Putting your best foot forward in higher education today means having a solid learning management system (LMS) in place to support blended and online learning. A good learning content management system (LCMS), or digital content repository, is essential to successfully implementing your LMS. Both provide crucial resources for educators as they use them to build out or deploy then teach effective online learning programs and courses. As well, Pearson's LMS options provide effective tools to measure student achievement.

Pearson's Learning Management Systems

An LMS facilitates delivery of both blended and online courses. Administrators can manage the entire scope of their educational enterprises, while also measuring student achievement on an institution-wide scale. Instructors can manage content, while also measuring student achievement on an individual basis. Pearson’s LMS options add value by providing substantial means with which to track student use of online content and assigned activities.

Pearson LearningStudio

Pearson LearningStudio is our state-of-the-art, cloud-based learning management system (LMS) for fully online programs. We customize our standard components to align with your institution's overall strategy and goals. We understand that every institution has unique requirements for their infrastructure, operations, processes and resources. Supported by experienced service consultants, we are committed to building customized solutions to fit each institution's needs and objectives.

We all understand the critical role analytics play in driving measuring student achievement – but to become actionable, data needs to be synthesized, interpreted and presented in digestible reports. We offer a variety of assessment and analytic tools to help improve student retention, identify at-risk students and manage learning outcomes.

OpenClass

Pearson is constantly striving to develop custom products powered by the latest technology. OpenClass is our newest cloud-based LMS for higher education. OpenClass is available in the Google Apps Marketplace™, providing access through one of the world's most popular web-based mediums. Pearson is proud to introduce this kind of cutting-edge online learning support.

Adrian Sannier, Pearson's senior vice president of Learning Technologies, says,"OpenClass accelerates what technology will do for learning with a free, open and innovative platform that easily scales and lets students work via social media, with an intense focus on learning that elevates achievement." OpenClass makes measuring student achievement more efficient, manageable and meaningful.

OpenClass joins LearningStudio, Pearson's LMS intended specifically for distance learning programs, as a powerful tool for use in traditional face-to-face courses. OpenClass's online learning support, coupled with traditional classroom learning, provides instructors with new tools for measuring student achievement.

A Learning Content Management System

In contrast to an LMS, an LCMS is software for managing an institution's entire collection of learning content. Increased productivity, reduction of duplication and quick referencing of course material are all key benefits of a learning content management system.

EQUELLA

EQUELLA, Pearson's premier LCMS or digital content repository, provides a central solution to meet an institution's learning, research, media and library needs. Faculty, instructional designers and academic technologists can easily search in one location for all of their learning content – video, custom eBooks, presentations, lecture captures and more – all tagged by metadata such as learning outcomes, grade level and relevant keywords.

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