IVLE Wins E-nnovator Awards 2000

IVLE, NUS’ e-learning platform, is the winner of the E-nnovator Awards 2000 open category.

“IVLE has been instrumental in spearheading the use of IT in teaching and learning in NUS. Its initiative interface and rich plethora of tools, coupled by an active feedback mechanism from staff and students, have made IVLE stand out against other competitors’ platforms. The E-nnovator Award is a testimony to IVLE excellent quality,” said Prof Lawrence Wong, Director, Computer Centre.

IVLE is the brain-child of Prof Wong and Ravi Chandran, Director, CIT. The platform was further developed by Sun Jinlie and Wu Haixin, CIT. IVLE catered to approximately 18,000 NUS staff and 28,000 NUS students.

To date, NUS has licensed 14 universities in the Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom to implement the system.

The award was presented by Lim Swee Say, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and Trade and Industry.

The E-nnovator Awards scheme was co-presented by Standard Chartered Bank and ChannelNewsAsia, in association with Yahoo! Singapore. It is the first such award calling Singaporeans to share their e-ideas that will contribute to society at large and to the development of an e-lifestyle here.