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The University of the Incarnate Word, Universe Online Selects Learning Technology Partners to Meet the Growing Demands of its Online Programs and its Need for Integration
Learning Technology Partners (LTP), a San Francisco based eLearning integration and outsourcing company, announced today that the University of the Incarnate Word has migrated its online programs to LTP's integrated solution to enhance its graduate and undergraduate online offerings, including course delivery, administration management, and online community support.
Cyndi Wilson Porter, Dean of the Virtual University at UIW, was
extremely pleased with the transition to LTP.
"LTP's years of outsourcing experience was evident. The transition
for students and staff was completely seamless, and the best I
have seen in all my years of managing online programs and switching
platforms. Being able to move a program of our size could have
been a major undertaking. LTP made it quite painless, accomplishing
the entire thing in the week between our two terms.
The Virtual University at UIW has been in existence since
2000. We have an incredibly diverse group of faculty with worldwide
experience in the delivery of online programs. We really know
what we want and what we need to be successful. LTP's solution
takes care of the delivery of our classes, the administration
behind the scenes and our portal needs…and everything is integrated
and accessible through an individualized homepage. With LTP you
get all the bells and whistles of a CMS plus much much more,"
said Dr. Porter.
Since the inception of the program at UIW, astonishing growth
has been the earmark of the Virtual University. Starting with
eight courses and 21 enrollments in August of 2000, the program
now encompasses approximately 65 courses each of the five eight-week
long terms a year. The enrollments currently reach 900+ in a given
term, with the expectation that we will reach the 5000 enrollment
yearly in the upcoming fiscal year.
"LTP's scalability to grow as we grow was crucial to our decision
to move to their platform", said Dr. Porter.
UIW is also part of the US Army's innovative eArmyU program.
Since the beginning of that program, UIW has been proud to be
a source of educational opportunity for the soldier-students that
have elected UIW as their host institution. LTP's stable platform
currently sees students from all parts of the world as they work
on their coursework and serve in the US Army from all theatres
of current operation, including Iraq, Korea and Afghanistan to
name a few.
UIW currently offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate
programs in the online program, all of which are delivered totally
online. Students can pursue an associate degree in four areas,
a BBA in five concentration areas, as well as a newly developed
BA in Human Resources. The graduate offerings are just as diverse,
with an MBA and an MBA International option. The Master of Arts
in Administration is an innovative degree with concentrations
in Communication Arts, Organizational Development and Applied
Administration.
"We are delighted to offer the students and staff at UIW
the many benefits of an integrated solution", said Reda Athanasios,
President of Learning Technology Partners. "We are very pleased
that Dean Porter entrusted us with the migration of such a sophisticated
large program. To do it without any interruption to teachers and
students is our trademark, and we stand by it. With the operational
efficiencies achieved through LTP's added integration, UIW is
poised to make a strong program stronger and increase its growth
rate", he added.
About University of the Incarnate Word
The Virtual University, also called Universe Online, is a natural
extension of the mission and the entrepreneurial direction of
the University of the Incarnate Word. By utilizing computer-mediated
learning techniques, the University addresses the changing needs
of adult learners. By maintaining educational standards of the
traditional programs, Universe Online offers nationally accredited
programs in a convenient format.
UIW is also recognized as a global university with more than 80 sister school relationships all around the world, including campuses onground in China and Mexico.
About LTP
Learning Technology Partners is a San Francisco
based eLearning integration and outsourcing company that gives
smaller schools the means to compete successfully in the e-education
market. LTP brings together a powerful suite of hosted academic
technologies into a single user interface for its clients, giving
them a turnkey solution and an inherent technological advantage
that frees their time and resources for focusing on their core
competency - strengthening and growing their educational programs.
Founded in 2000, LTP provides academic institutions economical
access to affordable world-class technologies for a few dollars
per student per month, based on an average student body mix For
more information on Learning Technology Partners, visit www.learntechpartners.com.
For more information on eLearngat, visit www.elearngate.com
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Contact: Shalini Bastani
Telephone:415.495.8555 Ext. 1557
Email: shalini@learntechpartners.com
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