Eduprise, a CollegisEduprise company, announced today a collaborative effort with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to make teaching and learning more efficient for students and faculty at institutions of higher learning.
The goal is to enhance student services and educational opportunities through the integration of online learning and other e-Education technologies.
The agreement will offer education customers IBM's higher education technology, products and expertise and the academic expertise and e-Education services of Eduprise. As part of the agreement, IBM has designated Eduprise as a preferred provider of e-Education services and a participant in IBM's ThinkPad University program.
With IBM's ThinkPad University program, higher education institutions and their students gain the advantages of a tightly integrated, managed, and scalable pervasive computing environment. This includes IBM ThinkPad Computers, content delivery and management, infrastructure and asset management, middleware, application integration, wireless technology, plus planning, assessment and support services.
Eduprise will provide tailored services to assure widespread faculty, student and staff adoption of the IBM ThinkPad University Program. These services include strategic planning for e-Education, comprehensive faculty development and support, student administrative planning services, course management, system hosting and administration, and 24x7 student help desk.
"We will help institutions leverage their technology investments to achieve their strategic e-Education objectives," says Rob Abel, Eduprise chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development. "Together, IBM and Eduprise will enable institutions of higher learning to realize the power of technology to deliver both Web-enhanced and Web-based education."
"Teaming Eduprise and IBM for institution-wide implementation of the IBM ThinkPad University environment is a welcome development," said Stephen Landry, chief information officer of Seton Hall University, a ThinkPad University and Eduprise client. Eduprise's customized e-Education services will enable higher education institutions to derive maximum benefit from IBM's best-in-class infrastructure and services for pervasive computing."
Sean Rush, general manager, IBM Global Education, adds: "The rapid pace of change in higher education is transforming the environments of many campuses; competition is high and student and community expectations continue to rise. IBM, in collaboration with Eduprise, works with schools in a unique way by assisting in the translation of overall strategy into solid, win/win implementations. No other company can provide a truly integrated environment for ubiquitous education like IBM with our comprehensive ThinkPad University program."
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