eCollege Honored as Finalist in 2008 CODiE Awards

 eCollege, the USA’s leading provider of comprehensive online learning technology to colleges, universities and schools, was recently named a finalist in the Software and Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 23rd Annual CODiE Awards. The company’s software teams - located in Colorado, USA and Colombo, Sri Lanka - were honored in the Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution category.
 
Established in 1986 by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries in 68 categories of outstanding product and services. This year’s finalists represent an impressive array of technology and business excellence, passion and success. They were chosen from more than 1,100 nominations submitted by more than 600 companies.
 
“Competition was tough this year and that makes selection as a CODiE finalist a real achievement,” said Ken Wasch, SIIA president. “All the companies on this year’s list should feel justifiably proud of their recognition”. The eCollege solution provides a comprehensive, Software-as-a-Service course management system coupled with the best support services in the industry.  The company provides all of the hardware, software and support for successful online learning under one roof, allowing schools to focus on what is truly important: creating and maintaining top-notch educational programs.

“To be a CODiE finalist is a terrific honor, and recognizes the diligence and dedication of our software engineering teams in both the United States and Sri Lanka,” said Vance Allen, Chief Technology Officer at eCollege.
 
In 2007, eCollege launched its next-generation eLearning platform. This new platform unites eCollege’s tradition of stability and reliability with greater capabilities to exchange information between eCollege and the school’s other administrative systems, such as enrollment.  The new eCollege platform provides schools with greater control over the look and feel of their online courses for more personalized learning.  A team of more than 25 software engineers and quality assurance technicians from the company’s headquarters in the United States and eCollege Lanka worked to develop the new technology platform using the latest Microsoft.Net technology.
 
“This nomination is a tribute to the engineering excellence of eCollege’s Global Software Engineering team, and I am pleased that the Sri Lanka team was able to make a significant contribution in developing this new platform” said Nalina Wijesundara, Director and General Manager of eCollege Lanka.