Experiencing Increased E-learning Demand, WebCT Consulting Arm Expands Resources to Better Serve Australia and New Zealand.Business/Technology Editors LYNNFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2002 Market leader brings on veteran WebCT experts to expand local reach to the region Responding to increasing market demand in one of the world's academic e-learning hotspots, WebCT has added resources to its professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization to better serve the Australian and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. region through its consulting, training, implementation and migration services. The company today announced two new members have been added to an expanding WebCT team, both having extensive experience working with WebCT as consultants. The new additions to the WebCT team will work for the company locally in the region to provide customers with direct links to WebCT corporate knowledge and support. Steve Roberts
ANZ Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ANZ Air New Zealand (NZ national airline) ) territory. He will tailor WebCT customer solutions and oversee their delivery. For the past two years, Roberts has been senior partner at WebCiTe Pty Ltd PTY LTD Propriety Limited (company structure in Australia) , an online education consultancy providing WebCT services to Australian customers. He comes to WebCT with more than 15 years in education and e-learning in the Australian market, five of them working with WebCT's Campus Edition course management and WebCT Vista academic enterprise systems. Mark Hallam will be WebCT's new principal consultant for the ANZ region, responsible for the technical side of customer solution design and implementations. He has six years of experience as a technical consultant for WebCT and broad experience in migrations, installations, training and delivering WebCT technical support. In addition, he has been an "Ask Dr. C" moderator for the last two years, helping customers improve their use of WebCT. Hallam has 14 years of experience in the training and higher education markets. WebCT already serves 67 institutions in the territory, including the majority of Australia's 41 universities. Five institutions have already purchased Vista: Deakin University, Monash University, University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. , University of Southern Queensland USQ has a substantial campus in Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast Campus) to the north of Brisbane, and has recently established a new campus at Springfield in Brisbane's outer suburbs (2006). Another major campus of University of Southern Queensland has been set up in Auckland, New Zealand. and University of Tasmania (body, education) University of Tasmania - ftp://ftp.utas.edu.au/. . Others are using WebCT Campus Edition course management system. Australia is widely viewed as a world leader in distance education. The continent's island status, open expanses of thinly settled outback and international orientation have made distance learning a vital alternative to long-distance travel for education. "Our customers in this region have committed to us, so we're deepening our commitment to them," said Carol Vallone, WebCT 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. . "Whether a result of geography or culture, the ANZ region has led the world in academic e-learning, and we look forward to helping our customers, and our future customers, extend their success with continually improving academic and business results." About WebCT WebCT is the world's leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education. More than 2,600 colleges and universities worldwide, including customers in both Australian territories and all six Australian states, are using WebCT's products and services to transform the educational experience of their students. Consortia in 24 American states, four Canadian provinces as well as the Consortium of Distance Education have licensed WebCT for their member institutions, making it the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, in higher education. For more information, please visit www.webct.com. |
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