Agilix Joins the IMS Common Cartridge Alliance.OREM, Utah Orem is an incorporated town in the north-central part of the state of Utah in Utah County. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 84,324. -- Agilix Labs, Inc., a leader in distributed e-learning solutions, today announced it has joined the IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Common Cartridge Alliance, an organization that supports the development, distribution and maintenance of open source tools to facilitate the Common Cartridge standard. By joining this alliance, Agilix renews its commitment to support all learning content created by publishers in the Common Cartridge format, and incorporating these standards into future product releases. "Common Cartridge is a standard whose time has come and we wholeheartedly whole·heart·ed adj. Marked by unconditional commitment, unstinting devotion, or unreserved enthusiasm: wholehearted approval. whole support its mission and vision for the future of educational technology," said Curt Allen, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Agilix. "Our goal is to provide the greatest content options for our customers and we are excited to be part of the Alliance to offer support for this important standard today and as it evolves going forward." As a breakthrough standard for educational content, the Common Cartridge enables packaging for portability and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. on any e-learning system that supports this standard. This provides customers the ability to purchase course content and courseware independently, without worries related to compatibility or content conversion. The Common Cartridge standard is particularly well suited for accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. education institutions. This new standard accommodates key learning assets and activities not found in other content standards, including discussion forums and enhanced assessment support, which are important to the digital pedagogy that these institutions require. As such, the Common Cartridge is ideally suited for the Agilix GoCourse Learning System, which is designed for primary, secondary and post secondary education institutions. By supporting Common Cartridge, GoCourse will be able to harness a growing array of educational content published in this standard. "We are very pleased that Agilix has chosen to join the Common Cartridge Alliance and include support for these standards in their products," said Rob Abel, chief executive officer of IMS. "It's the backing of leading companies such as Agilix that demonstrates the growing adoption of Common Cartridge in the educational community." Common Cartridge is in various states of adoption by nearly all the leading educational publishers and learning platform providers. IMS members are now focused on the Common Cartridge Alliance as the flagship for driving adoption of this standard in the marketplace. In recognition of the large demand for adoption, participation in the Alliance is open to all organizations and individuals, not just IMS members. As an IMS GLC contributing member, Agilix is a leader in the ongoing evolution and conformance con·for·mance n. Conformity. Noun 1. conformance - correspondence in form or appearance conformity agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and plans for Common Cartridge. For more information, please visit http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/alliance.html. About IMS Global The IMS Global Learning Consortium (usually known as IMS) is a non-profit standards organization concerned with establishing interoperability for learning systems and learning content and the enterprise integration of these capabilities. Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) IMS GLC is a global, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , member consortium that provides leadership in shaping and growing the learning and educational technology industries through collaborative support of standards, innovation, best practice and recognition of superior learning impact. IMS GLC provides open interoperability specifications, reference models, and adoption practices for learning and educational content and systems. IMS GLC sponsors the annual Learning Impact conference and awards program. For more information visit: www.imsglobal.org. About Agilix Agilix Labs, Inc. is driving the next generation of e-learning with innovative software solutions. Its flagship GoCourse[TM] learning platform is designed to radically transform instructional management and the learning experience. Based on the principle that traditional learning models do not effectively address the requirements and interests of today's students globally, Agilix products enable delivery of rich interactive learning content through online and offline access. Agilix also leverages the power of social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network for learning with its user-generated, collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each environment, BrainHoney[TM]. Through partnerships with some of the industry's most progressive technology leaders, including Microsoft, Intel, Blackboard (1) See Blackboard Learning System. (2) The traditional classroom presentation board that is written on with chalk and erased with a felt pad. Although originally black, "white" boards and colored chalks are also used. , Epic Learning and FranklinCovey, Agilix delivers its software applications to users in more than 110 countries worldwide. Founded in 2001, Agilix is based in Orem, Utah. For more information about Agilix, please visit: www.agilix.com. |
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