Loudermilk said, ''Quinnipiac University`s move to a learning-centered model is visionary. Trivantis is pleased that a forward-thinking educational institution such as Quinnipiac would select Lectora for its e-learning programs.''
About Quinnipiac University
The 300-acre Quinnipiac University campus is located in Hamden, Connecticut, halfway between New York City and Boston, at the center of one of the Northeast`s most dynamic corporate and health care corridors. A coeducational, nonsectarian, private institution, Quinnipiac offers 50 areas of undergraduate study through the University`s College of Liberal Arts and Schools of Business, Communications and Health Sciences, and graduate degrees in 17 programs in business, education, e-media, forensic nursing, health sciences, mass communications, journalism and law. In 2000-2001, nearly 6,500 undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled at Quinnipiac. More than two-thirds of the students come from outside Connecticut and the U.S.; including representatives from European, Asian, Caribbean, South American and Middle Eastern countries. Quinnipiac alumni now total more than 20,000 graduates, working and living throughout the world.
About Trivantis
Cincinnati, OH-based Trivantis Corporation provides world-class e-learning technologies and services that enable the creation, distribution, and management of multimedia educational content. Trivantis develops e-learning solutions that provide educators in academia, the business sector, and government the capabilities to create and publish high quality educational content. Trivantis solutions are designed to help overcome the technical barriers traditionally associated with publishing to the Internet. The Trivantis flagship product, Lectora Publisher, helps subject-matter experts within an organization to immediately start creating courses, collaborate with colleagues and convert content to provide rapid transfer of knowledge across the enterprise so that organizations can shorten time to productivity.
Websites: www.quinnipiac.edu; www.trivantis.com
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