Aplia

Aplia

Aplia Inc. is an educational technology company founded in 2000 by Stanford University professor Paul Romer that offers online homework products geared toward college-level economics, finance, accounting, business statistics, and business communication courses. In March 2007 Cengage Learning (formerly Thomson Learning) acquired Aplia Inc. Aplia is based in San Carlos, California.

History

Around 1998, Romer created an online experiment system for use in his economics courses at Stanford University. After other professors expressed interest in his approach, Romer decided to turn this system into the basis for a new company. Aplia has been used by over 2,700 professors, 850,000 students, and at 850 colleges and universities, in the U.S. alone. It also has widespread use in Canada, notably Ryerson University. [http://www.aplia.com/company] .

Product

Aplia’s basic product includes online homework assignments that professors can assign to students in economics, finance, business statistics, business communication, and accounting courses. While the basic premise behind each course is the same, course materials vary; in many cases, Aplia problem sets are designed to complement specific from a variety of the leading publishers' textbooks. Assignment types include problem sets, news analyses, tutorials, and (for economics) interactive market experiments.

Other e-learning platforms

* Angel
* Blackboard
* Desire2Learn
* Dokeos
* Edumate
* LON-CAPA
* Moodle
* OLAT
* Sakai Project
* Scholar360

References

* http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/5/13/apliaKeepsStudentsAndProfessorsOnTheSamePage
* http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2007/03/30/News/Class.Websites.Deter.Student.Cheating-2814559.shtml
* http://www.californiaaggie.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=cb0d4d75-f527-429c-bc9f-ec194ef14ba7

External links

* http://www.Aplia.com


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