New York, NY – (December 3, 2007) - Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach people, today announced an exclusive agreement to offer Wimba Create to Take Shape and Share (TSS), a nation-wide educational content repository for higher education institutions and regional training centers (ROCs).
Under terms of the agreement, Wimba will offer Wimba Create™ (formerly Course Genie) to all existing and new TSS members. This new partnership will provide TSS members with a “best recommended” solution for creating online learning content based on the Dutch search profile for educational content. TSS members will gain special pricing to Wimba Create and to Wimba Collaboration Suite™, the education industry’s leading multi-modal solution for virtual and blended learning and professional development
Wimba Create enables instructors, teachers, and other educational professionals using Microsoft Word™ to easily generate rich courses with simple navigation and interactive features such as Wimba Voice™ boards. Wimba Create is compatible with the majority of major learning management systems including Blackboard and Moodle. Wimba Create is part of Wimba Collaboration Suite, the education industry’s most comprehensive collaborative learning software suite for higher education, primary/secondary schools, and educational publishing.
“The Take Shape and Share European Repository initiative is about developing and exchanging high quality educational content among universities and regional training centers.” said Albert de Vos, project manager of the European Repository project. “We are excited about our partnership with Wimba and the opportunity to offer Wimba Create exclusively to TSS members as a ‘best buy’ in the educational field for authoring and handling educational content.”
“Educators are taking advantage of the digital age to help build a new learning environment. An environment that is transforming traditional academia, improving engagement and learning,” said Thomas Jepsen, vice president of Wimba Europe. “Wimba Create is a key element of Wimba Collaboration Suite and provides the ability to create online course content for the new learning environment. We are proud to be selected as TSS’s exclusive choice of educational content authoring -solutions for e-Learning and look forward to working with TSS members.”