{"id":90202,"date":"2018-08-30T17:14:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T21:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=90202"},"modified":"2020-09-24T08:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T12:57:35","slug":"ucf-top-ranked-academic-institution-elearning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-top-ranked-academic-institution-elearning\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Top-Ranked Academic Institution in eLearning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF\u2019s Institute for Simulation and Training this week was ranked the No. 11 organization in the nation for eLearning and the top academic institution on <em>ELearning Magazine&#8217;<\/em>s annual list. The ranking is based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/modeling-simulation\/\">innovation in simulations, augmented\/virtual reality, mobile, and other advanced technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UCF\u2019s ranking was ahead of the next highest educational institutions Western Governor\u2019s University and William &amp; Mary University at No. 17 and 18. USC, Stanford and MIT also were on the top 40 list of nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 top organizations on the magazine\u2019s list were not academic entities, but government agencies and other associations such as the U.S. Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy at No. 1 and the American Heart Association at No. 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honor for UCF IST to continue to be recognized as a leader in advanced learning technologies and simulation, working with some of the top industry, health, military and academic partners across the globe,\u201d\u00a0said Randall Shumaker, director of IST.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the IST projects that no doubt helped UCF achieve the ranking were a virtual co-pilot avatar for Boeing, smart-house technology in Lake Nona, an Innovations in Learning Summit hosted by the institute, and other projects, said David Metcalf, director of IST\u2019s Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings recognizing the top 100 global learning organizations for high performance were announced Monday at the <em>Learning! <\/em>100 ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese organizations are innovative, collaborative and have a truly immersive learning culture,\u201d said Catherine Upton, award chairperson.\u00a0\u201cOrganizations from six to 2 million employees are among the finalists this year proving size does not matter when it comes to making a difference in learning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF\u2019s Institute for Simulation and Training this week was ranked the No. 11 organization in the nation for eLearning and the top academic institution on ELearning Magazine&#8217;s annual list. 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