University College Sealand builds a personalised collaborative Web 2.0 learning environment with IBM and Opus Neo

09/01/2009
Business need:
Formed by a merger between 18 educational institutions, University College Sealand (UCSJ) needed to consolidate its legacy IT systems – and saw this as an opportunity to implement a new collaborative, Web-based learning environment that would help staff and students interact more effectively.

Solution:
UCSJ implemented Neo.Dashboard from IBM Business Partner Opus Neo – a solution built on IBM Lotus Quickr and IBM Lotus Sametime that leverages Web 2.0 technologies to provide personalised, relevant homepages for all staff and students.

Benefits:
Neo.Dashboard encourages users to engage with each other and with UCSJ by combining personalised information about courses, deadlines and events with user-defined content (RSS feeds, Google Gadgets and so on). Lotus Sametime instant messaging helps students and staff communicate effectively online, and supports distance learning. Shared workspaces and discussion forums help students learn collaboratively – enabling them to define what is relevant to their learning experience.

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