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Cracking higher end online education learning

Cracking higher end online education learning a segue way into other markets


By Peter Kerr for sticK

(sticK - 4 March 2011 ) Many, if not most, online learning platforms are simply content plonked up on a site, from which students try to take notes and cut and paste.

As a learning environment however, this is nowhere near good enough says OceanBrowser CEO Rodney Tamblyn.

OceanBrowser has developed a soon to be launched web application that turns around the typical content management system approach to putting up course material, and created a teacher and student friendly system that is set to revolutionise the internet-based learning experience.

Tamblyn's team are initially concentrating on the higher end, medical school type environment, and backing this into a deep understanding of the psychology and living and working environment of its participants.

In cracking this nut, Tamblyn's confident that other, not-quite-as-sophisticated education markets will easily be able to use the same system.

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http://sticknz.net/2011/03/04/cracking-higher-end-online-education-learning-a-segue-way-into-other-markets/

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