ANGEL Learning Announces Schedule of Events for EDUCAUSE 2008

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Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:33pm EDT

Spotlight Events in ANGEL Exhibit #1417 Include a Demonstration of
  Digital Content Import into the ANGEL Learning Management Suite via
the Common Cartridge Open Standard, an Update on the ANGEL Second Life
        Integration Project, and a Hole-in-One Golf Challenge.
INDIANAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--
ANGEL(R) Learning, a leading provider of enterprise eLearning
software and services, today published the schedule of events to be
held at the ANGEL exhibit #1417 at EDUCAUSE 2008 in Orlando, Fla.
Event highlights include hourly in-booth presentations by ANGEL
community and team members and the ANGEL Hole-in-One Golf Challenge.

   Spotlight Presentations

   ANGEL partner and community member presentations address high
interest educational technology topics from the educator's
perspective. Presenters will impart lessons learned and personal
insight into issues common in higher education. A presentation of
interest across the higher education community is the live
demonstration of digital content import into the ANGEL Learning
Management Suite (LMS) via the IMS Global Learning Consortium Common
Cartridge Open Standard to be held Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 12:00 noon.

   Spotlight presentations in the ANGEL exhibit include:

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-- Elluminate and ANGEL Together - Creating the Ideal Learning
    Environment
   Valerie Schreiner, Director Product Management, Elluminate
   Tuesday, October 28 at 5:00 p.m.

-- Incorporating Multimedia Content: iLearn with iPod Program
   Icreate Team, Iowa Valley Community College District
   Wednesday, October 29 at 11:00 a.m.

-- The New Era of Digital Content Integration: Demonstration of
    Digital Content Import into the ANGEL Learning Management Suite
    via the Common Cartridge Open Standard and Simple Learning Tools
    Interoperability (LTI) Demonstration
   Rob Abel, CEO, IMS Global Learning Consortium & Chuck Severance,
    Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of
    Michigan
   Wednesday, October 29 at 12:00 noon

-- Exercises in Transition: LMS Conversion and Version Upgrade Plans
   Steve Simon, e-Learning Systems Manager, Empire State University
   Wednesday, October 29 at 2:00 p.m.

-- Simplifying Your Life with Better Use of Technology
   Michael Buchanon, Instructional Systems Team Leader, Michigan State
    University
   Wednesday, October 29 at 3:00 p.m.

-- Virtual Worlds in Education: The Second Life - ANGEL Integration
    Project
   Nancy Edwards, Director of Distance Learning, Manatee Community
    College
   Wednesday, October 29 at 4:00 p.m.
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   Hole-in-One Golf Challenge

   The ANGEL Hole-in-One Golf Challenge brings to life the ANGEL
Learning conference theme, "Don't Be Trapped by Your LMS. Learn How to
Hit a Hole-in-One with ANGEL." The challenge will be played on an
actual miniature golf hole in the ANGEL exhibit #1417. Golfers who hit
a hole-in-one will be entered to win gift cards. All golfers will
receive consolation prizes and are sure to have fun.

   One-on-One ANGEL Expertise

   In ANGEL Learning's collaborative tradition, ANGEL technical
support, services, and product management personnel will again staff
the ANGEL exhibit at EDUCAUSE. Visitors to the booth are invited to:

   --  Request individualized ANGEL LMS and ANGEL ePortfolio product
        demonstrations.

   --  Take advantage of ANGEL technical expertise at an ANGEL
        "Experts Station."

   --  Interact with ANGEL product managers as they discuss and
        demonstrate improving student learning outcomes, automating
        work, accessibility, and social learning from the ANGEL
        perspective.

   Complete details of ANGEL in-booth activities and a schedule of
events are available on the ANGEL Learning website.

   About ANGEL Learning

   ANGEL Learning, Inc. develops and markets enterprise eLearning
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. The ANGEL LMS won the Software &
Information Industry Association CODiE award for Best Postsecondary
Course Management Solution in both 2006 and 2007 and is the only
product to win the award two years in a row. ANGEL Learning won the
2008 Parature Legend Makers Award for "customer service and support
excellence." Educators ranked ANGEL first in customer satisfaction in
the IMS GLC Learn-Sat awards. ANGEL world headquarters are in
Indianapolis, Indiana. To learn more about the ANGEL difference, visit
us at www.angellearning.com.

ANGEL Learning, Inc.
Nancy Schmutzler, 317-333-7332
nancys@angellearning.com

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