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  2. History of virtual learning environments - Wikipedia

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    A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a system specifically designed to facilitate the management of educational courses by teachers for their students. It predominantly relies on computer hardware and software, enabling distance learning. In North America, this concept is commonly denoted as a "Learning Management System" (LMS).

  3. D2L - Wikipedia

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    D2L (or Desire2Learn) is a Canada-based global software company with offices in Australia, Brazil, Europe, Singapore, and the United States.. D2L is the developer of the Brightspace learning management system, a cloud-based software suite used by schools, higher educational institutions, and businesses for online and blended classroom learning.

  4. History of virtual learning environments in the 1990s - Wikipedia

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    The history page of the TEDS company states that they developed the first Learning Management System. Jakob Ziv-El of Interactive Communication Systems, Inc. files for a patent for an Interactive Group Communication System (# 5,263,869) (similar to the prior art of the IBM 1500 system). A 1990 foreign patent and a 1972 patent by Jakob Zawels ...

  5. Project Management Institute - Wikipedia

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    Project Management Institute, Inc. /  39.977879833°N 75.418732000°W  / 39.977879833; -75.418732000. The Project Management Institute ( PMI, legally Project Management Institute, Inc.) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit professional organization for project management. [4]

  6. University of Toronto Faculty of Information - Wikipedia

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    The Faculty of Information was founded as the University of Toronto Library School within the Ontario College of Education in 1928 and was housed at 315 Bloor Street. In 1965, the School was designated as an independent unit within the university and became known as the School of Library Science and thus moved it quarters to 167 College Street ...

  7. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies - Wikipedia

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    From 1958 to 2005, PIMS was a division of the University of St. Michael's College. The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Act of 2005 gave the institute academic autonomy from the university, with which, however, it remains affiliated. [5] Under the act, PIMS is administered by a board of governors with its academic affairs vested in the ...

  8. Fields Institute - Wikipedia

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    Fields Institute. / 43.658813; -79.397574. The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, commonly known simply as the Fields Institute, is an international centre for scientific research in mathematical sciences. It is an independent non-profit with strong ties to 20 Ontario universities, including the University of Toronto, where ...

  9. Peer-mediated instruction - Wikipedia

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    Peer-mediated instruction. Peer-mediated instruction ( PMI) is an approach in special education where peers of the target students are trained to provide necessary tutoring in educational, behavioral, and/or social concerns. (Chan et al., 2009). In PMI, peers may mediate by modeling appropriate behavior themselves, using prompting procedures to ...