itslearning
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| developer | itslearning AS |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| programming language | ASP.NET |
| category | Learning platform |
| License | commercially |
| German speaking | Yes |
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itslearning is a commercial, web-based learning and community platform, initially with a group of users primarily in the Scandinavian countries of Norway and Sweden.
The platform is designed to support learning and communication processes in schools and universities and has an easy-to-use interface. itslearning is offered as "software as a service" - a variant of cloud computing .
History and company
itslearning was founded as IT-solutions in 1999 by students at Bergen University College. The trigger was a thesis on the use of digital tools. The exchange platform for pupils and teachers developed for this purpose met with approval, became the market leader in Norway and has since been further developed under school pedagogical aspects.
Today the company is represented worldwide with locations in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Finland, France, the USA and Germany.
itslearning was awarded the Comenius EduMedia Medal 2013 as the best product in the Teaching and Learning Management Systems category. In the laudation, itslearning was described as "a perfect LMS , exchange network for didactics and pedagogy".
In December 2019, the Finnish media group Sanoma acquired itslearning, which will continue to operate as an independent company within the group.
Applications and tools
Teachers can use the platform to prepare (planner) and accompany their lessons, provide students with information, promote individual learning or network with one another.
Pupils can work independently on projects, take advantage of structured offers to accompany lessons or document their own work for others in e- portfolios and blogs . Tools are available for integrating external resources and for creating online tests, and an integrated audio and video recorder enables you to easily create your own multimedia content.
A digital class register provides an overview of the student's performance level. All this information can also be made available to parents via a parent portal. Competence grids, which are increasingly finding their way into German curricula, give students the opportunity to reflect on their own level of learning and to agree the next steps with the teacher using the individual learning plan.
A connection to existing school administration systems or to the user administration of the existing IT equipment is possible.
The range of functions is adapted to typical requirements in teaching and teaching. The special features of itslearning are the focus on supporting pedagogical processes and ease of use, which enables even less experienced users to implement modern teaching concepts such as " blended learning " with little expenditure of time .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b itslearning - our story . itslearning. 2020. Accessed July 22, 2020.
- ↑ Comenius EduMedia Award 2013
- ↑ LMS functions . itslearning. 2020. Accessed July 22, 2020.
- ↑ Web-based learning platforms in the classroom