Sponsors

The development of CAPE and eLMS was funded the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Bioengineering Educational Technologies (called VaNTH), including Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. VaNTH is a multidisciplinary center involving learning scientists, technologists, psychometricians, and educators who have collaboratively developed new HPL-based approaches to teaching and learning in bioengineering.

CAPE and eLMS have also been adopted by the education program of the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST), an NSF Science and Technology Center (STC) focusing on trustworthy systems.

Our newest sponsor is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Grants and Training. CAPE and eLMS will be used as part of a new program called "Adaptive Cybersecurity Training (ACT) Online" that will provide training for first responders in the area of information assurance. This 3-year, $4M program will train up to 6000 learners nationwide through an online system that embeds eLMS technology. Adaptive features of CAPE and eLMS will support tailoring curricula for individual learners, based on their prior knowledge, and guiding learners through online modules.