Bravo!--Finally a Network Learning Environment Built for How People Learn.PEABODY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 1999-- The Only Web-based Application See Web application. Incorporating Multimedia Information to Support All Styles of Learning, Bravo BRAVO Cardiology A clinical trial–Blockade of the GP IIB/IIIA Receptor to Avoid Vascular Occlusion– which evaluated lotrafiban in preventing strokes and acute MI. See GP IIB/IIIA. ! is Offered to Instructors and Students Free of Charge for One Semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s Universal Learning Technology(TM) (ULT), a provider of Internet-based interactive teaching and learning software and tools, today announced the Bravo!(TM) network learning environment, the only Web-based learning application rooted in the science of how learning actually occurs. Bravo! combines this knowledge with the power of network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. and interactive digital content to dramatically enhance learning performance. Bravo! is a boon to content providers, instructors and learners alike and is now available for free to instructors and students on a trial basis for one semester. ULT's Bravo! network environment combines state-of-the-art Web application technology with educational content supplied by major content providers or instructors themselves and educational models developed by ULT's exclusive research partner, CAST, a not-for-profit organization of learning experiences. In addition to higher edore with Bravo! because it allowed me to be connected to my class all the time and made me actually enjoy doide sense and made learning fun." "I'm not see Bravo! doing. It allows them to learn, to dividuals learn at varying speeds and respond dility for customization. Bravo! completely changes the learning environment by offering a number of benefits including: For Students The Bravo! Learning Systehe information before proceeding. Students can m highly flexible to support various learning styles, empowering faculty to easily offer multiple learning opportunities for a wide-variety of students. Instructors are not forced to create and deliver programs "the Bravo! way", but ratheto-use templates for creating student activities including self-paced assessments, assignments, quizzes, polls and discussions. Instructors can track and monitor studentilt on top of open Internet technologies (HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , rs can easily deliver to instructors the exact content they require for their course, customized to meet a variety of learning requirements. "Wadsworth is thrilled students, we love it because it helps us impro to enhance the learning of students in colleges and universities nation-wide, but this is just the beginning. The Bravo! network learning environment based on CAST researed with instructor-only created content. Bravo!/university or organization to purchase additional hardware. All access to the Web application is password protected for registered participants in each course. Bravo! supports 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. standard, part of EDUCAUSE's National Learning Its goal is widespread implementation of a set of technical specifications for software that will make it easier to publish distributed learning Distributed Learning means a method of instruction that relies primarily on indirect communication between students and teachers, including internet or other electronic-based delivery, teleconferencing or correspondence; (British Columbia, School Act, 2006). content and for people to use the content in multiple ways and on multiple learning systems. Publishers such as Wadsworth who work with the Bravo! environment are ensured of the open system nature of their textbook content. About Universal Learning Technology Universal Learning Technology (ULT) is a leading provider of next generation, interactive teaching and learning Web-based applications. ULT's Bravo! product is an education productivity and delivery system that uses advanced technologies, including the World Wide Web, to enhance learning performance. The Bravo! environment is perfectly suited for K-12 and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. , corporate training and certification, continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). , and lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. . Bravo! enables content providers to offer text and valuable supplemental material such as instructor notes, related Web sites, audio and video in digital form over the Internet. Bravo! repositions these existing text assets into dynamic and compelling interactive environments by allowing students and instructors to manipulate, customize, communicate about, and add value to the content. ULT has an exclusive license to commercialize products by the nationally recognized, not-for-profit Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), a group of researchers led by a number of Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. School of Education graduates. For more information on Universal Learning Technology and Bravo!, call 978-538-0036 or view the Web site at http://www.ult.net. |
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