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With more than 6000 students and51,000 alumni, The Fox School o Business at Temple University is thelargest, most comprehensive businessschool in the Philadelphia area andamong the largest in the world. Estab-lished in 1918, The Fox School hasearned a worldwide reputation or itscomprehensive educational oeringsand technology integration initiatives. Today, the school has 145 ull-timeaculty and oers undergraduate,graduate, and doctoral programs in avariety o business concentrations, aswell as on-site corporate training.
Te Callenge
 The Fox School o Business strives tofnd innovative ways to raise the qualityo learning to new levels. In 1999, theschool became one o the frst in thenation to adopt Blackboard’s eLearningsolution. “Blackboard made it possible orus to create our frst eLearning programand oer our entire MBA curriculumonline,” says John DeAngelo, AssociateDean o IT or the Fox School o Business. As the program grew, however, the schoolwanted to create a more interactive,collaborative experience or its onlinestudents. “To raise the quality o theprogram, we needed our online coursesto capture the same energy as our liveclassrooms,” says DeAngelo. To fnd the right online collaboration tool, The Fox School researched and evaluatedseveral solutions, including Wimba, Adobe Acrobat Connect, the Echo360System,and Microsot Ofce Live Meeting. “Weused Adobe Connect or a while andhosted it on campus,” says DeAngelo.“But i more than fve o-campus studentsaccessed the system, it would crash.Live Meeting also limited the numbero participants and did not oer high-quality VoIP.”
Te Solution
 Ater a long search, The Fox School o Business fnally ound WebEx. DeAngelorecalls, “We knew that WebEx was widelyaccepted by the business community. This was an important actor or us.” The school also chose WebEx becauseit provided highly interactive tools,supported large numbers o usersreliably, and was very easy to use. As the primary aculty memberspearheading the interactive eLearningeort, Darin Kapanjie, Faculty Coordinatoro Fox Online Initiatives, was the frst touse WebEx Training Center. To makethe interaction in his online businesscalculus classes exactly the same ashis in-person courses, Kapanjie secureda grant that provides each student witha VoIP headset, a Wacom tablet, and awebcam. “WebEx enables me to share mynotes and sample problems in MicrosotOfce OneNote with the students online,”he says. Using their tablets and digital pens,students handwrite their calculations.Kapanjie explains, “I use the WebEx passcontrol eature to enable students toshare their desktops, showing me andthe rest o the class how they arrived at asolution. Students complete and submithandwritten exams through WebEx aswell.” In addition, WebEx Training Centerbreakout capabilities make it possible orKapanjie to split his classes o 25 intosmaller groups to work collaboratively. Today, Kapanjie ully utilizes the robustcapabilities o WebEx technology. “Iuse WebEx Network-Based Recordingto capture every class and then post therecordings on Blackboard. This makes itpossible or students to review as oten asthey need to,” he says. Kapanjie also relieson WebEx VoIP. “Most students don’thave land lines these days.
INDUSTRY
Higher education
WEBEX APPLICATIONS
WebEx Meeting Center, SupportCenter, Training Center
SUMMARY
The Fox School of Businesswanted to develop a highlyinteractive eLearning program.Using WebEx Training Center, TheFox School created an onlinecurriculum that fully replicatesthe in-classroom experience. WebExeLearning programs provide TheFox School with a competitiveadvantage, extend the reach of its offerings, and optimize facultyresources. The Fox School of Business also uses WebEx solutionsto streamline communicationsbetween campuses worldwide.
ABOUT ThE OXSChOOL O BUSINESSLine o Business
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Business management education
headquarters
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Philadelphia, PA
Number o Employees
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300
Target Market
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Undergraduate, graduate, doctoral,and continuing students
WebEx Customer Since 2007
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The Fox School of Businesscreates innovative eLearningprogram with WebEx.
WebEx
Customer Success Story
Thanks to WebEx, our professors can now teach their classes from wherever they are. Geography is no longer a factor, and we maximize our faculty’s knowledge and productivity.
—John DeAngelo, Associate Dean of IT
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