Ohio Hi-Point Career Center Fosters 21st Century Learning with the ANGEL Learning Management Suite
For Immediate Release - March 31, 2008
Indianapolis, Ind. – March 31, 2008 – ANGEL® Learning, recognized innovator of enterprise e-learning software and services, today announced that the Ohio Hi-Point (OHP) Career Center has adopted the ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS) to add online capabilities to its career-technical and academic high school programs and to offer adult and continuing education programs online. A leader in implementing technology to advance learner success and engagement, OHP’s adoption of the ANGEL LMS makes learning available anytime; any place there is an internet connection. A case study highlighting the OHP ANGEL adoption is available on the ANGEL Learning website: http://www.angellearning.com/applied/case_studies/default.html.
"We chose ANGEL for OHP because we believe in being innovators and being at the forefront of technology in our educational practices," said Nila Marquard, high school director. "As a top ten career-technical school in the state of Ohio, we want to continue to provide the best opportunities for our students, and we believe that adding these online capabilities is the next step for us as we continue to lead in the area of technology in the classroom."
“Ohio Hi-Point Career Center is a welcome addition to the rapidly growing K12 ANGEL community,” said Christopher Clapp, president and CEO, ANGEL Learning. “The technology immersion OHP provides is sure to benefit program graduates as they move into careers and further study.”
Ohio Hi-Point provides laptops for every student in their high school and the entire campus is set-up for wireless connections. Teachers integrate technology into their lesson planning and students in the programs consistently utilize computers and the internet for projects and in-class learning. The career-technical school continues to be a leader in integrating technology into the classroom at both the high school and adult education levels.
Public, private and virtual K-12 schools and districts across the US and Canada use the ANGEL LMS to foster 21st Century learning. For students, the 24/7 access to course materials, grades and communication and collaboration capabilities ANGEL enables promotes engagement and ownership of learning. The ANGEL LMS saves teachers time by performing work for them, so they can focus on teaching and learning. School administrators use ANGEL to offer professional development online, build strong home-school connections and measure learning outcomes.
About ANGEL Learning
ANGEL Learning, Inc. develops and markets enterprise elearning software. Our flagship products are the ANGEL Learning Management Suite and the ANGEL ePortfolio system. Our products have been honed by use – with millions of students and instructors served from K to corporate. We enjoy a reputation for creating products with exceptional ease of use, excellent vision into learner progress and for keeping our commitments. ANGEL LMS won the Software & Information Industry Association CODiE award for Best Postsecondary Course Management Solution in both 2006 and 2007 and is the only product to win the award two years in a row. Educators ranked ANGEL first in customer satisfaction in the IMS GLC Learn-Sat awards. ANGEL world headquarters are in Indianapolis, Indiana. To learn more about the ANGEL difference, visit us at www.angellearning.com.
About Ohio Hi-Point Career Center
The Ohio Hi-Point Career Center develops our most valuable resource –people—by providing quality career-technical and academic education programs. The two-year career-technical high school serves junior and senior students from 14 school districts and offers more than 20 career training programs, as well as providing adult and continuing educational programming, ABLE/GED programs and Project SEARCH. For more information on all programs, visit www.ohiohipoint.com.
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