Perth-based HarvestRoad Ltd's HarvestRoad Hive has been chosen by APS IT-diensten, a partner of the Dutch Education New Program Matrix project, to manage teaching materials for primary, secondary and vocational education in Holland.
Perth-based HarvestRoad Ltd's HarvestRoad Hive has been chosen by APS IT-diensten, a partner of the Dutch Education New Program Matrix project, to manage teaching materials for primary, secondary and vocational education in Holland in a trial project involving 100 pilot schools.
The eLearning technology company has also announced it has been awarded the coveted IBM "Top Star" award for its learning object repository eLearning solution, HarvestRoad Hive.
Last week, HarvestRoad was offered $1.4 million under the AusIndustry Commercial Ready Grant program to support the development and commercialisation of its digital publishing system for electronic performance systems support for the defence and aerospace industries.
At market close, shares in HarvestRoad were at 15.5 cents.
Below are the edited announcements:
HarvestRoad Hive chosen to manage digital learning programs in Netherlands K-20 education
eLearning technology company HarvestRoad (ASX:HRD) today announced its digital object repository solution, HarvestRoad Hive® has beenchosen by APS IT-diensten ("APS"), a partner of the Dutch Education New ProgramMatrix ("NPM") project, to manage teaching materials for primary, secondary andvocational education in Holland in a trial project involving 100 pilot schools.
The NPM project collaborates with Dutch organizations to develop a single uniform means of searching teaching materials for the country's 5 million students. APS will focus on collecting and storing electronic learning materials whilst other partners will deal with paper materials, CD-ROMs and websites. HarvestRoad Hive® will provide the repository services to store, manage and access the electronic teaching materials. Commenting on the choice of HarvestRoad Hive®, APS IT-diensten Chief Executive
Officer, Nico van Tricht said, "In seeking a suitable solution we knew we would require a unique model from a technical and functional perspective. We conducted extensive research to investigate the most appropriate architecture and solution functionality.
HarvestRoad Hive® was chosen as a result of the outcomes of our research as the best fit to meet the trial project objectives."
HarvestRoad CEO Grame Barty said, "HarvestRoad is delighted to be chosen by APS to provide integral digital object repository services for the NPM Project. HarvestRoad Hive® is tailor-made for this type of application. It will provide schools with an alternative
access to content that is timely and accurate; a significant advance on the current text book publishing to order method of delivering curriculum with its long lead times. It also supports a new mechanism for collaboration between teachers online which is being
increasingly demanded. HarvestRoad is excited to be part of this innovative project and we look forward to working with APS and our Dutch Partner, STOAS to support the Project outcomes."
The NPM project will be conducted in four phases with the trial project involving 100 pilot schools in primary education to be completed by August 2007.
IBM AWARDS `TOP STAR' AWARD TO HARVESTROAD
eLearning software developer HarvestRoad (ASX:HRD) today announced it has been awarded the coveted IBM "Top Star" award for its learning object repository eLearning solution, HarvestRoad Hive..
HarvestRoad is one of only 15 IBM solutions partners to be awarded the `Top Star' award across public industry sectors embracing Healthcare, Education and Government at IBM Partner World held recently in Las Vegas. HarvestRoad received the coveted recognition under the Education Industry Sector.
"IBM recognizes the value for Learning Object Repositories as part of an overall Education Enterprise Content Management strategy and as a key element of an eLearning Solution," said Michael King, Director, Global Education Industry, IBM.
"This is an exciting time in global education. IBM's strategy for leadership in the market relies on helping our partners lead and be successful. With its commitment to open standards and setting the pace in interoperable systems, HarvestRoad clearly has an industry leading solution."
HarvestRoad's "content bridge" strategy offers clients the choice to migrate their content from existing vendor-locked proprietary repositories to a more open and flexible environment.
"HarvestRoad is extremely pleased to be awarded this very high level of recognition from IBM with whom we are working closely on a number of collaborative opportunities globally. We look forward to strengthening our relationship with IBM in the education enterprise space," said Grame Barty, CEO, HarvestRoad.
