2002 guide to e-learning vendors

University Business, April, 2002 by Angela Chnapko

COURSESHARE.COM
Indiana University Research Park
501 N. Morton Street, Suite 213
Bloomington, IN 47404-3730
T 812/855-2282
F 812/855-4506
WWW.COURSESHARE.COM

[services]

Founded by faculty of Indiana University, Courseshare offers research, assessment, consulting, training, and tool development services for online learning. Courseshare aims to provide an online forum through which faculty can share pedagogical tools, content, and other e-learning associated information. The company also designs, tests, evaluates, and licenses new e-learning tools. Products (some not yet released) include online surveys, electronic portfolios, personal profiles, case-based learning systems, information sharing tools, and electronic discussion forums.

CROSSTEC CORPORATION
500 NE Spanish River Boulevard, Suite 201
Boca Raton, FL 33431
T 561/391-6560
F 561/391-5820
WWW.NETOPUSA.COM

[learning management/authoring tool]

CrossTec, developed for in-class or remote instruction, allows the teacher's screen to be broadcast to all student screens, and manages communications to allow discussion groups, instant messaging, and private teacher-student communication. Features include lockout of applications on student machines, and ability to broadcast over WAN or over the Internet.

CYBERLEARNINGLABS.COM
PO Box 78435
Indianapolis, IN 46278-0435
T 317/860-3810
F 317/860-3810
WWW.CYBERLEARNINGLABS.COM

[learning management/authoring tool]
[services]
[hosting]
[instructional design]

Cyberlearning Labs markets Angel, a CMS and portal originally developed for use by the Indiana University system. The template-based system is designed for easy use by faculty; it includes communications tools, test capability with instant feedback, gradebook, and extensive assessment features. New features: Collaboration tools to let students set up online study groups and share calendars and files, plus ability to synchronize e-mail with Palm-based handhelds.

CYBERU
3250 Ocean Park Boulevard, Suite 150
Santa Monica, CA 90405
T 310/581-2005
F 310/581-2007
WWW.CYBERU.COM

[course aggregator]
[services]
[hosting]

CyberU is an aggregator and distributor of courses in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional fields created by colleges, universities, and for-profit educational companies. The company's current catalog includes 30,000 courses, 90 percent of which are from colleges or universities. CyberU acts as a clearinghouse for online courses, and provides hosting, registration, and tuition collection. The company's emphasis is on the corporate market, but it continues to market directly to consumers.

DIVACE LEARNING
SOLUTIONS LTD
P.O. Box 41
20741 Turku
Finland
T  358 2 2166 500
F  358 2 2166 527
WWW.DIVACE.COM

[learning management/authoring tool]

Formerly known as Teleste Educational, Divace develops digital language labs, classroom systems, and software solutions for storage and access of multimedia files. U.S. clients include UCLA, California State University, and East Carolina University.

DATATEL INC
4375 Fair Lakes Court
Fairfax, VA 22033
T 703/968-9000
F 703/968-4573
WWW.DATATEL.COM

[administrative information/management system]