Miami Dade College Adopts ANGEL Learning Management Suite to Deliver Online, Hybrid and Web-Enhanced Courses

For Immediate Release - October 9, 2006

Largest college in U.S. selects ANGEL LMS to deliver the power of the internet in education to more than 160,000 students.

Indianapolis, Ind. – Oct. 9, 2006 – . ANGEL® Learning, recognized innovator of enterprise e-learning software and services, today announced that Miami Dade College (MDC), the largest college in the country, has adopted the ANGEL Learning Management Suite to deliver its online courses and add the power of the internet to its hybrid and web-enhanced traditional courses.

“ANGEL’s academic approach to LMS technology resonates with MDC. The ANGEL emphasis on creating quality, engaging teaching and learning experiences aligns with our academic goals,” said Ruth Ann Balla, executive director of the Virtual College and project manager for ANGEL implementation, Miami Dade College. Specific ANGEL functionality also factored into the MDC decision to adopt ANGEL. “MDC offers courses in multiple formats, across a broad range of subject areas to a diverse student population,” Balla continued. “ANGEL’s ease of use, unique agent technology, excellent communication tools and flexible content organization capabilities were seminal to the MDC decision to adopt ANGEL.”

MDC serves south Florida from eight campuses and its Virtual College. The college offers more than 150 degree programs – including bachelor’s degrees, 50 career training programs, and a full complement of adult education classes, GED preparation classes and courses for fun and recreation to a rapidly growing student population that currently stands at more than 160,000. MDC is considered by many of its peers a national model for academic and cultural programming. 

The ANGEL LMS balance of easy to use features with powerful capabilities enables broad adoption among users with all levels of technology expertise while also providing advanced automated notification and reporting functionality that increases instructor efficiency and personalizes teaching and learning. ANGEL system flexibility will allow the MDC ANGEL adoption to efficiently scale to meet the college’s needs as its student population continues to grow.
 
“ANGEL Learning shares the Miami Dade College focus on academic excellence,” said Christopher Clapp, president and CEO, ANGEL Learning. “Our focus on creating an exceptional educational experience in combination with the openness of the ANGEL system provides MDC the unique ability to scale for its high growth environment without compromising academic integrity.”

About ANGEL Learning
ANGEL Learning, Inc. develops and markets enterprise e-learning software.  Our flagship products are the ANGEL Learning Management Suite and the ANGEL ePortfolio system.  Our products have been honed by use – with millions of students and instructors served from K to corporate.  We enjoy a reputation for creating products with exceptional ease of use, excellent vision into learner progress and for keeping our commitments. ANGEL LMS received the 2006 Software & Information Industry Association CODiE award for Best Postsecondary Course Management Solution. Having emerged from the academy ourselves, our core values reflect those of our customers well.  ANGEL world headquarters is in Indianapolis, Indiana.  To learn more about the ANGEL difference, visit us at www.angellearning.com

Media Contacts
ANGEL Learning
Nancy Schmutzler
(317) 333-7332
nancys@angellearning.com 

Miami Dade College
Juan C. Mendieta                                                  
(305) 237-7611                                                     
juan.mendieta@mdc.edu