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MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM THE LATEST TO CHOOSE BRIGHTSPACEKitchener, Waterloo, Aug. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global learning technology leader D2L announced today that the Maine Community College System (MCCS) — a seven-college system distributed across the state of Maine — is the latest higher education system to make the switch to the Brightspace platform. “In the past, we had different learning platforms running across our seven colleges, so when we had an opportunity to consolidate with a single system, we closely examined all the available options,” MCCS Chief Academic Officer Janet Sortor said. “It was apparent to us that D2L’s Brightspace stood out as the right fit for MCCS.” MCCS provides associate degree, diploma and certificate programs directed at the educational, career and technical needs of Maine’s residents and the workforce needs of the State’s employers. MCCS’s seven community colleges serve over 25,000 people every year through 2-year degree programs, continuing education, and workforce development initiatives. According to MCCS, Brightspace offered MCCS several advantages over competitor platforms including:
ABOUT BRIGHTSPACE Brightspace is the only learning platform chosen as a partner of the National Federation of the Blind’s Strategic Nonvisual Access Partnership program, which has been redesigned as their Centre of Excellence in Nonvisual Access. Brightspace was named the #1 LMS in Higher Ed by Ovum Research and #1 in Adaptive Learning by eLearning Magazine. Aragon Research also included D2L in its highly coveted Hot Vendors In Learning list. To learn more, visit the Higher Education and K-12 pages on our website. ABOUT D2L D2L PRESS CONTACT © 2019 D2L Corporation. The D2L family of companies includes D2L Corporation, D2L Ltd, D2L Australia Pty Ltd, D2L Europe Ltd, D2L Asia Pte Ltd, and D2L Brasil Soluções de Tecnologia para Educação Ltda. All D2L marks are trademarks of D2L Corporation. Please visit D2L.com/trademarks for a list of D2L marks. |