University Of Akron And Kent State University Create Collaborative WebCT-Based Online Learning Initiative
LYNNFIELD, MA — (INTERNET WIRE) — 10/02/2002 — Two of Ohio’s largest universities are teaming to create a collaborative online learning system that will dramatically expand their teaching and research opportunities while reducing information technology (IT) costs, WebCT announced today. The University of Akron and Kent State University are using WebCT’s academic enterprise system, WebCT Vista, to create a “shared services” model for online learning that could eventually encompass other Ohio universities and the K-12 community.