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13 November, 2007
Professor Steve Molyneux Accepts
HunterStone Board Appointment
Professor Molyneux is
widely respected as a key player in eLearning and is one of
the UK's leading movers and shakers in the transformation of
the UK towards the Knowledge-Economy.
London and New York
– HunterStone, Inc., leaders in
SCORM eLearning and Microsoft related services, announced
today that Professor Steve Molyneux has been appointed to
the Board of Directors to bring to the company his
unrivalled experience at all levels of education and
training. Professor Molyneux is one of the leading experts
in the use of Information and Communication technology to
support Education and Training in the UK. He is an outspoken
advocate of technology to support learning, but also
challenges some current Government and Industry thinking on
how such technologies should be deployed. Whilst an early
pioneer in the development of Virtual Learning Environments,
he now believes that the way society interacts with
technology and the Web must lead us to transform education
systems from the late 20th century 'pull' model of eLearning
to a newer 'push' model based on personalisation.
Professor Molyneux is widely
respected as a key player in eLearning and is one of the
UK's leading movers and shakers in the transformation of the
UK towards the Knowledge-Economy. In the past he has held a
number of Professorial Chairs including; The Microsoft Chair
of Advanced Learning Technologies, The IBM Chair of
Information & Communication Technologies and the Asymetrix
Chair of Multimedia. In 1995 he developed one of the first
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE/LMS) in the UK which was
from 1999 marketed under the brand Learnwise by Granada
Learning. This learning platform was developed as part of
'Broadnet' which was used as a case study in 1996 by the UK
Institute for Public Policy Research in the formulation of
their 'University for Industry' proposal to Government later
re-branded as Learndirect.
In 1996 he co-founded MediaLab UK
subsequently renamed Netmedia Education. He has held a
number of non-executive Board positions and sees the
appointment to a US based globally positioned company as
complementary to his long standing position as a Partner
with the Advanced Distance Learning Initiative. Between
1997 and 1999 he worked with Government and Industry in
evangelising the concept of a National Grid for Learning for
which HunterStone is now developing key components. In
1999 he founded, together with Microsoft and ICL, the UK
Learning Lab, a not-for profit membership-led organisation,
supporting all those involved in the Development, Delivery
and Implementation of Learning Technologies in the UK. He
joins HunterStone direct from the Learning Lab.
When he accepted the invitation to join
the Board the Professor said: "I am particularly pleased to
be joining the innovative team at HunterStone. They have
been recognised for a long time as a leader in the field of
eLearning with their THESIS product range and I look forward
to using my skills and experience in working alongside them
to take eLearning and associated services to the next
level".
Commenting on the appointment Neil
Richards HunterStone CEO and President, said; “Steve’s
appointment comes at a key moment in the positioning of
HunterStone as a major player in education technology
frameworks that support and enhance the role of the teacher
to develop the skills and knowledge required by our young
people in the 21st century.”
HunterStone's THESIS is a suite of eLearning tools
which adheres to the SCORM specifications and integrates
with Microsoft Office. This enables a user to author
eLearning resources and objects straight from familiar
Microsoft Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint,
Excel, Visio and Producer. The THESIS "Learning Object
Manager" allows a user to author complete SCORM courses and
quizzes for online instruction, using multiple learning
objects from different sources. THESIS Librarian "SCORM
enables" Microsoft SharePoint to create Learning Object
Repositories where subject matter experts can collaborate on
course development and also use the tool as a meta-data
manager.
THESIS is ADL certified and integrates with SCORM 1.2 and
2004 Learning Management Systems including but not limited
to: Angel Learning, Aspen/Docent, BlackBoard, Desire2Learn,
DigiLore, DOTS (WebRaven), EKP, Gen21, GeoLearning,
IBM Notes LMS, ICS Learning (Inquisiq EX), IntraLearn,
Learn.com, LearnKey, LearnFlex (Operitel), Learnwise, Mentor
Manager, Moodle, Oracle, Pathlore, Plateau, RedTray, SAP,
Southrock, THINQ, TopClass, WebCT, and WestNet Learning.
Additionally, THESIS works with Microsoft's SharePoint
Learning Kit (SLK). THESIS is available worldwide
through partners and resellers in English, Spanish, Italian,
French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Hebrew, Danish,
Dutch, and Arabic.
About HunterStone
HunterStone is an innovative provider of eLearning and IT
tools for Microsoft environments. The company designs,
implements and maintains business applications that help
organizations increase productivity and decrease operating
costs. In addition to its THESIS eLearning software,
HunterStone develops knowledge management systems and
services for collaboration, migration and conversion within
email environments. HunterStone is a Microsoft Gold
Certified Partner with competencies in ISV and Information
Worker proficiencies.
Headquartered in Irmo,
South Carolina, United States, privately held HunterStone has
offices in the United Kingdom,
Tasmania, and international resellers in Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, and Mexico.
For additional information about HunterStone and its
products, please visit
www.HunterStone.co.uk or
http://www.GetTHESIS.co.uk.
Contact Information
Rod Richards
HunterStone U.K. Office
+44 1787 222560
rrichards@HunterStone.co.uk
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