| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Kitchener, ON, Canada |
| Key people | CEO: John Baker, COO: Jeremy Auger |
| Industry | Educational Software: eLearning |
| Products | Learning Environment; ePortfolio; Competencies; Analytics; Learning Repository; LiveRoom; Essentials; Desire2Learn 2GO |
| Revenue | Not disclosed |
| Operating income | Not disclosed |
| Net income | Not disclosed |
| Employees | 150 |
| Website | desire2learn.com |
Desire2Learn Incorporated ("D2L") is a global provider of enterprise eLearning solutions and develops online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for schools, higher education, associations, government and private industry. Today the company and its subsidiaries support more than 5 million learners worldwide. [1] In 2008, Desire2Learn was ranked, for the third consecutive year, amongst the fastest growing technology companies in Canada by the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program. Revenue growth of 920% from Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2007 resulted in the 23rd place ranking for Desire2Learn, which is an organically-grown and self-funded company. [2] Founded in April 1999, by President and CEO John Baker, the company is headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and has personnel located in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.
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eLearning Enterprise Suite
The Enterprise eLearning suite provided by Desire2Learn includes:
- Learning Environment — a web-based suite of teaching and learning tools that provide course development, delivery and management
- ePortfolio — a system for collecting, organizing, reflecting on, and presenting learning artifacts. It can be used for presenting materials for assignments, working on group projects, peer review, résumé creation and job seeking, and developing a full electronic portfolio of work. It can also be used for social learning applications
- Competencies — a comprehensive and flexible suite of Competency tracking and reporting tools
- Analytics — a business intelligence solution which provides transparency to all of the various datasets that make up the Desire2Learn Learning Environment
- Learning Repository — an integrated standards-based Learning Object Repository that provides storing, tagging, researching and reusing of learning objects
- LiveRoom — a set of communication tools to enable real-time collaboration between instructors and students
- Essentials — a smaller set of web-based tools that provide course development, delivery and management
- Desire2Learn 2GO — a mobile learning application that lets users access course information from a BlackBerry mobile device
Technology Partners
The company has established partnerships with Aventa Learning, Inc.; Cengage Learning; Elluminate; IBM; iParadigms, LLC; McGraw Hill Education; Microsoft; Respondus; Sun Microsystems; SunGard Higher Education; Pearson Education Inc. and The Learning Edge International Pty Ltd.[3]
Legal Issues
According to Desire2Learn's PatentInfo Blog[4], Desire2Learn won their Appeal in the Federal Circuit -- the judgment was reversed and the claims asserted are now invalid. Desire2Learn and Blackboard have also settled their other litigation.[5], [6]
See also
References
- ^ "Washington School for the Deaf Adopts Desire2Learn to Offer Accessible High Quality Learning for all Students". http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS244698+05-Feb-2008+MW20080205. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Winners TechFast50". http://en.fast50.ca/winners. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Desire2Learn Continues to Expand its Base of Active Partnerships". BNet Market Wire. September 2006. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200609/ai_n16704397.
- ^ "Desire2Learn Patent-Information Blog". http://www.desire2learn.com/patentinfo/. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Desire2Learn Patent-Information Blog". http://www.desire2learn.com/patentinfo/. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit". http://www.desire2learn.com/patent/Appeal/08-1368.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
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