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Delivering Excellent Learning Experiences at Scale  

Challenge  Continuing decades of championing accessible education  As the alma mater of first man on the moon Neil Armstrong, Purdue University knows that every giant leap starts with one small...

MORE THAN 1,000 ORGANIZATIONS IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD RELY ON D2L TO HELP THEM TRANSFORM LEARNING.

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Our working relationship with D2L has been wonderful. They're so far above some of the other LMS platforms that I've had the opportunity to work with.

 - Joy Karavedas, Senior Director of Research and New Program Development, Orange Lutheran High School

A three-year exercise in frustration became a three-month pathway to success once we started to work with D2L.

 - Michael Crowe, Vice President Academic, Bow Valley College

You should absolutely, 100% go with D2L. I’ve been with them for 11 years. The system is incredibly stable. It’s incredibly flexible because what you need right now today may not be the same thing you need five years from now. Businesses evolve. Customers evolve. Things change, and D2L changes with you.

 - Connie Ryan, Founder and President, Professional Development Institute

Building a pipeline of tech talent with online learning

VMware’s virtualization software is an essential component of contemporary enterprise IT infrastructure. The company is committed to ensuring that its customers have access to engineers who are knowledgeable about VMware technology. To prepare a new generation of IT professionals with the necessary skills, VMware collaborated with D2L to support VMware IT Academy. This academy has already provided training to over 100,000 students across 1,500 academic institutions in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Revitalizing the Learner Experience with Innovation and Integrations

To deliver best-in-class learning for all students, York Technical College set out to redesign the learner experience by creating an inclusive and compelling educational space. The integration of new tools and professional learning opportunities has enhanced course efficiencies, taking them to the next level. The Institute for Teaching Excellence (ITE) at York Technical College is a recipient of the 2023 D2L Excellence Awards based on their innovations.

Preparing Preservice Teachers for the Technology-Enabled Classroom

Preservice teachers at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) were using D2L Brightspace as students, but they weren’t being prepared to use the learning management system to support online teaching and learning as future educators. This sparked the creation of the Technology Integration Project (TIP) in 2016. Researchers designed the project with an emphasis on preservice teachers developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and understanding the relationships between and among technology and teaching. As a result, preservice teachers became more prepared to teach in various online formats and became technology leaders in their schools.

LaunchPad to Success: Focus on student onboarding helps drive engagement and retention 

The Business Administration Diploma Program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) sought to create a virtual onboarding program to better equip students for success. Using interactive tools in D2L Brightspace, SAIT created a holistic pilot program, evaluated engagement through data and used the insights to iterate. Its efforts resulted in increased student engagement and retention rates.

Boosting learner engagement with an interactive interview simulation

Rising rates of students studying online, part time and from abroad are challenging educators to create more equitable learning opportunities. Meaghan Danby, of Deakin University in Australia, has been awarded a 2023 D2L Excellence Award for the online interview simulation she created in D2L Brightspace. The simulation is an equitable access resource that helps learners practice skills and receive high-quality feedback. It presents students with a virtual interviewee and has them navigate the role of interviewer by selecting questions to ask, and formative feedback is delivered in real time. The simulation has significantly improved self-guided learning: There has been a more than 40% rise in students accessing D2L resources to help with their interviewing skills.

Helping students stay on track for success

When students asked for greater visibility into grades and course progress, Parkland College responded by developing a transparent, user-friendly digital learning platform with D2L Brightspace. Now students can see their grades whenever they want, and faculty have a wide range of tools at their disposal to enhance learning and student engagement.