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April 24, 2008
Creighton's School of Pharmacy Selects iLinc Web Conferencing Software
By Niladri Sekhar Nath TMCnet Contributing Editor
In a bid to satisfy the requirements of “distance-learning students”, Creighton's School of Pharmacy and Health Professions has selected a set of solutions from iLinc, a developer of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing services.
"iLinc had the tools we needed - interactive white-boarding, desktop and application sharing, and other robust features," said Tracy A. Chapman, executive director for eLearning and Technology for the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions at Creighton University. "Plus, the pricing met our needs for concurrent seat use and was very fair."
The university was also looking for a Web conferencing solution that can integrate with Active Directory to enable single sign-on and authentication. iLinc has successfully met that critical requirement.
Apart from phones, e-mail, and IM, iLinc gives Creighton's off-site students a strong collaboration tool to work on projects together in real-time. They can even do class presentations just like campus students.
Creighton is one of a growing number of colleges and university systems offering degree programs and distance learning courses to students. According to statistics published by the National Center for Education, more than 3 million students enrolled in distance education courses in the 2000-2001 academic school year and it expects this number to rise to 18.2 million by 2013.
"Universities are under as much pressure as corporations when it comes to improving productivity, growing enrollment and improving the bottom line," said James M. Powers, Jr., iLinc's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We work with them to find ways to leverage our technology across the administration, faculty and student populations to meet these growing demands. And since we have such a flexible suite of products and licensing options we make it easy."
At Creighton, students and faculty have found various uses for iLinc. Instructors at the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions teach some courses on campus and online at the same time. The faculty also relies on iLinc for virtual office hours and exam reviews. School administrators have even used iLinc to interview potential employees.
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
Don’t forget to check out TMCnet’s White paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP
Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.
"iLinc had the tools we needed - interactive white-boarding, desktop and application sharing, and other robust features," said Tracy A. Chapman, executive director for eLearning and Technology for the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions at Creighton University. "Plus, the pricing met our needs for concurrent seat use and was very fair."
The university was also looking for a Web conferencing solution that can integrate with Active Directory to enable single sign-on and authentication. iLinc has successfully met that critical requirement.
Apart from phones, e-mail, and IM, iLinc gives Creighton's off-site students a strong collaboration tool to work on projects together in real-time. They can even do class presentations just like campus students.
Creighton is one of a growing number of colleges and university systems offering degree programs and distance learning courses to students. According to statistics published by the National Center for Education, more than 3 million students enrolled in distance education courses in the 2000-2001 academic school year and it expects this number to rise to 18.2 million by 2013.
"Universities are under as much pressure as corporations when it comes to improving productivity, growing enrollment and improving the bottom line," said James M. Powers, Jr., iLinc's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We work with them to find ways to leverage our technology across the administration, faculty and student populations to meet these growing demands. And since we have such a flexible suite of products and licensing options we make it easy."
At Creighton, students and faculty have found various uses for iLinc. Instructors at the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions teach some courses on campus and online at the same time. The faculty also relies on iLinc for virtual office hours and exam reviews. School administrators have even used iLinc to interview potential employees.
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
Don’t forget to check out TMCnet’s White paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP
Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.
